Graded Stakes Winner Mustanfar Dies at 21
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Mustanfar wins the 2014 Sycamore Breeders' Cup Stakes at Keeneland
Multiple graded stakes winner Mustanfar was humanely euthanized June 27 at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. He was 21.
A full necropsy is currently pending.
Bred and owned by Shadwell Farm, Mustanfar, along with five other retired stallions, was recently relocated to Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, Ky. as part of an operations downsizing that followed the death of Shadwell owner, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2021.
Old Friends President Michael Blowen made the announcement of Mustanfar's passing on Monday.
The son of Unbridled out of the Lyphard mare Manwah, Mustanfar certainly lived up to his prestigious pedigree on the track. He raced from age two to six, making 27 career starts, and won or placed in nine graded stakes contests on both dirt and turf.
Owned by Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell and conditioned by trainer Kieran McLaughlin, Mustanfar captured the Lexington Stakes (G3T) at Belmont Park and the Sycamore Breeders' Cup Turf (G3T) at Keeneland.
Mustanfar retired to stud in 2007 career earnings of $625,010. He stood at both The Indiana Stallion Station and Shadwell's Nashwan Stud.
"He was the youngest of the Shadwell stallions and he became an instant favorite," said Blowen. "We're very sorry that more of his fans weren't able to appreciate him for much, much longer."