Khaled (1943–1968) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known as a sire in the United States. Bred and raced in England by the Aga Khan III, Khaled was sired by Hyperion, the 1933 Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes winner and a six-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Hyperion was a son of 1918 English Triple Crown champion Gainsborough. Khaled was out of the mare Eclair, and his damsire, Ethnarch, was a son of The Tetrarch. The United Kingdom's National Horseracing Museum called The Tetrarch a "phenomenon" and reported that he was voted Britain's two-year-old of his century. In its description of the colt, the National Sporting Library's Thoroughbred Heritage website in the United States uses terminology such as "probably the greatest two-year-old of all time" and that he was "possibly the greatest runner ever."

Khaled
SireHyperion
GrandsireGainsborough
DamEclair
DamsireEthnarch
SexStallion
Foaled1943
CountryGreat Britain
ColorBay
BreederAga Khan III
Owner1) Aga Khan III
2) Rex C. Ellsworth (at stud)
TrainerFrank Butters
Record12: 6-1-1
EarningsUS$32,825
Major wins
Coventry Stakes (1945)
Middle Park Stakes (1945)
St. James's Palace Stakes (1946)
Honors
Khaled Stakes at Hollywood Park

While Khaled won important races in England, his greatest success was at stud in the United States for Californian Rex Ellsworth. Brought to Ellsworth's farm in Chino, California, in 1947, Khaled raced in 1948 with limited success. After being retired to stud, he produced sixty-one stakes winners, with Swaps being the most successful. He won the 1955 Kentucky Derby, was voted American Horse of the Year in 1956, and in 1966 was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. As a stallion, Swaps notably sired the 1963 Kentucky Derby winner, Chateaugay and Hall of Fame inductee Affectionately.

Some of the horses sired by Khaled were:

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Pedigree

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Pedigree of Khaled, brown stallion, 1943
Sire
Hyperion (GB)
Gainsborough Bayardo Bay Ronald
Galicia
Rosedrop St. Frusquin
Rosaline
Selene Chaucer St. Simon
Canterbury Pilgrim
Serenissima Minoru
Gondolette
Dam
Eclair (GB)
Ethnarch The Tetrarch Roi Herode
Vahren
Karenza William the Third
Cassinia
Black Ray Black Jester Polymelus
Absurdity
Lady Brilliant Sundridge
Our Lassie (family: 22-d)