Nasrullah

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Nasrullah


caption =
sire = Nearco
grandsire = Pharos
dam = Mumtaz Begum
damsire = Blenheim II
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1940
country = United Kingdom flagicon|UK
colour = Bay
breeder = Aga Khan III
owner = Aga Khan III
trainer = Frank Butters
record = 10: 5-1-2
earnings = $15,217
race = Coventry Stakes (1942)
Champion Stakes (1943)
awards= United Kingdom Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1942)
Leading sire in GB & Ireland (1951)
Leading sire in North America
(1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962)
honours =
updated= October 2, 2006

Nasrullah (1940-1959) was a British thoroughbred racehorse, and sire of 15 champions.

Bred and owned by the Aga Khan III in the United Kingdom, Nasrullah was a good, but temperamental horse. Out of the 10 starts, he won 5 races; Great Bradley Stakes, Coventry Stakes, Chatteris Stakes, Caversham Stakes, Champion Stakes. Additionally, he finished second on the Middle Park Stakes, and third on the Wilburton Stakes and New Derby Stakes. Besides being temperamental, Nasrullah was also known for being lazy and sometimes unpredictable, and trainers had a hard job motivating the horse during morning works.

In 1950, Nasrullah was sent to stand at stud in the United States at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. A three-quarters brother to the important sire Royal Charger, Nasrullah became one of the most important sires of the 20th century, leading the sire list five times. Among his sons are Bald Eagle, Jaipur, Red God, and U.S. Hall of Fame horses Bold Ruler, Noor and Nashua. Nasrullah is also a grandsire to Secretariat and Ruffian. His influence continues to the present day, as another of his tail-male descendants is Invasor.

Nasrullah died on May 26th, 1959. He is buried at Claiborne Farm.

Pedigree

Pedigree
name = Nasrullah
f = Nearco
dkb/br. 1935
m = Mumtaz Begum]
gr. [http://www.pedigreequery.com/nasrullah "Nasrullah - Dam and Grand Dam: Grey's"] . "All Breed Pedigree". Referenced July 13, 2008.] 1932
ff = Pharos
b. 1920
fm = Nogara
b. 1928
mf = Blenheim II
b. 1927
mm = Mumtaz Mahal
gr. [http://www.pedigreequery.com/nasrullah "Nasrullah - Dam and Grand Dam: Grey's"] . "All Breed Pedigree". Referenced July 13, 2008.] 1921
fff = Phalaris
b. 1913
ffm = Scapa Flow
fmf = Havresac
fmm = Catnip
mff = Blandford
mfm = Malva
mmf = The Tetrarch
mmm = Lady Josephine
ffff = Polymelus
fffm = Bromus
ffmf = Chaucer
ffmm = Anchora
fmff = Rabelais
fmfm = Hors Concours
fmmf = Spearmint
fmmm = Sibola
mfff = Swynford
mffm = Blanche
mfmf = Charles Omalley
mfmm = Wild Arum
mmff = Roi Herode
mmfm = Vahren
mmmf = Sundridge
mmmm = Americus Girl

References

External links

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/nasrullah Nasrullah's pedigree]