# Rajeem
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{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Rajeem
| image_name =
| caption =
| sire = [Diktat](/source/Diktat_(horse))
| grandsire = [Warning](/source/Warning_(British_horse))
| dam = Magic Sister
| damsire = [Cadeaux Genereux](/source/Cadeaux_Genereux)
| sex = Mare
| foaled = 27 February 2003[{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=6917515®istry=T&horse_name=Rajeem%20(GB)&dam_name==Magic%20Sister%20(GB)&foaling_year=2003&nicking_stats_indicator=Y|title=Rajeem pedigree |website=Equineline|date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2013-05-05}}]
| country = United Kingdom
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = Usk Valley Stud
| owner = [Saeed Manana](/source/Saeed_Manana)
| trainer = [Clive Brittain](/source/Clive_Brittain)
| record = 10: 3-0-0
| earnings = £140,152
| race = [Montrose Stakes](/source/Montrose_Stakes) (2005)
[Falmouth Stakes](/source/Falmouth_Stakes) (2006)
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'''Rajeem''' (foaled 27 February 2003) is a British [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse and [broodmare](/source/Horse_breeding) best known for her [50/1](/source/Fractional_odds) upset win in the [Falmouth Stakes](/source/Falmouth_Stakes). As a two-year-old she showed little early promise but improved towards the end of the season to win her last two races including the Listed [Montrose Stakes](/source/Montrose_Stakes). In the following year she was unplaced in her first four races but then defeated a top-class field to win the Falmouth Stakes. She never raced again owing to injuries and was retired in 2007. She has made little impact as a dam of winners.
==Background==
Rajeem is a bay mare with a faint white [star](/source/star_(horse_marking)) bred in [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire), [Wales](/source/Wales) by the Usk Valley Stud.[{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Horse%20Racing:%20Rajeem's%20win%20puts%20Usk%20Valley%20on%20the%20map;%20GRASSROOTS.-a0148443610|title=Rajeem's win puts Usk Valley on the map|date=21 July 2006|author=Amy Bennett|work=Racing Post}}] She was sired by Diktat, a British sprinter from the [Godolphin Arabian](/source/Godolphin_Arabian) sire-line who won the [Haydock Sprint Cup](/source/Haydock_Sprint_Cup) in 1999. Apart from Rajeem, his most notable offspring has been the outstanding sprinter [Dream Ahead](/source/Dream_Ahead).[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/473501/diktat |title=Diktat Stallion Book |publisher=Racing Post |date=2012-02-15 |accessdate=2012-04-08}}] Rajeem was bred on very similar lines to Dream Ahead, behind sired by Diktat out of a daughter of Cadeaux Genereux. Rajeem's dam, Magic Sister, showed little ability as a racehorse, finishing no better than third in her six races[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/518889/magic-sister|title=Magic Sister – Record By Race Type|publisher=Racing Post}}] but was a full-sister to the [Prix Morny](/source/Prix_Morny) winner [Hoh Magic](/source/Hoh_Magic). She was a distant female-line descendant of the influential British broodmare Red Agnes.[{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family16c.htm |title=Little Agnes – Family 16-c |publisher=Thoroughbred Bloodlines |date= |accessdate=2014-05-20 |archive-date=2013-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510003548/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family16c.htm |url-status=dead }}]
In October 2004 the [yearling](/source/yearling_(horse)) filly was sent to the [Tattersalls](/source/Tattersalls) sale and was bought for 27,000 [guineas](/source/guinea_(coin)) by [Sheikh Mohammed](/source/Mohammed_bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum)'s [Darley Stud](/source/Darley_Stud).[{{cite web|url=http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2004-10-11&dt=2004-10-16&venue_id=5&hn=&s=&a=&sin=&dn=Magic%20Sister&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815064613/http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2004-10-11&dt=2004-10-16&venue_id=5&hn=&s=&a=&sin=&dn=Magic%20Sister&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_5|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-08-15|work=[Racing Post](/source/Racing_Post)|title=Tattersalls sale October 2004}}] During her track career, Rajeem raced in the colours of Saeed Manana and was trained by [Clive Brittain](/source/Clive_Brittain) at his Carlburg stable in [Newmarket, Suffolk](/source/Newmarket%2C_Suffolk).
==Racing career==
===2005: two-year-old season===
Rajeem showed no racing ability in her first two starts, finishing unplaced in [maiden race](/source/maiden_race)s at [Windsor](/source/Windsor_Racecourse) and [Lingfield](/source/Lingfield_Park_Racecourse) in July. She produced a better effort in a seven [furlong](/source/furlong) maiden at [Warwick Racecourse](/source/Warwick_Racecourse) on 5 September when she finished fourth of the twelve runners behind the [Geoff Wragg](/source/Geoff_Wragg)-trained Giving. Three weeks later Rajeem recorded her first success in a maiden over one mile at [Nottingham Racecourse](/source/Nottingham_Racecourse), taking the lead two furlongs from the finish and winning by two [lengths](/source/Horse_length) at odds of [17/2](/source/Fractional_odds).[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/40/nottingham/2005-09-27/392398|title=EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes result |publisher=Racing Post|date=27 September 2005}}] On 29 October Rajeem was stepped up in class for the Listed Montrose Stakes at [Newmarket Racecourse](/source/Newmarket_Racecourse). There she was ridden by [Jamie Spencer](/source/Jamie_Spencer) and started a 25/1 outsider in a ten-runner field. Racing up the centre of the wide Newmarket straight, she took the lead from Bunood a furlong from the finish and won by half a length.[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2005-10-29/392539|title=Montrose Stakes result |publisher=Racing Post|date=29 October 2005}}]
===2006: three-year-old season===
Rajeem began her second season in the [Masaka Stakes](/source/Masaka_Stakes) over one mile on the [Polytrack](/source/Polytrack) surface at [Kempton Park Racecourse](/source/Kempton_Park_Racecourse) April 1. In this race she finished eighth of the eleven runners after starting slowly and being hampered in the early stages. Later that month she was matched against male opposition in the [Feilden Stakes](/source/Feilden_Stakes) over nine furlongs at Newmarket and finished fifth behind the [colt](/source/colt_(horse)) Atlantic Waves. Rajeem was sent to [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf) ten days later for the [German 1000 Guineas](/source/German_1000_Guineas) but made little impact as she finished eighth of the fourteen runners. Clive Brittain later said that the filly came back from Germany "devastated", having lost 29[kg](/source/kg) in weight.[{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2340468/Rajeem-is-Falmouth-surprise-packet.html|title=Rajeem is Falmouth surprise packet|date=13 July 2006|author=Marcus Armytage|work=[Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph)}}]
At [Royal Ascot](/source/Royal_Ascot) on 23 June Rajeem started a 150/1 outsider for the [Group One](/source/Group_races) [Coronation Stakes](/source/Coronation_Stakes) but belied her odds as she ran on strongly in the straight to finish fifth of the fifteen runners behind [Nannina](/source/Nannina). At Newmarket on 12 July Rajeem was matched against older fillies and mares in the Falmouth Stakes and started a 50/1 outsider in a seven-runner field. [Soviet Song](/source/Soviet_Song) (winner of the race in the last two years) started favourite ahead of Nannina and [Peeress](/source/Peeress_(horse)) with the other three runners being Nasheej ([May Hill Stakes](/source/May_Hill_Stakes), third in the [1000 Guineas](/source/1000_Guineas)), Musicanna ([Atalanta Stakes](/source/Atalanta_Stakes)) and Cape Columbine. Rajeem was partnered by the Australian [Kerrin McEvoy](/source/Kerrin_McEvoy) who had partnered her at Ascot. In a change of tactics, Rajeem led from the start and set a slow pace before holding off several challengers in the final furlong to win by three quarters of a length ahead of Nannina with Musicanna, Nasheej and Peeress close behind.[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/174/newmarket-july/2006-07-12/411062|title=Falmouth Stakes result |publisher=Racing Post|date=12 July 2006}}] After the race Brittain said "She was 50-1 and 'have a go Clive' trained her, so people will try and pull the race down, saying they didn't go fast enough, but she still has won. When I get a good one, I know what to do and how to plan things. I would take anybody on."[{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/164464/rajeem-shocks-falmouth-field|title=Rajeem Shocks Falmouth Field|author=Mary Schweitzer|date=12 July 2016|work=[The Blood-Horse](/source/The_Blood-Horse)}}]
The filly was expected to run in either the [Nassau Stakes](/source/Nassau_Stakes) or the [Prix d'Astarte](/source/Prix_d'Astarte) but suffered injury problems and missed the rest of the season. She remained in training as a four-year-old but was unable to recover full fitness. Her retirement was announced in September 2007. Clive Brittain commented "We decided she had already won a Group One and had done enough – she didn't need to prove anything else... At the end of last year I was hoping we were going to have a good season with her and she got over her first injury but then she got another niggle".[{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rajeem%20retired%20to%20stud%20in%20US.-a0168276518|title=Rajeem retired to stud in US|author=Paul Eacott|date=3 September 2007|work=Racing Post}}]
==Breeding record==
At the end of her racing career, Rajeem was retired to become a broodmare for Darley Stud. To date (2016) she has produced at least six foals and one winner:
*Tashreef, a brown filly, foaled in 2008, sired by [Bernardini](/source/Bernardini_(horse)). Unraced.
*Master Rajeem, dark bay or brown colt (later gelded), 2009, by [Street Cry](/source/Street_Cry). Won four [National Hunt](/source/National_Hunt) races.[{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/829002/master-rajeem/form|work=[Racing Post](/source/Racing_Post)|title=Master Rajeem – Record By Race Type}}]
*Araajmh, filly, 2010, by Street Cry. Unplaced in only race.
*Medallero, bay colt, 2011, by [Medaglia d'Oro](/source/Medaglia_d'Oro_(horse)). Unplaced in two races.
*Country Madam, bay filly, 2012, by Medaglia d'Oro. Unraced.
*unnamed bay gelding, 2013, by [Raven's Pass](/source/Raven's_Pass)
Rajeem was offered for sale at [Keeneland](/source/Keeneland) in 2012 but failed to reach her reserve price of $195,000. In November 2015 at the Goffs sale she was bought for €26,000 by Tinnakill Bloodstock.[{{cite web|url=http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2015-11-21&dt=2015-11-22&venue_id=3&hn=Rajeem&s=&a=&sin=&dn=&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815091221/http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2015-11-21&dt=2015-11-22&venue_id=3&hn=Rajeem&s=&a=&sin=&dn=&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_3|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-08-15|work=[Racing Post](/source/Racing_Post)|title=Goffs November Breeding Stock 2015}}]
==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Rajeem (GB), bay mare, 2003
1995
|m = Magic Sister (GB)
1997
|ff = [Warning](/source/Warning_(British_horse)) (GB)
1985
|fm = Arvola (GB)
1990
|mf = [Cadeaux Genereux](/source/Cadeaux_Genereux) (GB)
1985
|mm = Gunner's Belle (GB)
1980
|fff = [Known Fact](/source/Known_Fact)
|ffm = Slightly Dangerous
|fmf = [Sadler's Wells](/source/Sadler's_Wells_(horse))
|fmm = [Park Appeal](/source/Park_Appeal)
|mff = Young Generation
|mfm = Smarten Up
|mmf = [Gunner B](/source/Gunner_B)
|mmm = Crimson Belle
|ffff = [In Reality](/source/In_Reality)
|fffm = Tamarett
|ffmf = [Roberto](/source/Roberto_(horse))
|ffmm = Where You Lead
|fmff = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer)
|fmfm = Fairy Bridge
|fmmf = [Ahonoora](/source/Ahonoora)
|fmmm = Balidaress
|mfff = Balidar
|mffm = Brig O'Doon
|mfmf = [Sharpen Up](/source/Sharpen_Up)
|mfmm = Languissola
|mmff = Royal Gunner
|mmfm = Sweet Councillor
|mmmf = [Red God](/source/Red_God)
|mmmm = Signal Belle (Family: 16-c)