"[3] Prepared by trainer Richard Dawson at Whatcombe Stables in Wantage, Oxfordshire, at age two all of Mumtaz Mahal's races were at distances of either five or six furlongs.

Quickly dubbed "The Flying Filly" because of her blazing speed,[3] she set a new track record in the Spring Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse as part of her five important wins in 1923.

In her last race that year, she finished second in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton Park Racecourse on a track heavy with mud while conceding 7lbs to the winner.

She was bought by the Aga Khan III for 9,100 guineas, the highest fee paid for a filly at auction since Sceptre.

[4] Retired to breeding duties at his Sheshoon Stud at the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, Mumtaz Mahal became an important broodmare.