Mameluke (foaled 1948) was an American

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race horse. Bred and raced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, he was out of the mare, Schwester, and was sired by the 1936

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winner, Mahmoud who became the

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in 1946 and the

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in 1957. Ridden by

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Raymond Adair, and trained by

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, Mameluke won a division of the 1951

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but in that year's

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, the horse slowed badly before being pulled up sore and finishing last. In 1952, Mameluke won the Metropolitan Handicap and ran third in the

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.''New York Times'' - May 31, 1952
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References

Mameluke's pedigree and partial racing stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mameluke (Horse) 1948 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 5-j Racehorses bred in the United States Racehorses trained in the United States