Pedigree researcher Rosana Rivera was kind enough to send along a video link (end of post) that depicts the great sire Nasrullah arriving in Kentucky by train, then Claiborne Farm by van. The sire of Bold Ruler and 98 stakes winners, Nasrullah was bred and raced by the Aga Khan and stood in Ireland before arriving in the US for the 1951 season. He died in 1959 and is buried at Claiborne. Click here to read an account of Nasrullah from The Blood-Horse. Rosana Rivera’s research on the missing stakes winners of Man o’ War was first published in this space and can be read by clicking here.
Click here to view the video.
Thanks Sid! Awesome to see the great ones in motion!
This is fantastic! How wonderful to see this magnificent stallion.
Amazing. Right down to the great old Claiborne Farms trailer truck…so great to see. Thanks for sharing this treasure.
Marvelous horse, and marvelous video…thanks Sid!
Even at the age of 12 he looked like he could run! Awesome video…thanks.
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Thanks for the Nasrullah film clip. A great stallion and and an auspicious moment in US Thoroughbred history. His arrival coincided with mine in the sport — I galloped horses at Narragansett that summer and started studying pedigrees. In those days it seemed to be all about Nearco, Hyperion and descendants of Mumtaz Mahal.
Horse look good. Feel good, run good
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