Before Mukhadram, his most notable performer was Lope de Vega who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club in 2010.

[2] His dam, Magic Tree, bred by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud, finished unplaced on her only racecourse appearance,[3] but was a half-sister to the St Leger Stakes winner Mastery.

Mukhadram did not race as a two-year-old and made his debut on 19 April 2012 in the Wood Ditton Stakes for previously unraced horses over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse.

Starting the 7/2 favourite, he finished second to the Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained Mariner's Cross, but was later awarded the race after the winner was disqualified after a prohibited substance was found in a post-race sample.

On his first appearance of 2013, Mukhdaram was moved up in class to contest the Group Three Brigadier Gerard Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse on 30 May.

He produced his best performance up to that time, leading from the start and going three length clear in the straight before being caught in the closing stages and being beaten a neck by Al Kazeem with The Fugue and Camelot in third and fourth.

[13] On his final appearance of the season, Mukhadram finished fifth behind Farhh, Cirrus des Aigles, Ruler of the World and Hunter's Light in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on 19 October.

On 5 July, Mukhadram started a 14/1 outsider for the Eclipse Stakes in a field which included The Fugue, Night of Thunder, Kingston Hill, Verrazano, War Command and Trading Leather.

[20] Some observers, including Channel 4's Jim McGrath, expressed the view that Mukhadram's victory had been partly due to the riders of the more fancied runners misjudging the pace and giving their mounts too much ground to make up in the straight.

[21] Mukhadram was then stepped up in distance to one and a half miles for the first time to contest Britain's most prestigious weight-for-age race the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on 26 July.

Ridden by Dane O'Neill, he tracked the pacemaker Leitir Mor before taking the lead in the straight and engaging in a protracted struggle with the favourite Telescope.

He tracked the pacemaker Kingfisher before moving forward to briefly take the lead in the straight, but faded in the closing stages to finish fourth behind Australia, The Grey Gatsby and Telescope, beaten seven and half lengths by the winner.

He produced a similar performance to his run at York, briefly taking the lead in the straight before being outpaced in the closing stages and finishing fourth behind The Grey Gatsby, Australia and Trading Leather.