A beautifully bred mare of impeccable Anglo-Irish antecedents, Nas-Mahal was a nice race mare but a much better broodmare, throwing a champion and five other stakes winners. Unfortunately, her daughters did not breed on as well as might have been hoped.
Race record
27 starts, 5 wins, 6 seconds, 1 third, US$36,412
As an individual
A brown mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Nas-Mahal produced 12 foals, of which 11 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Nas-Mahal was bred by Claiborne Farm and was owned by Howard Keck. She was last reported as living out her days as a pensioner at Canterbury Farm near Paris, Kentucky.
Pedigree notes
Nas-Mahal is inbred 4x4 to three-time English/Irish champion sire Blandford and 4x5 to 1913 English champion 2-year-old male and 1919 English/Irish champion sire The Tetrarch. She is a half sister to 1961 Bowie Handicap winner Road House (by Hasty Road).
Nas-Mahal and her siblings were produced from 1951 Kingsclere Stakes winner Love Game, a daughter of two-time English champion Big Game and a half sister to 1958 American Horse of the Year Round Table (by Princequillo), the American champion sire of 1972. Love Game is also a half sister to 1959 Arlington Lassie Stakes winner Monarchy (by Princequillo), a notable Claiborne Farm foundation mare in her own right; to stakes producer Yarmouth (by Watling Street) and to Cub Hunt (by Foxhunter), second dam of 1967 Prix d'Harcourt winner Cadmus and multiple Japanese Group 3 winner Droppo Lord.
Love Game, in turn, is out of Knight's Daughter (by Sir Cosmo--Feola, by Friar Marcus), a half sister to 1946 One Thousand Guineas winner Hypericum (by Hyperion), dam of 1958 King Edward VII Stakes winner Restoration (by Persian Gulf) and second dam of 1971 One Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Highclere and1966 Premio Presidente della Repubblica winner Ben Marshall. Knight's Daughter is also a half sister to Yorkshire Oaks winner Angelola (by Donatello II), dam of 1954 English champion older male Aureole (by Hyperion); to 1946 Great Yorkshire Stakes winner Kingstone (by King Salmon); and to 1950 Yorkshire Oaks and Cesarewitch Handicap winner Above Board (by Straight Deal), dam of 1958 Ormonde Stakes winner Doutelle (by Prince Chevalier) and 1962 St. James's Palace Stakes winner Above Suspicion (by Court Martial). In addition, Knight's Daughter is a half sister to Starling (by Noble Star), dam of 1952 Argentine champion older male and three-time Argentine champion sire Sideral (by Seductor) and 1953 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly Siderea (by Seductor), and to Foretaste, second dam of 1973 Ascot Gold Cup (ENG-G1) and Prix du Cadran (FR-G1) winner Lassalle.
Last updated: June 15, 2020
Race record
27 starts, 5 wins, 6 seconds, 1 third, US$36,412
- 1962: Won La Centinela Stakes (first division) (USA, 6.5FD, Santa Anita)
- 2nd Goose Girl Stakes (USA, 6FD, HOL)
As an individual
A brown mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Nas-Mahal produced 12 foals, of which 11 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Irish Mail (1965, by Double Jay) was stakes-placed on the track. She is the dam of 1979 Oak Tree Invitational Stakes (USA-G1) winner Balzac (by Buckpasser) and 1975 Del Mar Oaks (USA-G3) winner Snap Apple (by Herbager). She is also the second dam of Grade 3 winner Good Economics.
- Tell (1966, by Round Table) won five stakes races including the 1969 Hollywood Derby. According to records kept by The Jockey Club, he sired 28 stakes winners from 486 named foals.
- Beja (1967, by Bagdad) won the 1970 Linda Vista Handicap and Del Mar Oaks. She was a disappointing producer.
- Turkish Trousers (1968, by Bagdad) was the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1971. Like her full sister Beja, she also disappointed as a broodmare.
- Celine (1979, by Damascus) won the 1979 La Habra Stakes and is the dam of 1990 Dahlia Handicap (USA-G2) winner Petalia (by Sir Ivor).
- Craelius (1979, by Avatar) won five stakes events including the 1983 Sunset Handicap (USA-G1T). He was exported to Argentina for stallion duty but was not a successful sire.
- Epidaurus (1982, by Ack Ack) won the 1987 San Pasqual Handicap (USA-G2) and the 1988 San Carlos Handicap (USA-G2). He was sent to New Zealand as a stallion but proved a failure.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Nas-Mahal was bred by Claiborne Farm and was owned by Howard Keck. She was last reported as living out her days as a pensioner at Canterbury Farm near Paris, Kentucky.
Pedigree notes
Nas-Mahal is inbred 4x4 to three-time English/Irish champion sire Blandford and 4x5 to 1913 English champion 2-year-old male and 1919 English/Irish champion sire The Tetrarch. She is a half sister to 1961 Bowie Handicap winner Road House (by Hasty Road).
Nas-Mahal and her siblings were produced from 1951 Kingsclere Stakes winner Love Game, a daughter of two-time English champion Big Game and a half sister to 1958 American Horse of the Year Round Table (by Princequillo), the American champion sire of 1972. Love Game is also a half sister to 1959 Arlington Lassie Stakes winner Monarchy (by Princequillo), a notable Claiborne Farm foundation mare in her own right; to stakes producer Yarmouth (by Watling Street) and to Cub Hunt (by Foxhunter), second dam of 1967 Prix d'Harcourt winner Cadmus and multiple Japanese Group 3 winner Droppo Lord.
Love Game, in turn, is out of Knight's Daughter (by Sir Cosmo--Feola, by Friar Marcus), a half sister to 1946 One Thousand Guineas winner Hypericum (by Hyperion), dam of 1958 King Edward VII Stakes winner Restoration (by Persian Gulf) and second dam of 1971 One Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Highclere and1966 Premio Presidente della Repubblica winner Ben Marshall. Knight's Daughter is also a half sister to Yorkshire Oaks winner Angelola (by Donatello II), dam of 1954 English champion older male Aureole (by Hyperion); to 1946 Great Yorkshire Stakes winner Kingstone (by King Salmon); and to 1950 Yorkshire Oaks and Cesarewitch Handicap winner Above Board (by Straight Deal), dam of 1958 Ormonde Stakes winner Doutelle (by Prince Chevalier) and 1962 St. James's Palace Stakes winner Above Suspicion (by Court Martial). In addition, Knight's Daughter is a half sister to Starling (by Noble Star), dam of 1952 Argentine champion older male and three-time Argentine champion sire Sideral (by Seductor) and 1953 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly Siderea (by Seductor), and to Foretaste, second dam of 1973 Ascot Gold Cup (ENG-G1) and Prix du Cadran (FR-G1) winner Lassalle.
Last updated: June 15, 2020