No less than 43 fillies and broodmares from the Aga Khan Studs will make their way to the Arqana breeding stock sale, to take place on December 7-10 in Deauville. Among them are daughters and sisters to many of the finest performers that carried the green and red silks in recent years, including Rosanara, Ashalanda, Behkara, Shamdala, Sageburg, Darsi, Behkabad, Daryakana ...
Eight colts with a potential to do well on the flat or over jumps head for the Arqana Autumn Sale, to be held in Deauville on 18th November. Of the seven three-year-olds, the Mikel Delzangles-trained KOKALTASH (Haafhd) boasts the best form to date. He was precocious enough to make his debut in July of his juvenile season, and broke his maiden ...
The Australian Champion sire Redoute's Choice (Danehill) will return in 2014. The Aga Khan Studs have confirmed that the Australian Champion sire Redoute's Choice (Danehill) will return in 2014 to cover a new northern hemisphere season at Haras de Bonneval. Redoute's Choice's exceptional achievements make his renewed presence in Europe a rare opportunity for breeders. His progeny recorded two further Classic ...
Elite consignment features Classic winner Kastoria and a Sinndar half-sister. The Aga Khan Studs delegation for the forthcoming Goffs Breeding Stock sale boasts Group Ones galore, whether they be winners themselves, dams thereof or close relations. Particular highlights of the 27-strong consignment include KASTORIA, heroine of the Gr 1 Irish St Leger among her five Stakes successes and runner-up in the ...
Mares covered during top Australian sire's first season at Bonneval will be an attraction. Aga Khan sires Redoute's Choice and SEA THE STARS promise to draw buyers attention at Goffs November sale. Each stallion is represented by a pair of mares in foal, while SEA THE STARS also has a quartet of foals from his third generation of progeny. The dominant ...
Valirann and Ebiyza also take Longchamp honours. The Aga Khan Studs enjoyed a spectacular Arc meeting thanks to a Group treble signed by DALKALA, VALIRANN and EBIYZA, while Mandour and Siyenica also finished on the podium. Highlight of the weekend was the success of DALKALA in the Gr 1 Prix de l'Opéra. The four-year-old filly produced a storming finish to deny ...
A winning half-brother to Gr 1 scorer Mourayan amongst the Irish draft. Close relatives of numerous Gr 1 winners are among the Aga Khan Studs 11-strong consignment of horses in training for the forthcoming Goffs sale on 24th October. One major attraction of the draft is likely to be MOURANI, a Dalakhani half-brother to Australian Gr 1 winner Mourayan (Alhaarth), Melbourne ...
My Titania now a Classic prospect. Sea The Stars celebrated another important marker in his stallion career on Sunday as My Titania offered her sire a first Group success. Racing for the third time of her career, My Titania was sent off hot favourite for the Gr 3 C.L. Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh. After tracking the leaders for much ...
A weekend double brings Gilltown Stud sire's tally to seven. SEA THE STARS is getting into his stride as a sire and he enjoyed an excellent weekend with a 1 - 2 at Newmarket and a winner in Cologne. This double brings the Arc de Triomphe hero's total up to seven first-crop winners and 13 placed horses from 26 runners, a ...
Group-winning stayer Valirann heads Arqana entry. Diakali (Sinndar), SIYOUMA (Medicean) and MANIGHAR (Linamix) are just a few names of Aga Khan Studs graduates to succeed at the highest level on the flat or over jumps after being offered for public or private sale. Investors will have a new opportunity to acquire promising stock from this stable as Valirann, Visiyani and Zerdabi ...
Five winners for the first season sire. The slow start of SEA THE STARS was beginning to make people uneasy, writes Franco Raimondi. He had had just three winners, including one in Russia, before the end of August, which is not too much for a first season sire who had nine yearlings sold for more than €400,000 at the Sales in ...
Stakes success for stallion that proves popular down under. Dalakhani has enjoyed a busy weekend both on the track and at stud, with three black-type performances and a warm welcome at Cornerstone Stud. The Prix du Jockey Club and Arc de Triomphe winner was greeted with enthusiasm at the open day of Cornerstone Stud, where the grey will spend his first ...
Soumillon had been associated to Arc winners Dalakhani and Zarkava. The Aga Khan Studs have confirmed that Christophe Soumillon will be their retained jockey in France from 2014, under a two year contract. Soumillon had previously ridden as first jockey for His Highness the Aga Khan in France for eight years from 2002 to 2009 and he was associated with many ...
Three trainers for the Aga Khan Studs in Ireland. The Aga Khan Studs has announced today that it will be sending some horses to be trained by Dermot Weld which will include both two-year-olds and yearlings. From September onwards The Aga Khan will have three trainers in Ireland as both John Oxx and Michael Halford will continue to train for The ...
The Aga Khan Studs confirmed that Verema (4yo filly Barathea ex Vermentina by Darshaan) is likely to travel to Australia for the 2013 Melbourne Cup. The Aga Khan Studs' French manager Georges Rimaud commented: "His Highness the Aga Khan is delighted to have his first ever runner in the Melbourne Cup. VEREMA is an improving filly that has won two consecutive ...
Stallions and maternal lines from Aga Khan Studs appeal at Deauville. Arqana's Deauville yearling sale was a successful one for the Aga Khan Studs sires, with particularly pleasing performances from the progeny of DALAKHANI and first-season stallion SIYOUNI. Three of DALAKHANI's yearlings met with buyers in the ring, selling for an average of €183,333 and median of €170,000. This represents a ...
International success for Aga Khan Studs as owners and breeders. VEREMA's stylish victory in the Gr 2 Prix Kergorlay was the highlight of a successful Sunday at Deauville which also saw H.H. the Aga Khan's colours carried to second and third places in the Gr 1 Prix Jean Romanet. The four-year-old daughter of Barathea and granddaughter of Prix de Diane winner ...
Seismos takes Gr 1 Grosser Preis von Bayern. Gilltown Stud sire DALAKHANI celebrated his sixth individual Group 1 winner on Sunday as the Andreas Wohler-trained SEISMOS lifted the Grosser Preis von Bayern at Munich. DALAKHANI now counts ten successes at the highest level as a sire, thanks to Classic scorers Conduit, Moonstone, Duncan and Reliable Man, as well as Chinese White ...
Stakes winners Dank, Tasaday and Washaar all represent Aga Khan Studs dams. Prolific Group scorer Dank headed a trio of recent Stakes winners to highlight the quality of their Aga Khan Studs maternal lines. Dank, a four-year-old daughter of Dansili, is from a top-class Aga Khan family, as her dam MASSKANA (Darshaan) is herself out of Poule D'Essai des Pouliches and ...
Listed 1-2 for Azamour, plus impressive debut for juvenile Daraybi. The Aga Khan Studs registered an excellent double at Chantilly on Thursday, with a stylish debut win for DARAYBI followed by victory for AZAMOUR filly SIYENICA in the Listed Prix de Bagatelle. DARAYBI was bred to reach the highest level, as he is by Street Cry and out of Prix de ...
Stars Over The Sea opens account for Gilltown sire, closely followed by Sea The Skies. Champion racehorse SEA THE STARS got off the mark for his stallion career this week as his son Stars Over The Sea scored at Ayr, followed two days later by Sea The Skies at Sandown. The pair are among just five runners to date from the ...
Last August's leading Arqana sire Sea The Stars represented by three yearlings. Aga Khan Studs sires feature strongly in Arqana's August yearling catalogue, with progeny of all their Irish and French residents entered in the Premium sale. SEA THE STARS created fireworks in Deauville in 2012 with his first crop of yearlings and the champion racehorse has three entries in this ...
Bonneval stallion is maternal grandsire of Trading Leather and Flotilla. A highly effective stallion in his own right, SINNDAR is rapidly gaining a reputation as a leading producer of broodmares. The direct sire of four Gr 1 winners, notably Prix Vermeille and Yorkshire Oaks victrix SHARETA, he now boasts three Classic scorers as a grandsire, as Trading Leather and Flotilla have ...
16-Strong Aga Khan contingent for Arqana July. Sold for 160,000 Euros at Arqana's horses in training sale last July, DIAKALI has progressed into one of the best hurdlers of his generation. This season, the son of Sinndar lifted the Gr 1 Champion Four-Year-Old Hurdle at Punchestown and the French equivalent, the Gr 1 Prix Alain du Breil at Auteuil on Sunday. ...
Promising three-year-olds for Newmarket sale. The Aga Khan Studs will send four three-year-olds from the yards of Michael Halford and John Oxx for the forthcoming Tattersalls Horses In Training sale at Newmarket on 10th to 12th July. Out of a full sister to champion racehorse and successful sire Sinndar, SINOUR was beaten a head into second place on his seasonal debut. ...
Classic hopes among winners for in-form sires Gilltown Stud stallions DALAKHANI and AZAMOUR have enjoyed a fine set of results so far in May, both boasting black-type performers among their numerous winners. Sire of last year's ill-fated Prix de Diane herione Valyra, AZAMOUR will have a leading chance in the forthcoming Epsom Oaks thanks to his daughter Liber Nauticus. The Sir ...
Dalakhani close relative lifts Gr 3 Prix de Guiche. The well-bred DALWARI opened his Group account at the first time of asking in Tuesday's Prix de Guiche at Chantilly, at the same time reserving his ticket for the Gr 1 Prix du Jockey Club. The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained colt will therefore attempt to emulate his uncle DALAKHANI, winner of the French Derby ...
Sinndar and Dalakhani are damsires of Flotilla and Nevis, Gilltown's resident also records his 31st Stakes winner. The enduring success of bloodlines is a recognised quality of the Aga Khan Studs breeding and the operation's stallions are highly accomplished at bringing their class to the maternal side of pedigrees. SINNDAR has already proved his worth in this role on several occasions ...
His son Salamargo raises a bid of 520,000 Euros at Arqana. SEA THE STARS was the star of the show at Arqana's Saint Cloud breeze-up this weekend as his son Salamargo established a new record for the sale. Even before his good breeze, the handsome bay from the first crop of his champion racehorse sire had understandably attracted a great deal ...
3YO colt Wylie Hall has crowned a Classic week for champion sire Redoute's Choice with victory in Saturday's R1.5 million South African Derby 2450m G1 at Turffontein. Wylie Hall is the 23rd individual Group 1 winner by REDOUTE'S CHOICE, his 12th 3YO Classic winner and among his 19 worldwide stakeswinners this season. Eight days ago REDOUTE'S CHOICE's 3YO daughter Royal Descent ...
Mourayan and Diakali score under both codes. The versatility of the Aga Khan Studs was highlighted this weekend thanks to two successes at the top level on the flat and over hurdles. In Australia, MOURAYAN (Alhaarth) lifted the prestigious Sydney Cup Gr.1 at Randwick, a well-deserved first victory in this category after three second places. The experienced individual is out of ...
The Gilltown Stud sire shines in Australia and USA. Two sons of DALAKHANI took the honours in two different continents on Saturday 27th April. Firstly, RELIABLE MAN, winner of the 2011 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly, lifted the second Group 1 prize of his career in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. On only his second attempt since exportation to ...
His daughter Royal Descent wins the Australian Oaks by 10 lengths. "You don't see Oaks won like that." So said one commentator after Royal Descent defeated a quality field of 3YO fillies in yesterday's $550,000 ATC Australian Oaks to become the 22nd Group 1 winner, and the 11th 3YO Classic winner for her super sire REDOUTE'S CHOICE. Defeat is too light ...
Classic hopes Siyenica and Nuntius among recent winners. Gilltown Stud sires Azamour and Dalakhani have enjoyed a fine run of form recently, with a quartet of three-year-old winners which look sure to progress. Aga Khan Studs bred SIYENICA lived up to her pedigree when making a victorious debut in impressive style at Longchamp on 22nd April in the conditions race Prix ...
Maternal lines star in Classic Trials, while Mizani scores at Happy Valley. Aga Khan-bred dams took the honours at Longchamp on Sunday, with GENGIS a stylish winner of the Gr 3 Prix de Fontainebleau and TASADAY pleasing runner-up in the Gr 3 Prix de la Grotte. Out of Aga Khan mare Ashiyla (Green Desert), GENGIS is a progressive colt who won ...
Record-breaking Helsinge yearling sells for Aus$5 million. Multiple champion Australian sire Redoute's Choice, who resides currently at the Haras de Bonneval, is also a champion in the sales ring. His 2013 yearlings have enjoyed spectacular results at the recent Inglis Easter Sale, topped by a record-breaking son of Helsinge who reached the heady sum of Aus$5 million. This half-brother to world ...
Redoute's Choice half brother to Black Caviar, and a colt out of Vadsalina among Easter entries. The global appeal of sire Redoute's Choice combines with the international fame of superstar mare Black Caviar at the forthcoming Inglis Easter yearling sale. The yearling half-brother, by current Haras de Bonneval resident Redoute's Choice, to the unbeaten 24-time winning sprinter will be offered as ...
The Aga Khan Studs announced today that Dalakhani and Azamour will shuttle to Australia and New Zealand respectively for the 2013-2014 Southern Hemisphere season. ...
Sea The Stars youngsters will be an attraction at Arqana in May. Gilltown Stud stallions SEA THE STARS, AZAMOUR and DALAKHANI will all be represented by progeny at forthcoming breeze-up auctions in France and England. SEA THE STARS has his first juveniles this season and three of these feature in the Arqana catalogue for the sale on 10th and 11th May. ...
The Champion's fourth foal is a a bay colt. ZARKAVA (Zamindar) gave birth to her fourth foal on Saturday morning, a bay colt by Dubawi. Georges Rimaud, manager of the Aga Khan Studs in France, said of the foal that "he is a nice individual, very strong with bone and good depth". ZARKAVA, who was the unbeaten winner of five Group ...
