MUQTARIB, Dark bay or brown, 1996, Gone West-Shicklah, by The Minstrel
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 Group II-Winning Son Of Gone West

• MUQTARIB has sired WHATSTHENAMEMAN ($85,696) winner of the Malcom Anderson Stakes by three lengths at Bay Meadows, set a NEW TRACK RECORD of :21 flat at Santa Anita Park in his maiden win; GONE WESTERN ($70,303), on the-board 11 of 19 starts, broke her maiden in the Ken Kendrick Memorial Stakes, also good winners Mayacama ($57,339), Sweet Muqtarib and Alonewiththestorm (on the board 4 of 6 six starts at 2, 2007, $43,912).

• MUQTARIB showed early speed and ability at two winning the Grade II Richmond Stakes at Goodwood.

• By Sire of Sires GONE WEST, sire of 80 stakes winners, three champions, including Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner SPEIGHTSTOWN ($1,258,256) and ZAFONIC.

• Out of champion SHICKLAH, dam of three stakes winners, granddam of MUSAFI ($247,600) and WEST COAST GOLD. She is by THE MINSTREL, champion and broodmare sire of over 122 stakes winners and eight champions.

 ELLEN PARKER PREFERRED LINES & CROSSES

• Muqtarib is tail-male to the prolific Mr. Prospector branch of the *Sickle male line via Raise A Native. His sire, Gone West, is tail-female to the great Reine-de-Course Aloe (responsible for Round Table, Atan – sire of Sharpen Up -, Tale of the Cat, Johannesburg, Minnardi, Pulpit and last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf Distaff winner Lahudood (GB).

• Muqtarib is tail-female to the champion and Reine-de-Course Khara. This is also the immediate family of the grand sires and broodmare sires Habitat and Northfields.

Best Lines and Crosses

• Seattle Slew is always a natural for Mr. Prospector, as the pair when crossed make up a minimum of x3 Frizette; x2 Humanity and x2 Lady Comfey. When Gone West is the Mr. Prospector in question, you also add x2 Aloe, as his female family is the same as Round Table’s (found as the sire of Poker, broodmare sire of Seattle Slew).

• Falstaff is tail-female to My Sister Kate, a full sister to Raise a Native, the paternal grandsire of Muqtarib.

• Sharp Victor and other Sharpen Up lines – this is the Aroma branch of Aloe, which is the tail-female line of Gone West. This is a different branch than Round Table hails from, but the same family. Known Fact, Tentam and Garthorn are also from this family. Sharp Victor would be particularly potent with him as he also carries Secretariat’s half brother, Sir Gaylord and Victorian Heiress, who shares a Northern Dancer-Victoriana cross with The Minstrel.

• Besides Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector, Siberian Express also is tail-female to Myrtlewood. In Excess is the most common, but Siberian Summer also is viable as well as any mares by In Excess’ sons, like Indian Charlie. Desert Secret (IRE) who was out of Seattle Slew’s half sister, Clandestina, is another whose daughters will fit, as would Seattle Dancer and/or Lomond.

• Gone West carries a cross of Secretariat as well as one of Khara, so he is very well suited for mares carrying Habitat (or Habitony). This would give you a double of Somethingroyal via Secretariat/Sir Gaylord and a double of Khara via Little Hut/Lodge. Another horse from this family, Percifal, stood in California and there might be a daughter or two of his around. He had a Round Table cross, too, so you’d double Aloe.

• Muqtarib/Gone West carries a Two Bob line via double classic winner Tim Tam. Pick this up with mares by Slewvescent (which also obviously gives you Seattle Slew), or Chief’s Crown (his son Bonus Money stood in Calif.) and horses carrying Best Turn, the best of which is probably High Brite, all are from this family.

• Muqtarib’s broodmare sire, The Minstrel, is a three-quarter brother to Nijinsky II and a full brother to Far North. Also closely related is El Gran Senor, sire of the fine stallion Lit De Justice, whose daughters are a good match for Muqtarib. Endow, who stood in Calif., is also from this family as is Skip Trial, sire of Skip Away.

• Bold Lad brings in a line of Grey Flight to Muqtarib’s lineage. Pick this up via Tossofthecoin mares, or mares carrying Sovereign Dancer, Interco, Sunrise Flight (think Pleasant Colony), or Foolish Pleasure/Marfa. Louis Quatorze brings in not only Grey Flight, but Stavroula, a full sister to Nashua (Mr. Prospector’s broodmare sire).

• The Northern Dancer line is known to like a return of its blood, as in Danehill. Thus horses carrying Halo – Devil’s Bag, Saint Ballado, Sunday Silence, Rahy, etc. will work or if you are lucky enough to find something sound carrying Arctic Tern (Bering is not the ‘something sound’ I was referring to).

• Nearctic’s blood should like a return of T. V. Lark (his sire, Indian Hemp, is a three-quarter brother) and similarly-bred horses include Icecapade. Great Nephew lines (such as found in Political Ambition, if any are still around) will also work.

• There is still, I imagine, quite a bit of Flying Paster blood to be found. He is Fleet Nasrullah line of course, via Gummo. Draeh, the second dam of Fleet Nasrullah, is a full sister to Occupy, sire of Little Hut (the fourth dam of Muqtarib). Flying Victor, like his half brother Sharp Victor, is especially prepotent here, giving you not only Draeh/Occupy but also Sir Gaylord/Secretariat and Victorian Heiress/The Minstrel.

• Lady Juror is x3 in Muqtarib via Sansonnet/Riot/Fair Trial. Look for more of this potent blood in mares carrying Son Of Briartic (Washington-breds for the most part); Interco, Runaway Groom and Personal Flag.