MEHMAS
PROFILE
EUROPE'S CHAMPION FIRST AND SECOND-CROP SIRE OF 2020 AND 2021
SIRE OF A RECORD NUMBER OF 2YO WINNERS IN 2024
Mehmas was a top class two-year-old.
He won four races as a juvenile and was never out of the first three in all of his starts. His first two wins were followed by victories in Gr.2 Richmond Stakes (6f), beating Gr.1 winner Blue Point, and the Gr.2 July Stakes (6f).
He was a trainer's horse, and won the admiration of his handler Richard Hannon by showing his class, toughness and a willing attitude every time he ran.
He made an electric start to his career at stud with the likes of the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner SUPREMACY, Gr. 1-winning filly GOING GLOBAL, Gr.1-winning miler CHEZ PIERRE, Gr.1 Betfair Sprint Cup winner MINZAAL and top 2yo PERSIAN FORCE emerging out of his first crops.
PERSIAN FORCE now stands alongside his sire at Tally-Ho Stud.
Mehmas is enjoying another phenomenal season in 2024 as the sire of over 60 2yo winners - and counting! - including the G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes winner SCORTHY CHAMP, G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner MAGNUM FORCE, G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine VERTICAL LADY and G2 Flying Childers Stakes hero AESTERIUS.
Mehmas is a brilliant source of 2yos but it is also worth noting that G1 winners CHEZ PIERRE, GOING GLOBAL and MINZAAL have been best as older horses.
Not just a turf sire, Mehmas has also been represented by a multiple stakes-winning sprinter on dirt in COLOUR UP.
Yearlings sold for up to 1 million guineas in 2024.
2014 b h Acclamation x Lucina (Machiavellian)
16.hh (1.62m) to stud 2017
Europe's most exciting young sire
2025 fee: €70,000
"It's his statistics with his 2yos that are really off the charts" TDN 13/06/24
''I just love this horse. He's a nice moving horse and has a lovely attitude. He's a professional, has a lot of class, a big heart and is very tough, you can't ask more than that''''
Richard Hannon
(Trainer)