ON Monday, Timeform published some of their figures for the 2015 Glorious Goodwood Festival and it is striking that one of the most highly-rated winners, among those aged four and older, is a well-related horse whose rise to fame has been so rapid, and so recent, that no mention of him appears on the Goffs London Sale catalogue page of a close relation who made £825,000 at that auction in June.

That was the amount paid for the Tracey Collins-trained mare Majestic Queen (by Kheleyf), who now carries the famous Godolphin colours.

She won the Group 3 Chartwell Fillies’ Stakes over seven furlongs at Lingfield in May, finished third behind Mustajeeb in the Group 2 Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh, was runner-up in the seven-furlong Group 3 Brownstown Stakes at Fairyhouse, and holds an entry in next month’s Group 1 Betfred Sprint Cup.

Her dam Night Fairy (by Danehill) is a winning full-sister to the listed scorer Fairy Of The Night, and it is that mare whose son earned a Timeform rating of 125 when taking the Group 2 King George Stakes.

Like Majestic Queen, Muthmir was bred by the Tsui family’s Sunderland Holding, and as both are by sons of Green Desert (by Danzig), the son of Irish National Stud ace Invincible Spirit is very closely related to the mare.

He too holds an entry in the Group 1 Betfred Sprint Cup, which means an interesting clash between the cousins could be on the cards. He has won over six furlongs and been placed over seven, but it is striking that his best form is over shorter.

He was fifth in the Stewards’ Cup last year, and only beaten a length when fifth in the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes in May, but in addition to his Portland Handicap success in 2014, he has won the Group 2 Prix du Gros-Chene and been a half-length third in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes, both over the minimum trip.

His official pre-Goodwood rating was only 112, so some way short of the standard required at Group 1 level, but his higher Timeform figure suggests that he may be considerably better than his bare form, and that he could indeed become the next Group 1 star in what is a strong family.

Muthmir is a full-brother to the stakes-placed filly Aneedah and he is a half-brother to the lightly-raced John Oxx-trained four-year-old My Titania (by Sea The Stars). She won the Group 3 C L Weld Park Stakes at two and, from only two outings last year, was fourth in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes and a half-length third in the Group 2 Kilboy Estate Stakes.

She disappointed at Leopardstown in June, her first run in 11 months, but her string of big race entries includes next month’s Group 1 Coolmore Mastercraftsman Matron Stakes at that same venue.

The blacktype trio come from their dam’s first four foals, and her fifth is an unraced three-year-old filly named My Fairy (by Sea The Stars) whom Oxx also trains for owner-breeder Christopher Tsui.

Majestic Queen’s dam, in comparison, has a juvenile filly and a colt foal whose full-sister, Stars So Bright (by Sea The Stars), made a winning debut over a mile at Dundalk early last year.

Night Fairy and Fairy Of The Night are out of the winner Sassenach (by Night Shift) and that makes them half-sisters to Dress Rehearsal (by Galileo), a Listed Martin Molony Stakes winner who went on to Grade 3 success at Gulfstream Park.

That talented performer’s second foal is the John Gosden-trained Christophermarlowe (by Tapit) whose unbeaten record and classic aspirations ended when only third, at 2/5, behind Kilimanjaro in the Listed Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield in May.

Sassenach’s siblings include two of note, one for his talent on the track and the other for her record at stud.

Far Cry (by Pharly) won the Group 3 Doncaster Cup, was runner-up in the Group 1 Gold Cup and also in the Group 2 Goodwood Cup.

His half-sister Misskinta (by Desert Sun) ran away with a 12-furlong apprentices’ maiden at Downpatrick as a four-year-old before going on to become the dam of Grandeur (by Verglas) and Magnolia Beach (by Footstepsinthesand).

The latter is a 104-rated stakes-placed handicapper who has twice finished fourth in Group 3 company, achievements that will not appear in a catalogue.

Six-year-old Grandeur has been pattern-placed in England this year, and won listed contests at Lingfield and Goodwood in 2014, but his best season was 2012 when he won the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita and the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes and was runner-up to Unbridled Command in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.

Darabaka (by Doyoun), the unraced dam of Far Cry and third dam of Muthmir, is out of a winner called Darazina (by Labus) and it is from that mare that three reasonably recent Group 1 stars descend.

Her blacktype-placed daughter Gentle Genius (by Danehill) is the dam of Ironstein (by Zabeel), a dual Group 3 scorer who has twice been fourth in the Group 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick.

Daralinsha (by Empery), who won the Group 3 Prix Minerve, is the grandam of the Group 1 Prix du Jockey-Club (French Derby) scorer Darsi (by Polish Precedent) and third dam of Darjina (by Zamindar), who won the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas), the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, and the Group 1 Prix d’Astarte in 2007.

Darazina is also responsible for the pattern-placed French stakes winner Darata (by Vayrann), dam of the champion and Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) star Daryaba (by Night Shift) who is, in turn, the dam of the Grade 1 scorer Daryakana (by Selkirk).

This branch of the family was also in the news recently when Daryakana’s son Dariyan (by Shamardal), her first foal, won the Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam at Maisons-Laffitte.

Muthmir, who is inbred 3x3 to Danzig (by Northern Dancer) and so closely related to Majestic Queen, is the fastest horse in a family that has a well-established record of getting pattern winners and Group 1 performers, and if he can reproduce his Timeform figure then there is every reason to hope that he can succeed at the highest level.