Ibn Khaldun (horse)

Ibn Khaldun
Sire	Dubai Destination
Grandsire	Kingmambo
Dam	Gossamer
Damsire	Sadler's Wells
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	14 February 2005
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Darley Stud
Owner	Godolphin
Trainer	Saeed Bin Suroor Mahmood Al Zarooni
Record	8: 4-0-0
Earnings	£147,169
Major wins
Autumn Stakes (2007) Racing Post Trophy (2007)

Ibn Khaldun (foaled 14 February 2005) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by Sheikh Mohammed. He had his greatest success racing as a two-year-old in Britain in 2007 when he won four consecutive races including the Autumn Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy. He was strongly fancied for the following year's 2000 Guineas but ran poorly in the race. After a long absence he returned to the track in Dubai as a five-year-old but was well beaten in both his races.

Ibn Khaldun is a chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze and a long white sock on his left hind leg, bred in Kentucky by his owner, Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Dubai Destination whose biggest win came in the 2003 Queen Anne Stakes. His other offspring have included Top Trip (Prix Hocquart), Family One (Prix Robert Papin) and Fleche d'Or the dam Golden Horn. Ibn Khaldun's dam Gossamer was a top-class racemare whose wins included the Fillies' Mile and the Irish 1000 Guineas. Gossamer's dam, the Prix de la Forêt winner Brocade also produced Gossamer's full brother Barathea and the Summer Stakes winner Free at Last.

Ibn Khaldun raced in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin stable and was sent into training with Saeed bin Suroor. The horse was named after a fourteenth century Muslim historian.

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