As the Racing Post’s Martin Stevens noted earlier this month, Ribchester has made a very exciting start to the new turf season and since
Ribchester
€12,500 B 2013 16.0½HH (1.63M)
Iffraaj – Mujarah (Marju)
Oct 1, Special Live Foal.
Standing at Kildangan Stud, Co Kildare
Two-time European Champion miler, a feat also achieved this century only Frankel and Palace Pier. Ascot’s straight mile record-holder and the best horse by the sire of Wootton Bassett. A faster start at stud than him, too, with highly rated Doncaster Stakes winner Flaming Rib
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Pedigree
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RIBCHESTER |
IFFRAAJ |
ZAFONIC |
GONE WEST |
MR PROSPECTOR |
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SECRETTAME |
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ZAIZAFON |
THE MINSTREL |
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MOFIDA |
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PASTORALE |
NUREYEV |
NORTHERN DANCER |
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SPECIAL |
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PARK APPEAL |
AHONOORA |
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BALIDARESS |
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MUJARAH |
MARJU |
LAST TYCOON |
TRY MY BEST |
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MILL PRINCESS |
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FLAME OF TARA |
ARTAIUS |
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WELSH FLAME |
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TANAGHUM |
DARSHAAN |
SHIRLEY HEIGHTS |
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DELSY |
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MEHTHAAF |
NUREYEV |
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ELLE SEULE |
By IFFRAAJ (2001) Lennox S (G2), Park S (G2), twice, etc. Sire of 1,958 foals aged three and up, including RIBCHESTER, BENVENUE, CHRISELLIAM, GINGERNUTS, JON SNOW, JUNGLE CAT, RIZEENA, TURN ME LOOSE, WOOTTON BASSETT, BESHAAYIR, FIX, HOT STREAK, POWERFUL BREEZE, etc.
1st dam: Mujarah by Marju. Dam of 8 foals, 5 to race, 3 winners:
RIBCHESTER (c Iffraaj) Champion, see race record.
GOLCONDA PRINCE (g Arcano) Winner at 4, 2018.
2nd dam: Tanaghum by Darshaan. Winner (10f) at 3, 2nd Harvest S. Dam of 9 winners:
MATTERHORN (c Raven's Pass) 9 wins, 3 to 5, Al Maktoum Challenge R3 (G1), Midsummer S, 2nd Huxley S (G2), Solonaway S (G2), Winter Hill S (G3), Superior Mile S (G3), Brigadier Gerard S (G3), 3rd Firebreak S (G3).
BANGKOK (c Australia) 6 wins, 3 to 5, 2021, York S (G2), Classic Trial (G3), Winter Derby Trial S (twice), 2nd King Edward VII S (G2), Strensall S (G3), 3rd Winter Derby (G3).
TACTIC (g Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins at 3 and 4, Curragh Cup (G3), Grand Cup, 2nd Bahrain Trophy (G3).
YAAZY (f Teofilo) 2 wins at 3, Prix Joubert, 2nd Prix Minerve (G3), 3rd Prix de Malleret (G2).
Zahoo (f Nayef) 2 wins at 2 and 3, 2nd Gillies S. Dam of:
CONVERGENCE (c Cape Cross) Ballycorus S (G3), Patton S, Canford Cliffs S, 3rd Desmond S (G3), Tyros S (G3).
3rd dam: MEHTHAAF by Nureyev. Champion three-year-old filly in England, 4 wins at 2 and 3, Irish 1,000 Guineas (G1), Celebration Mile S (G2), 3rd Prix Marcel Boussac (G1), Prix Jacques le Marois (G1). Dam of 9 winners:
NAJAH (f Nashwan) Champion three-year-old in Italy, Premio Lydia Tesio (G2), 2nd 1,000 Guineas Trial. Dam of:
Tameen (f Shirocco) 2nd Buckhounds S.
Tasdeer (g Rahy) 2nd Spring Cup.
4th dam: ELLE SEULE by Exclusive Native. 3 wins at 3, Prix d’Astarte (G2), 2nd Prix de l’Opera (G2), Prix du Bois (G3). Dam of 10 winners:
ELNADIM (c Danzig) Champion older sprinter in Europe, July Cup (G1), Diadem S (G2), 2nd Duke Of York S (G3), 3rd Temple S (G2). Sire.
KHULOOD (f Storm Cat) Nell Gwyn S (G3), 2nd Summer S (G3). Dam of:
ADOOL (f Teofilo) Hurry Harriet S, 3rd Meld S (G3).
ASHRAAKAT (f Danzig) Charlotte S, Sceptre S, 2nd Nell Gwyn S (G3).
Museeb (c Danzig) 2nd King Charles II S, My Frenchman S. Sire.
ONLY SEULE (f Lyphard) Winner at 2. Dam of:
OCCUPANDISTE (f Kaldoun) Champion older mare in France, Prix de la Foret (G1), Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1). Dam of: MONDIALISTE (c Galileo) Woodbine Mile (G1), Arlington Million S (G1). Sire; IMPRESSIONNANTE (f Danehill) Prix de Sandringham (G2), 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (G1); ONLY ANSWER (f Green Desert) Prix de Saint-Georges (G3); PLANETAIRE (c Galileo) Prix Pelleas. Grandam of: INTELLO (c Galileo) Champion three-year-old in France, Prix du Jockey Club (G1), 3rd Prix Jacques Le Marois (G1), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). Sire; SASPARELLA (f Shamardal) Prix Eclipse (G3).
ONLY GREEN (f Green Desert) Prix du Pont-Neuf. Dam of: GREEN SWEET (g Smart Strike) Prix Omnium II; Shaman (c Shamardal) 2nd Prix Jacques Le Marois (G1), 3rd Prix Daniel Wildenstein (G2).
Solosole (f Gulch) Unraced. Grandam of: MENEAS (g American Post) Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l’Elevage.
Stud record
Ribchester’s first southern hemisphere crop are two-year-olds of 2021.
Conformation
Race record
His successful career
| Age | Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Two | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Three | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Four | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - |
At 2
- 1st
- Mill Reef S (G2), 6f, Newbury, beating Log Out Island, Raucous, Whitman.
- 2nd
- Gimcrack S (G2), 6f, York, to Ajaya, beating Raucous, King Of Rooks, Steady Pace, Areen.
At 3
- 1st
- Prix Jacques Le Marois (G1), 8f, Deauville, beating Vadamos, Ervedya, Spectre, Dicton, Esoterique, Stormy Atlantic, Galileo Gold, Lightning Spear, Arod.
- 1st
- Jersey S (G3), 7f, Royal Ascot, by 2¼l, beating Thikriyaat, Forge, Ibn Malik, Remarkable, Haalick, Raucous, Gifted Master, Light Music, Ross Castle, Bolting, Steady Pace, Herald The Dawn, Toliman.
- 2nd
- Queen Elizabeth II S (G1), 8f, Ascot, by ½l, to Minding, beating Lightning Spear, Awtaad, Galileo Gold, Stormy Atlantic, Adaay, Hathal, Hit It A Bomb, Breton Rock, Jet Setting, Mitchum Swagger.
- 3rd
- 2,000 Guineas (G1), 8f, Newmarket, to Galileo Gold, Massaat, beating Air Vice Marshal, Zonderland, First Selection, Herald The Dawn, Buratino, Stormy Atlantic, Air Force Blue, Marcel.
- 3rd
- Sussex S (G1), 8f, Goodwood, by a neck and a nose, to The Gurkha, Galileo Gold, beating Toormore, Gabrial, Lightning Spear, So Beloved, Awtaad, Kodi Bear, Richard Pankhurst.
At 4
- 1st
- Queen Anne S (G1), 8f, Royal Ascot, beating Mutakayyef, Deauville, Spectre, Kaspersky, Dutch Connection, Cougar Mountain, Oh This Is Us, Lightning Spear, Jallota, American Patriot, Kool Kompany, Miss Temple City, Toscanini, Ennaadd.
- 1st
- Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1), 8f, Longchamp, beating Taareef, Massaat, Robin Of Navan, Inns Of Court, Lighntning Spear, Lady Frankel.
- 1st
- Lockinge S (G1), 8f, Newbury, by 2¾l, beating Lightning Spear, Breton Rock, Somehow, Galileo Gold, Aclaim, Mitchum Swagger, Toscanini.
- 2nd
- Queen Elizabeth II S (G1), 8f, Ascot, to Persuasive, beating Churchill, Al Wukair, Here Comes When, Thunder Snow.
- 2nd
- Sussex S (G1), 8f, Goodwood, by a neck, to Here Comes When, beating Lightning Spear, Zelzal, Toscanini, Lancaster Bomber, Kool Kompany.
- 3rd
- Dubai Turf (G1), 9f, Meydan, to Vivlos, Heshem, beating Zarak, Mutakayyef, Decorated Knight, Deauville, Cougar Mountain, Debt Collector, Very Special, Mondialiste, Long Island Sound, Opal Tiara.
- Timeform 129
Ribchester’s progeny at the races
