Sheikh Hamdan’s Eclipse winner Mukhadram will be retired from racing at the
end of the season and will stand at Shadwell Stud in England in 2015.
Purchased as a foal by Shadwell for 190,000gns at Tattersalls December,
Mukhadram was unraced as a two-year-old and won twice in five starts at three.
The son of Shamardal opened his four-year-old campaign last year with a victory
in the Brigadier Gerard prior to finishing second to Al Kazeem in the Prince of
Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. He was third behind that rival in the Eclipse and
won the York Stakes three weeks later.
Mukhadram returned to be second in this year’s Dubai World Cup, and was
fourth in the Prince of Wales’s before notching a much-deserved Group 1 victory
in the Eclipse. He was third behind fellow Sheikh Hamdan colorbearer Taghrooda
in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth July 26, and has most recently
finished fourth in the Juddmonte International and Irish Champion.
“Mukhadram was a hugely talented and courageous colt, a top class racehorse,
blessed with a wonderful temperament,” trainer William Haggas said. “He has the
most gorgeous physique — a perfect specimen with a great outlook and natural,
effortless stride.”
Shadwell’s Stud Director Richard Lancaster added, “Mukhadram is a Group 1
winner in the UK and has defeated a total of 49 stakes winners to date including
24 individual Group 1 winners. He will also be the first son of Shamardal to
stand in the UK, and with his sire experiencing a real purple patch with 20
stakes winners in 2014 alone, Sheikh Hamdan felt now was the right time to
retire him to stud. A fee has not yet been set for him, but our intention is to
pitch him very fairly to attract the maximum number of mares and give him the
best possible start to his stallion career.”
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