Mostahdaf
مستهدف / Targeted
Brown, 2018
Height: 16.1hh (1.65m)
Sire: Frankel (GB)
Dam: Handassa (GB)
Damsire: Dubawi (IRE)
Standing at Beech House Stud, UK
Stud fee:
£9,000 Jan 1st SLF
Mostahdaf
مستهدف / Targeted
Brown, 2018
Height: 16.1hh (1.65m)
Sire: Frankel (GB)
Dam: Handassa (GB)
Damsire: Dubawi (IRE)
Standing at Beech House Stud, UK
Stud fee:
£9,000 Jan 1st SLF
Overview
The outstanding dual
group 1 winner
Emphatic in the Prince Of Wales’s and Juddmonte International
In two of Europe’s premier races, Mostahdaf defeated many of the sport’s leading lights including multiple Gr.1 winners Paddington, Nashwa, Luxembourg and Adayar as well as other Gr.1 winners Bay Bridge and Classic Causeway. He is one of only three horses in over 50 years to win both contests in the same season.
Official rating: 128
The joint highest-rated Prince of Wales’s victory since Dubai Millennium in 2000 and took the Juddmonte International in a faster time than his sire Frankel
A stallion’s pedigree
He is out of Dubawi mare Handassa, herself a Stakes victor over a mile, Mostahdaf is a half-brother to dual Gr.1 winning miler Nazeef and from the family of two Gr.1 winning Champion sprinters, Pastoral Pursuits and Goodricke.
Conformation
Frankel (GB) |
Galileo (IRE) |
Sadler's Wells (USA) |
Urban Sea (USA) |
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Kind (IRE) |
Danehill (USA) |
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Rainbow Lake (GB) |
Handassa (GB) |
Dubawi (IRE) |
Dubai Millennium (GB) |
Zomaradah (GB) |
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Starstone (GB) |
Diktat (GB) |
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Star (GB) |
| 1st | Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes, (1m2½f), York |
| by 1 length, beating Nashwa & Paddington | |
| 1st | Gr.1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes, (1m2f), Royal Ascot |
| by 4 lengths, beating Luxembourg, Adayar & Bay Bridge | |
| 1st | Gr.3 Neom Turf Cup, (1m2½f), Riyadh |
| by 7 lengths, beating Dubai Future & Flying Visit |
| 1st | Gr.3 bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes, (1m2f), Sandown |
| by 2½ lengths, beating Foxes Tales & Juan Elcano | |
| 1st | Gr.3 Unibet September Stakes, (1m4f), Kempton |
| by 2¾ lengths, beating Dubai Honour & Universal Order | |
| 2nd | Gr.2 Hardwicke Stakes, (1m4f), Royal Ascot |
| 2nd | Gr.3 Coral Brigadier Gerard Stakes, (1m2f), Sandown |
| 1st | Gr.3 Darley Stakes, (1m1f), Newmarket |
| by 1¾ lengths, beating Bedouin's Story & Barney Roy | |
| 1st | L Chasemore Farm Fortune Stakes, (1m), Sandown |
| by ½ length, beating Escobar & Sir Busker | |
| 1st | L Casumo Best Odds Guaranteed Heron Stakes, (1m), Sandown |
| by ½ length, beating Highland Avenue & Nando Parrado | |
| 1st | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Conditions Stakes, (1m), Kempton |
| by ½ length, beating Imperial Sands & El Drama | |
| 1st | Bombardier Novice Stakes, (7f), Newcastle |
| by 4½ lengths, beating Ego Trip & River Tweed |
Race replays
Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes, York
23.08.2023
Gr.1 Prince of Wales's Stakes, Royal Ascot
21.06.2023
Gr.3 September Stakes, Kempton
03.09.2022
Gr.3 Gordon Richard Stakes, Sandown
22.04.2022
Gr.3 Darley Stakes, Newmarket
09.10.2021
Listed Fortune Stakes, Sandown
15.09.2021
Listed Heron Stakes, Sandown
05.08.2021
Featured news
Mostahdaf’s First Foals Shine Bright!
05.12.2025
"The highest priced foal, fetched a superb six-figures, knocked down to Shadwell Stud for 100,000gns following a friendly ring-side rally."
Mostahdaf has been supported by many of leading breeders in his first two seasons at stud and the results of this are now becoming clear to see. As his first foals made their way onto the sales scene their quality certainly shone through.
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