Iktamal

Iktamal
Sire	Danzig Connection
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Crystal Cup
Damsire	Nijinsky
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	18 April 1992
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Green Ireland Properties Ltd
Owner	Maktoum Al Maktoum
Trainer	Alex Scott Ed Dunlop
Record	21: 7-4-0
Earnings	£155,473
Major wins
Chipchase Stakes (1996, disqualified) Beeswing Stakes (1996) Haydock Park Sprint Cup (1996)

Iktamal (foaled 18 April 1992) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Owned throughout his racing career by Maktoum Al Maktoum and trained in all but one of his races by Ed Dunlop he was a sprinter who raced almost exclusively over distance of six and seven furlongs. In his first two seasons he showed useful but unremarkable form, winning two minor races and a relatively valuable handicap race as a three-year-old in 1995. In the following year he was highly-tried, running eleven times and emerging as a top-class performer. He was disqualified after finishing first in the Chipchase Stakes but went on to win the Beeswing Stakes before recording his biggest success in the Group One Haydock Park Sprint Cup. In the same year he finished fourth in both the July Cup and the Prix Maurice de Gheest as well as running sixth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. After his retirement from racing he stood as a breeding stallion in South Africa.

Iktamal was a big chestnut horse with a white blaze and long white socks on his front legs bred in Kentucky by Green Ireland Properties Ltd. He was one of the best horses sires by Danzig Connection who recorded his biggest win in the Belmont Stakes in 1986. Iktamal's dam Crystal Cup showed no racing ability in two starts but was exceptionally well-bred: she was a daughter of the outstanding racemare Rose Bowl, who was a half-sister to Ile de Bourbon. As a broodmare,, Crystal Cup also produced First Magnitude (Prix du Conseil de Paris) and Rockamundo (Arkansas Derby).

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