Malathaat (USA)
March 7, 2018 – Living
Curlin (USA) x Dreaming of Julia (USA), by A.P. Indy (USA)
Family 1-n
March 7, 2018 – Living
Curlin (USA) x Dreaming of Julia (USA), by A.P. Indy (USA)
Family 1-n
A good juvenile, Malathat blossomed at 3 to become the best filly of her crop. As might have been expected from her pedigree, she was at her most effective at distances from 9 to 10 furlongs. She trained on to retain her crown as a 4-year-old, sealing her title with one of the most hotly contested runnings ever of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (USA-G1). She is now a young broodmare.
Race record
14 starts, 10 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$3,790,825
2020:
2021:
2022:
Honors
Assessments:
Rated at 115 pounds in the Mile and Intermediate categories on the 2021 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, 14 pounds below overall highweight and Intermediate category highweight Knicks Go (who also topped the Mile cateory on dirt at 125 pounds) and 5 pounds below the top female on dirt, American champion older female Monomoy Girl.
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2022 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, 22 pounds below overall highweight and Intermediate cateogory highweight Flightline (who also topped the Mile cetegory on dirt at 130 pounds) but co-highweighted with Goodnight Olive, Letruska, and Nest as tops among female runners on dirt.
As an individual
An elegant, lengthy, good-sized bay mare with an excellent walk and a long stride at the gallop, Malathaat has fine conformation overall with good bone. She had a tendency to wait on horses if sent to the front too soon and did best when stalking the pace. She has an excellent disposition and is fond of peppermints as treats.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Malathaat was bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. A $1,050,000 purchase from the 2019 Keeneland September yearling sale, she raced in the colors of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stable (which continued racing under Sheikh Hamdan’s daughter, Sheikha Hissa, after the Sheikh’s death on March 24, 2021). She was trained by Todd Pletcher and was ridden throughout her career by John Velazquez except for her second start, the Tempted Stakes, in which she was ridden by Kendrick Carmouche.
Pedigree notes
Malathaat is inbred 3x5 to Mr. Prospector. She is a full sister to 2022 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G2) winner Julia Shining.
Malathaat and Julia Shining are out of 2012 Frizette Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dreaming of Julia, a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Dream Pauline (by Tapit) and to stakes winner Atreides (by Medaglia d’Oro). The siblings’ dam, Dream Rush (by Wild Rush), won the 2007 Darley Test Stakes (USA-G1) and Prioress Breeders’ Cup Stakes (USA-G1) and is a half sister to Adream (by Bernardini), dam of Grade 3 winner Song of Spring (by Spring At Last). Dream Rush is also a half sister to Eileen’s Dream (by Bernardini), second dam of Grade 2 winner Rhyme Schemes.
Dream Rush, in turn, is out of unraced Turbo Dream (by Unbridled). The next dam in Malathaat’s tail-female line, the winner Reve de Fee (by Mr. Prospector), is out of multiple stakes-placed winner Reine des Iles (by Nureyev), whose half sister Thelema (by Caerleon) is the dam of German listed stakes winner Themelie Island (by Montjeu).
Books and media
Footage of Malathaat’s win in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Distaff can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGQ8jzQz7I.
Fun facts
Photo credit
Photo taken in 2022 by Tim Stephansen. Used by permission.
Last updated: March 26, 2025
Race record
14 starts, 10 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$3,790,825
2020:
- Won Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G2, 9FD, Aqueduct)
- Won Tempted Stakes (USA-L, 8FD, Aqueduct)
2021:
- Won Longines Kentucky Oaks (USA-G1, 9FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Alabama Stakes (USA-G1, 10FD, Saratoga)
- Won Central Bank Ashland Stakes (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Keeneland)
- 2nd Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1, 9FD, Saratoga)
- 3rd Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (USA-G1, 9FD, Del Mar)
2022:
- Won Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (USA-G1, 9FD, Keeneland)
- Won Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Keeneland)
- Won Personal Ensign Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Saratoga)
- Won Baird Doubledogdare Stakes (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Keeneland)
- 2nd Ogden Phipps Stakes (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Shuvee Stakes (USA-G2, 9FD, Saratoga)
Honors
- Eclipse Award, American champion 3-year-old female (2021)
- Eclipse Award, American champion older dirt female (2022)
Assessments:
Rated at 115 pounds in the Mile and Intermediate categories on the 2021 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, 14 pounds below overall highweight and Intermediate category highweight Knicks Go (who also topped the Mile cateory on dirt at 125 pounds) and 5 pounds below the top female on dirt, American champion older female Monomoy Girl.
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2022 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, 22 pounds below overall highweight and Intermediate cateogory highweight Flightline (who also topped the Mile cetegory on dirt at 130 pounds) but co-highweighted with Goodnight Olive, Letruska, and Nest as tops among female runners on dirt.
As an individual
An elegant, lengthy, good-sized bay mare with an excellent walk and a long stride at the gallop, Malathaat has fine conformation overall with good bone. She had a tendency to wait on horses if sent to the front too soon and did best when stalking the pace. She has an excellent disposition and is fond of peppermints as treats.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Malathaat was bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. A $1,050,000 purchase from the 2019 Keeneland September yearling sale, she raced in the colors of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stable (which continued racing under Sheikh Hamdan’s daughter, Sheikha Hissa, after the Sheikh’s death on March 24, 2021). She was trained by Todd Pletcher and was ridden throughout her career by John Velazquez except for her second start, the Tempted Stakes, in which she was ridden by Kendrick Carmouche.
Pedigree notes
Malathaat is inbred 3x5 to Mr. Prospector. She is a full sister to 2022 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G2) winner Julia Shining.
Malathaat and Julia Shining are out of 2012 Frizette Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dreaming of Julia, a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Dream Pauline (by Tapit) and to stakes winner Atreides (by Medaglia d’Oro). The siblings’ dam, Dream Rush (by Wild Rush), won the 2007 Darley Test Stakes (USA-G1) and Prioress Breeders’ Cup Stakes (USA-G1) and is a half sister to Adream (by Bernardini), dam of Grade 3 winner Song of Spring (by Spring At Last). Dream Rush is also a half sister to Eileen’s Dream (by Bernardini), second dam of Grade 2 winner Rhyme Schemes.
Dream Rush, in turn, is out of unraced Turbo Dream (by Unbridled). The next dam in Malathaat’s tail-female line, the winner Reve de Fee (by Mr. Prospector), is out of multiple stakes-placed winner Reine des Iles (by Nureyev), whose half sister Thelema (by Caerleon) is the dam of German listed stakes winner Themelie Island (by Montjeu).
Books and media
Footage of Malathaat’s win in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Distaff can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGQ8jzQz7I.
Fun facts
- Malathaat was part of a three-generation sequence to win the Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct, the race also having been won by her dam, Dreaming of Julia, and her maternal granddam, Dream Rush. Adding to the family connections, Malathaat’s full sister Julia Shining also won the Demoiselle.
- In Eclipse Award voting for champion 3-year-old filly in 2021, Malathaat captured 227 of 335 votes. In 2022, she received 241 of 246 possible votes for champion older female on dirt.
- Malathaat’s pasture buddy at Shadwell is 2021 Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G2) winner Zaajel.
Photo credit
Photo taken in 2022 by Tim Stephansen. Used by permission.
Last updated: March 26, 2025