Taboun was sired by the Aga Khan's stallion Tabriz, whose career was ended by injury after winning the Royal Lodge Stakes as a two-year-old in 1949.
He returned to Maisons-Laffitte in August and recorded his first important win when he won the Prix Robert Papin[2] over 1200 metres from Steamer and Thymus.
[4] Taboun ran next in the French equivalent of the 2000 Guineas, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp, in which he attempted to become the second horse, after Djebel in 1940 to win both races.
[6] The success of Taboun helped Aly Khan become British flat racing Champion Owner with record prize money of more than £100,000.
[7] In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Taboun an "average" winner of the 2000 Guineas.