The product of a mating between a top stayer and stamina influence and one of the best juvenile fillies of her time, Rustom Pasha took more after his speedy and precocious dam but could stretch his speed to 10 furlongs with the best and even managed a placing in the St. Leger Stakes, the longest of the English Classics. He did not do particularly well as a sire in France and was exported to Argentina as a 10-year-old, becoming a marked success there. He was particularly effective as a broodmare sire.
Race record
9 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds
1929:
1930:
As an individual
A rangy bay horse, Rustom Pasha had a good shoulder and a long, sloping pelvis but had his hocks out behind him.
As a stallion
According to The Jockey Club, Rustom Pasha sired 22 stakes winners (12.9%) from 170 named foals. He is considered an influence for speed.
Sire rankings
Per Gigantes genéticos (Ricardo Daniel Rodriguez Salto, www.haraslos4candados.blogspot.com):
Per Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World (2006, Churchill, Reichard, and Rogers):
Notable progeny
Adén (ARG), Bambuca (ARG), Black Out (ARG), Crescent (ARG), Decorum (ARG), Elegy (ARG), Estafeta (ARG), Gay Boy (ARG), Hold Her (ARG), Suspect (ARG), Virsha (ARG)
Notable progeny of daughters
Abernant (GB), Bedouine (ARG), Good Star (ARG), Irmak (ARG), Lavandin (FR), Maxixa (ARG), Melody (ARG), Planetaria (ARG), Saravan (GB), Silver Moon III (ARG), Snob (ARG), Troubadour (ARG), Vitelio (ARG)
Connections
Rustom Pasha was bred by the third Aga Khan. He was sent to France in 1931 and from there was exported to Argentina in 1937.
Pedigree notes
Rustom Pasha is inbred 5x5 to 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner and 1876 English champion sire Lord Clifden, 5x5 to 1872 Derby Stakes winner Cremorne, and 5x5 to 1875 Derby Stakes winner and three-time English champion sire Galopin. He is a full brother to 1934 July Stakes winner Hilla, third dam of Grade 3 winner Father Hogan. He is a half brother to 1928 Middle Park Stakes winner Costaki Pasha (by Gainsborough) and to 1933 Dewhurst Stakes winner Mrs Rustom (by Blandford), whose great-grandson Better Boy was a good handicapper in Australia and became a four-time champion sire there.
Rustom Pasha’s dam Cos won six of her seven starts as a juvenile of 1922, including the Queen Mary Stakes and Imperial Produce Stakes, and confirmed her status as a top sprinter by winning the 1923 Fern Hill Stakes, an important sprint at Ascot. A daughter of the notable sprinter Flying Orb (by 1907 Derby Stakes and Irish Derby winner Orby), she was produced from Renaissance, whose granddaughter Venturesome (Sir Martin x Ventura,, by St. Amant) established an important branch of this family in the United States. Renaissance also produced Eos (by Orby), winner of the 1916 Cambridgeshire Stakes, July Stakes, and Falmouth Stakes.
Sired by the useful St. Simon horse St. Serf (a winner of the Sussex Stakes and the Epsom Grand Prize), Renaissance is a half sister to Great Jubilee Handicap and Duke of York Stakes winner Donnetta (by Donovan), dam of 1917 One Thousand Guineas winner Diadem (by Orby), 1924 Two Thousand Guineas winner Diophon, 1918 Irish St. Leger winner Dionysos, and Diadumenos (by Orby), a winner of the Great Jubilee Handicap. The dam of Renaissance and Donnetta, Rinovata, was sired by 1872 St. Leger Stakes winner Wenlock out of Traviata, by Cremorne.
Fun facts
Last updated: November 15, 2024
Race record
9 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds
1929:
- Won Chesham Stakes (ENG, Ascot; dead heat)
- 2nd Prince of Wales's Stakes (ENG, Goodwood)
1930:
- Won Nonsuch Stakes (ENG, Epsom)
- Won Eclipse Stakes (ENG, 10FT, Sandown)
- Won Champion Stakes (ENG, 10FT, Newmarket)
- 2nd St. James's Palace Stakes (ENG, 8FT, Ascot)
- 3rd Lingfield Park Spring Stakes (ENG, Lingfield)
- 3rd St. Leger Stakes (ENG, 14F+132yT, Doncaster)
As an individual
A rangy bay horse, Rustom Pasha had a good shoulder and a long, sloping pelvis but had his hocks out behind him.
As a stallion
According to The Jockey Club, Rustom Pasha sired 22 stakes winners (12.9%) from 170 named foals. He is considered an influence for speed.
Sire rankings
Per Gigantes genéticos (Ricardo Daniel Rodriguez Salto, www.haraslos4candados.blogspot.com):
- 3rd on the Argentine general sire list in 1944 and 1945; 5th in 1949; 6th in 1946-1948; 8th in 1951.
- Led the Argentine broodmare sire list in 1953; 2nd in 1962; 3rd in 1957, 1958, and 1960; 4th in 1954; 5th in 1956, 1959, and 1967; 6th in 1961; 8th in 1955; 10th in 1963 and 1964.
Per Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World (2006, Churchill, Reichard, and Rogers):
- 3rd on the Argentine general sire list in 1943-1945; 5th in 1949; 6th in 1946-1948.
- 2nd on the Argentine broodmare sire list in 1962; 3rd in 1957, 1958, and 1960; 4th in 1954.
- 8th on the combined English/Irish broodmare sire list in 1948.
- 10th on the French broodmare sire list in 1951.
Notable progeny
Adén (ARG), Bambuca (ARG), Black Out (ARG), Crescent (ARG), Decorum (ARG), Elegy (ARG), Estafeta (ARG), Gay Boy (ARG), Hold Her (ARG), Suspect (ARG), Virsha (ARG)
Notable progeny of daughters
Abernant (GB), Bedouine (ARG), Good Star (ARG), Irmak (ARG), Lavandin (FR), Maxixa (ARG), Melody (ARG), Planetaria (ARG), Saravan (GB), Silver Moon III (ARG), Snob (ARG), Troubadour (ARG), Vitelio (ARG)
Connections
Rustom Pasha was bred by the third Aga Khan. He was sent to France in 1931 and from there was exported to Argentina in 1937.
Pedigree notes
Rustom Pasha is inbred 5x5 to 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner and 1876 English champion sire Lord Clifden, 5x5 to 1872 Derby Stakes winner Cremorne, and 5x5 to 1875 Derby Stakes winner and three-time English champion sire Galopin. He is a full brother to 1934 July Stakes winner Hilla, third dam of Grade 3 winner Father Hogan. He is a half brother to 1928 Middle Park Stakes winner Costaki Pasha (by Gainsborough) and to 1933 Dewhurst Stakes winner Mrs Rustom (by Blandford), whose great-grandson Better Boy was a good handicapper in Australia and became a four-time champion sire there.
Rustom Pasha’s dam Cos won six of her seven starts as a juvenile of 1922, including the Queen Mary Stakes and Imperial Produce Stakes, and confirmed her status as a top sprinter by winning the 1923 Fern Hill Stakes, an important sprint at Ascot. A daughter of the notable sprinter Flying Orb (by 1907 Derby Stakes and Irish Derby winner Orby), she was produced from Renaissance, whose granddaughter Venturesome (Sir Martin x Ventura,, by St. Amant) established an important branch of this family in the United States. Renaissance also produced Eos (by Orby), winner of the 1916 Cambridgeshire Stakes, July Stakes, and Falmouth Stakes.
Sired by the useful St. Simon horse St. Serf (a winner of the Sussex Stakes and the Epsom Grand Prize), Renaissance is a half sister to Great Jubilee Handicap and Duke of York Stakes winner Donnetta (by Donovan), dam of 1917 One Thousand Guineas winner Diadem (by Orby), 1924 Two Thousand Guineas winner Diophon, 1918 Irish St. Leger winner Dionysos, and Diadumenos (by Orby), a winner of the Great Jubilee Handicap. The dam of Renaissance and Donnetta, Rinovata, was sired by 1872 St. Leger Stakes winner Wenlock out of Traviata, by Cremorne.
Fun facts
- Rustom (or Rüstem) Pasha was a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, serving during the reign of his father-in-law, Suleiman (or Süleyman) the Magnificent. He and his wife, Mihrimah Sultan, were believed to have been involved in the intrigues surrounding a successor to Suleiman, which ended in the death of the Crown Prince Mustafa (Mihrimah’s half brother) and the eventual establishment of Mihrimah’s full brother Selim as heir, but they were also known for their contributions to the economics, trade, infrastructure, and architecture of the Ottoman Empire and for their charitable works.
Last updated: November 15, 2024