Brave Raj
SireRajab
GrandsireJaipur
DamBravest Yet
DamsireBravo
SexMare
Foaled1984
CountryUnited States
ColourDark Bay/Brown
BreederWallace S. Karutz
Owner1) Ben Perkins, Sr. 2) Dolly Green
TrainerMelvin F. Stute
Record9: 6-1-0
Earnings$933,650
Major wins
Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1986)
Sorrento Stakes (1986)
My Dear Girl Stakes (1986)
Susan's Girl Stakes (1986) Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1986)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1986)
Honours
Brave Raj Stakes at Calder Race Course

Brave Raj (1984–2006) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who raced only one year and earned 1986 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors and won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.[1]

A descendant of Nearco through both her sire Rajab and her dam, Bravest Yet, Brave Raj was bred in Florida and purchased by trainer Ben Perkins, Sr. for $24,000 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's February sale of 2-year-olds. After racing once, Brave Raj was acquired by California oil heiress Dolly Green.[2] She entrusted her conditioning to trainer Mel Stute.

Brave Raj's 1986 earnings set a world record for fillies in her age group. A knee injury ended her racing career and she was retired to broodmare duty at Patchen Wilkes Farm in Lexington, Kentucky where she produced ten winners, including two who won stakes races. She died at Patchen Wilkes Farm on January 28, 2006, one week after losing a foal.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Brave Raj
Sire
Rajab

1973

 Jaipur

1959

 Nasrullah Nearco
Mumtaz Begum
Rare Perfume Eight Thirty
Fragrance
Classicist

1965

 Princequillo Prince Rose
Cosquilla
Classic Music Stymie
Jaconda
Dam
Bravest Yet

1978

 Bravo

1969

 Bold Ruler Nasrullah
Miss Disco
Magneto Ambiorix
Dynamo
Perfect Hand

1972

 Hand to Hand Warfare
Melon
Turn Ahead Dead Ahead
Millie H.


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