Arabian Galopp Archive · Research dossier
Madjani × Petite Class (Barour de Cardonne)
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Career Story
HH The President Cup G1 PA · 2018 & 2019.
The Emirates Racing Authority records AL ZAHIR with six wins from 22 starts and AED 5,718,200 in earnings. He won six of 16 starts on turf, while six dirt starts produced no victory. His signature race was the HH The President Cup G1 PA over 2,200 metres, which he won in both 2018 and 2019; he also won the 2018 Emirates Championship G1 PA. After his sire Madjani, he became only the second horse to win the President Cup in consecutive years. Blinkers helped him maintain focus when defending the title in 2019.
Distance profile: 2,200–2,400 m
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Research dossier
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Read the race record
AL ZAHIR is presented with 6 wins and 3 wins at Group 1/top level, with a documented distance profile of 2,200–2,400 m. Those figures become meaningful only when read with where, when and against whom the results were achieved.
Read the pedigree
The Madjani × Petite Class by Barour de Cardonne cross is the starting point of this profile. The recurring names Madjani, Tidjani, Barour de Cardonne, Dormane become routes through the archive — not a mathematical promise of performance.
Why this profile belongs here
AL ZAHIR shows that a son's preferred surface need not mirror his sire's: Madjani's dirt class became a clearly elite turf profile in him.
Career landmarks
Pedigree
The documented cross should be read alongside female-family production, soundness, distance and surface. A name in a pedigree is a clue — never a guarantee.
Only names supported by the editorial research or a linked primary source are displayed. Missing generations are never filled with assumptions.Female family
AL ZAHIR makes the Petite Class branch relevant through repeat Group 1 turf performance; the family will be extended only when more close relatives are documented.
Bloodline Story
AL ZAHIR is by three-time Dubai Kahayla Classic winner Madjani out of Petite Class by Barour de Cardonne. The pedigree combines Tidjani and Manganate with Dormane deeper in the female line. The contrast between sire and son is analytically useful: Madjani built his greatest reputation on dirt, while all six of AL ZAHIR's wins came on turf. Class can be inherited without being expressed on the same surface, and no broad progeny claim should be made for AL ZAHIR until it is documented.
The documented cross should be read alongside female-family production, soundness, distance and surface. A name in a pedigree is a clue — never a guarantee.
Breeding Insight
As a stallion or gelding reference, the profile shows which performance traits can be studied in the line. Race results do not automatically prove breeding value; offspring, female families, health and compatibility must also be assessed.
AL ZAHIR shows that a son's preferred surface need not mirror his sire's: Madjani's dirt class became a clearly elite turf profile in him.
1919 by Shelby
AL ZAHIR shows that a son's preferred surface need not mirror his sire's: Madjani's dirt class became a clearly elite turf profile in him.
Name, presented pedigree and highlighted major results have been compiled from published results and authority or stud sources.
Figures marked reported, approximate or not consolidated must not be treated as official totals.
Classification, rating, prize money and historical status can differ by jurisdiction and date. The responsible official racing authority takes precedence.
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Archive profile reviewed 11 September 2026. New official sources are added continuously.
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