(Kingmambo - Bound (Nijinsky))
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- 2004 foal, 16.0hh. His dam a half sister to Nureyev. Bred by Coolmore related Eagle Holdings and trained by Aiden O'Brien until the end of his 3yo career. As a juvenile ran three times in Ireland, all in 7f maidens. 15th on debut in August at 12/1 and then 2nd at 25/1 in late October before winning a similar event on October 30th.
- At 3yo ran 5 times starting with a win in a 10f Group 2 Derby trial in Ireland at 8/1. Finished last in The Derby at 13/2. Unplaced in three later outings at Group 1 level beginning with the 10f Eclipse Stakes then a pair of 8f races.
- Withdrawn from a public 'Horses in Training' sale late in his 3yo season and sold on to an arab owner and to be trained by Mike De Kock. Ran 6 times as a 4yo starting with three races in Dubai in February to March winning one in an 8f Grade 2 race. In April won a 10f Grade 1 event in Hong Kong. Two later runs, on two different continents, brought a success in the 8f Group 2 Summer Mile at Ascot in July (from Barshiba) and a 2nd in the 10f Grade 1 Turf Arlingtin Million. Ran three times at 5yo with one win in an 8f Grade 3 in Dubai and retired after a 6th place in the same Hong Kong even he had won the previous year (behind Presvis).
- Retired to Kirsten Rausing's Lanwades Stud in Britain in 2010 at a fee of £8,000. Standing there in 2013 at £6,000 as it had been in 2011 with 2012 at £5,000. 20 yearlings sold at European Sales in 2012 out of 26 offered for an average of 21,802 guineas and a median at 20,714. First Season Sire in 2013.