Army Mule's dam Crafty Toast was not a top-class racehorse but showed consistently good form to win five times from thirty-one starts between May 1998 and November 2000.
[4] Her dam Give A Toast won the Beaugay Stakes and was descended from the broodmare Tedmelia (foaled 1935), making her a distant relative of Rodrigo de Triano, Shaadi, Regal Rose, Crusade and Seventh Heaven.
[5] Army Mule made his track debut in a maiden race over six and a half furlongs at Belmont Park on April 30, 2017, and started 1.55/1 joint-favourite in an eight-runner field.
[7] After an absence of nine months Army Mule returned to the track on January 31, 2018, when he was partnered by Javier Castellano in a six furlong allowance race at Gulfstream Park.
[8] On April 9 Army Mule was moved up sharply in class to contest the Grade I Carter Handicap over seven furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack.