Persian Gulf was a bay horse with a white star bred in the United Kingdom by his owner Lady Zia Wernher, a daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia.
Bahram was not a great success as a stallion but did sire Big Game and the St Leger winner Turkhan before being exported to the United States in 1941.
[1] Persian Gulf's dam Double Life was bought as a yearling for 600 guineas by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort on behalf of Zia Wernher in October 1927.
After her retirement from racing she became a highly influential broodmare: in addition to Persian Gulf she produced Precipitation and was the female-line ancestor of Meld, Charlottown, Kalaglow, Ramonti and Shahtoush.
[6] Persian Gulf led the twenty-three runner field until half way and stayed on after being overtaken to finish fourth behind Straight Deal, Umiddad and Nasrullah.
[4] After winning three times in spring,[2] he was beaten by a neck when attempting to concede four pounds to Umiddad in the Thorney Stakes over one and three quarter miles at Newmarket.
Ridden by Robert A "Bobby" Jones,[9] he led from the start and drew away in the last quarter mile to win easily from High Chancellor with Umiddad in third place.