Blenheim (horse)
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Blenheim, also known as Blenheim II, was a British Thoroughbred race horse who won The Derby in 1930. As sire, he had a major influence on pedigrees around the world. Blenheim was highly tried, by Eur
Blenheim II
Mahmoud (horse)
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Mahmoud was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from April 1935 to September 1936 he ran eleven times and won four races. In 1935 he won two of Bri
Blenheim (horse)
…stood at a fee of 400 guineas. In his first crop of foals, he sired Mumtaz Begum (bred eight winners, including Nasrullah), followed the next year by Mahmoud, who won the 1936 Epsom Derby. His next crop of foals included Donatello, one of Federico Tesio’s best horses who sired Crepello and Alycidon. He was…
Mahmoud in a 1937 photograph by Frank Griggs
The Aga Khan, pictured in the year of Mahmoud's Derby