Shahrastani

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This article is about the racehorse. For the Islamic scholar, see Muhammad al-Shahrastani.

Shahrastani (ch.c. Nijinsky II- Shademah (Thatch)) was a thoroughbred race horse foaled in 1983. He won the English Derby at Epsom in 1986. Owned by HH Aga Khan IV and trained at Newmarket by Michael Stoute, he was ridden by Walter Swinburn, who had previously been successful in the race on Shergar, for the same owner and trainer, in 1981. Shahrastani was considered a lucky winner of the Epsom Derby because the runner-up and favourite Dancing Brave, who proved superior to Shahrastani in both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp later in the season, was given an injudicious ride by his jockey Greville Starkey at Epsom. Shahrastani won once more after his Epsom success, taking the Irish Derby by eight lengths and was retired to stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky at the end of his three year old career.

Pedigree of Shahrastani
Sire Nijinsky II	Northern Dancer	Nearctic	Nearco
			Lady Angela
		Natalma	Native Dancer
			Almahmoud
	Flaming Page	Bull Page	Bull Lea
			Our Page
		Flaring Top	Menow
			Flaming Top
Dam Shademah	Thatch	Forli	Aristophanes
			Trevisa
		Thong	Nantallah
			Rough Shod
	Shamim	Le Haar	Vieux Manoir
			Mince Pie
		Diamond Drop	Charlottesville
			Martine