Mashaallah (horse)

Mashaallah
Sire	Nijinsky
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Homespun
Damsire	Round Table
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	9 March 1988
Country	USA
Colour	bay
Breeder	William Stamps Farish III
Owner	Ahmed Al Maktoum
Trainer	John Gosden
Record	22: 8-3-1
Earnings	£435,135
Major wins
Gran Premio di Milano (1992) , Grosser Preis von Baden (1992) Irish St. Leger (1992) Jim Murray Memorial Handicap (1994)

Mashaallah was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred race horse. He is notable for his performances in 1992 when he won Group One races in Italy, Germany and Ireland.

Mashaallah was bred in Kentucky by William Stamps Farish III. He was sired by the Triple Crown winner Nijinsky out of the Round Table mare Homespun. He was thus a full brother of the Oak Leaf Stakes winner Folk Art and the minor stakes winner Sportin' Life. He is inbred 4x4 to Nearco, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of Mashaallah's pedigree (see below).

As a yearling Mashaallah was sold for $525,000 at the 1989 Keeneland July Sale. He was trained throughout his career by John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.

His name derives from the Arabic saying Masha'Allah- "whatever God wills".

Mashaallah was a late-maturing colt who did not appear on the racecourse until June of his three-year-old season, when he ran unplaced in a minor race at Sandown. Two weeks later he beat twenty runners to record his first win at Doncaster. He appeared to be improving when he "easily" won a handicap at York in July, but was then off the course for almost ten months.

1992 saw Mashaallah improve from a modest handicapper- rated 96- to a three-time Group One winner capable of competing and winning at the highest level in middle and long distance races. In May he ran three times, winning a handicap at the Newmarket Guineas meeting, running second in the Listed Aston Park Stakes at Newbury, and then holding off Glity by a head in the Listed Prix de la Porte de Madrid at Longchamp.

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