Tag: Nasrullah
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Secretariat’s Ancestors…Nasrullah, The Irish Rogue
(second in a series) The potent influence of Nearco became personified in America by his talented but tempestuous son, Nasrullah. Foaled at the Aga Khan’s Sheshoon Stud in Ireland in 1940, Nasrullah earned an impressive reputation as a champion racehorse in Europe. Though he would not duplicate Nearco’s unbeaten record, he won five of…
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Ancestors of Secretariat…New Series
ANCESTORS OF SECRETARIAT: NEARCO, the ITALIAN STALLION While we have featured many of Secretariat’s descendants on our website and Secretariat’s Meadow Facebook page, we were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to our recent Facebook posts about Secretariat’s ancestors. Therefore, we’re going to devote our blog to this topic for awhile. We’ll start with Nearco, Secretariat’s paternal great grandsire,…