Mysterious (horse)

Mysterious
Sire	Crepello
Grandsire	Donatello
Dam	Hill Shade
Damsire	Hillary
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1970
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	George Pope, Jr.
Owner	George Pope, Jr.
Trainer	Noel Murless
Record	8: 5-2-0
Major wins
Cherry Hinton Stakes (1972) Fred Darling Stakes (1973) 1000 Guineas (1973) Epsom Oaks (1973) Yorkshire Oaks (1973)
Honours
Timeform rating 127

Mysterious (1970–1988) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career lasting from July 1972 until October 1973 she ran eight times and won five races. Mysterious won Group races on her first four racecourse appearances including the Classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse and Oaks at Epsom. She later finished second to Dahlia in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh and won the Yorkshire Oaks at York.

Mysterious was a chestnut filly with a narrow white blaze and white socks on her hind feet, bred in England by the California-based George Pope, Jr and raised at the Cliff Stud near Helmsley in Yorkshire. She was sired by the Epsom Derby winner Crepello out of Hill Shade an American-bred mare. Hill Shade won the Nassau Stakes and the Sun Chariot Stakes when trained in Britain and spent most of her breeding career in the United States where she produced several other winners including J. O. Tobin.

Mysterious was sent into training with Noel Murless at his Warren Place stables in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Mysterious bypassed maiden races, beginning her career in the Group Three Cherry Hinton Stakes over six furlongs at the Newmarket July meeting. She won the race from two opponents but did not appear again in 1972.

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