Racing Post Trophy
Mouktar was a "fine, big, rangy" grey horse bred in Ireland by his owner Aga Khan IV. He was sired by the grey stallion Nishapour, who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains for the Aga Khan in 1978 and sired the Prix de Diane winner Shemaka and the Racing Post Trophy winner Beauchamp King. Mouktar's dam Molitva won two races over one and half miles and was a descendant of François Dupré's racemare Mirna, who won the Prix de la Forêt and the Prix du Moulin.