A champion race mare in Ireland, Majideh was the first high-class runner sired by Mahmoud, later an important sire in the United States. Majideh was also a forerunner of Mahmoud's later significance as a broodmare sire, as she produced a champion in Masaka, a near-champion in Gallant Man, and several daughters that bred on.
Race record
11 starts, 4 wins
1942:
Honors
Irish champion 3-year-old filly (1942)
As an individual
Majideh was an attractive chestnut whom Daily Racing Form writer Charles Hatton described as a "clipper-rigged chestnut mare of fair size."
As a producer
Majideh produced 13 foals, of which 12 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Majideh was bred and owned by His Highness the Aga Khan III. She was exported to the United States in 1954 along with her then-suckling foal, Gallant Man. She produced her remaining three foals as the property of Mrs. Joe W. Brown. Her last foal, the Arctic Prince filly Gallant Majesty, was foaled in 1958.
Pedigree notes
Majideh is inbred 5x4 to 1911 English champion sire Sundridge. She is a full sister to Mabama, the dam of 1951 Newmarket Oaks and Prix de Minerve winner Maitrise (by Atout Maitre). Matrise, in turn, is the dam of 1962 Nassau Stakes winner Nortia (by Narrator) and the second dam of 1965 Hardwicke Stakes winner Soderini. Majideh is also a half sister to 1940 Irish Oaks winner Queen of Shiraz (by Bahram), dam of 1955 Santa Anita Handicap winner Poona II and 1959 Prix Jacques le Marois winner Sallymount (both by Tudor Minstrel) and second dam of three Irish Classic winners in 1967 Irish Two Thousand Guineas winner Atherstone Wood, 1969 Irish St. Leger winner Reindeer and 1970 Irish Guinness Oaks winner Santa Tina. Queen of Shiraz is also the third dam of 1989 Prix Vermeille (FR-G1) winner Young Mother.
Majideh and her sisters are out of 1930 Coronation Stakes winner Qurrat-al-Ain, a half sister to 1929 Eclipse Stakes winner Royal Minstrel and to 1934 Dewhurst Stakes winner Hairan (by Fairway). Their dam Harpsichord was a juvenile stakes winner in Ireland and is a half sister to Melpomene (by Son-in-Law), the third dam of 1956 American champion 3-year-old Needles.
Last updated: April 1, 2023
Race record
11 starts, 4 wins
1942:
- Won Irish Oaks (IRE, 12FT, The Curragh)
- Won Irish Two Thousand Guineas (IRE, 8FT, The Curragh)
Honors
Irish champion 3-year-old filly (1942)
As an individual
Majideh was an attractive chestnut whom Daily Racing Form writer Charles Hatton described as a "clipper-rigged chestnut mare of fair size."
As a producer
Majideh produced 13 foals, of which 12 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Masaka (1945, by Nearco) won the 1948 Oaks Stakes and Irish Oaks and was champion 3-year-old filly in both England and Ireland in that year. She is the dam of 1954 Park Hill Stakes winner Bara Bibi (by Bois Roussel) and 1967 International Gold Cup Steeplechase Handicap winner Aquitania (by Ambiorix) and is the second dam of 1966 French champion miler Silver Shark. Masaka is also the third dam of 1986 Copa de Plata (CHI-G1) winner Nahmud, English Group 2 winner Pragmatic, and multiple French Group 3 winner Bernica.
- Malekeh (1946, by Stardust) is the dam of Beigler Bey (by Bey), winner of the 1953 Prix d'Aumale and Prix Saint-Roman and the 1954 Prix de Guiche, and of stakes winner The Scoundrel, runner-up in the 1964 Preakness Stakes and third in that year's Kentucky Derby.
- Mahallat (1950, by Nearco) is the third dam of 1977 Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes (IRE-G1) winner North Stoke, the German champion 3-year-old male of that year, and multiple Irish Group 3 winner Anfield.
- Mehrabi (1951, by Migoli) is the second dam of 1968 American champion 2-year-old male Top Knight and 1966 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth Handicap winner Stanislas. She is also the third dam of 1985 Joe McGrath Irish Sweeps Derby (IRE-G1) winner and two-time Irish champion Law Society, Grade 2 winner Strike Your Colors, and English Group 3 winner Legal Bid.
- Gallant Man (1954, by MigolI) won the 1957 Belmont Stakes and was among the best American runners of his crop at both 3 and 4. He was a successful sire, his 51 stakes winners from 498 named foals including 1969 American champion 3-year-old filly Gallant Bloom and the top sprinter Gallant Romeo.
- Monkeyaires (1955, by Tudor Minstrel) is the dam of 1965 Louisiana Derby winner Dapper Delegate (by Porterhouse) and stakes winner Grand Premiere (by My Babu).
Connections
Majideh was bred and owned by His Highness the Aga Khan III. She was exported to the United States in 1954 along with her then-suckling foal, Gallant Man. She produced her remaining three foals as the property of Mrs. Joe W. Brown. Her last foal, the Arctic Prince filly Gallant Majesty, was foaled in 1958.
Pedigree notes
Majideh is inbred 5x4 to 1911 English champion sire Sundridge. She is a full sister to Mabama, the dam of 1951 Newmarket Oaks and Prix de Minerve winner Maitrise (by Atout Maitre). Matrise, in turn, is the dam of 1962 Nassau Stakes winner Nortia (by Narrator) and the second dam of 1965 Hardwicke Stakes winner Soderini. Majideh is also a half sister to 1940 Irish Oaks winner Queen of Shiraz (by Bahram), dam of 1955 Santa Anita Handicap winner Poona II and 1959 Prix Jacques le Marois winner Sallymount (both by Tudor Minstrel) and second dam of three Irish Classic winners in 1967 Irish Two Thousand Guineas winner Atherstone Wood, 1969 Irish St. Leger winner Reindeer and 1970 Irish Guinness Oaks winner Santa Tina. Queen of Shiraz is also the third dam of 1989 Prix Vermeille (FR-G1) winner Young Mother.
Majideh and her sisters are out of 1930 Coronation Stakes winner Qurrat-al-Ain, a half sister to 1929 Eclipse Stakes winner Royal Minstrel and to 1934 Dewhurst Stakes winner Hairan (by Fairway). Their dam Harpsichord was a juvenile stakes winner in Ireland and is a half sister to Melpomene (by Son-in-Law), the third dam of 1956 American champion 3-year-old Needles.
Last updated: April 1, 2023