Mashaallah was a late-maturing colt who did not appear on the racecourse until June of his three-year-old season, when he ran unplaced in a minor race at Sandown.
1992 saw Mashaallah improve from a modest handicapper- rated 96- to a three-time Group One winner capable of competing and winning at the highest level in middle and long-distance races.
Ridden by Steve Cauthen, Mashaallah took the lead two furlongs from the finish and ran on strongly to beat the French-trained filly Saganeca by three-quarters of a length.
He returned to Germany for the Grosser Preis von Baden in which he led from the start to win by one and a quarter lengths from the German Horse of the Year Platini.
Mashaallah ran six times in 1993, but was unable to recapture his best form, and recorded his only win when he was dropped in class to take a minor stakes race at York[9] His best performance of the year came at Longchamp in October, where he led for most of the way in the Prix Royal Oak, but was caught in the last strides and beaten a short neck by Raintrap.