Dalakhani, Azamour and Sinndar feature in August catalogue. The in-form DALAKHANI, whose son Reliable Man enjoyed Classic success in the Gr 1 Prix du Jockey Club in June, will have a particularly strong hand during Arqana's elite Deauville yearling market. The Gilltown Stud-based sire will be represented by nine youngsters, and all of these have been selected for the first two ...
A selection of six colts and a filly are currently offered. The Aga Khan Studs are currently offering a selection of six colts and a filly for sale on their website. The draft is headed by Beynamar, a Green Desert three-parts brother to Group 1 winner Behkabad. He is in training with Alain de Royer Dupré and is out of Behkara, ...
Royal Ascot hero Rewilding also represents the Aga Khan Studs. Sensational filly Igugu put up a record-breaking performance on Saturday to lift the Gr 1 Durban July Handicap at Greyville, the most prestigious and important race in South Africa. The three-year-old, who is out of the Aga Khan Studs-bred ZARINIA, carried 55 kg to victory in this 2200 metre handicap, a ...
The filly beats the colts in Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. SARAFINA overcame far from ideal racing circumstances to strike in the final yards of the mile and a half Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr 1) on Sunday. A slow early pace meant that the four-year-old filly took her time to relax and she entered the straight in last position under Christophe ...
127 well bred foals were born this year. The foaling season ended on 26 May with the birth of a full brother to the juvenile Group 1 winner Rosanara, out of SINNDAR and the Linamix mare Rosawa. The 2011 breeding season counted 127 foalings in France, Ireland and the USA. Some of the best Aga Khan mares were sent to Sea ...
The son of Cape Cross suffered an injury sustained during his last race. Following BEHKABAD's close second in the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly on 5th June, the four-year-old son of Cape Cross suffered an injury to his left knee that was sustained during the race. This will keep him off the racecourse at least until the Autumn. BEHKABAD was ...
Jumps and flat potential on offer at Arqana. The Aga Khan Studs boast an enviable reputation of sending talented individuals to public sale, with Zaynar, Zaidpour and Rajsaman going on to perform at the highest level after changing hands recently at Arqana. The operation's latest 16-strong consignment to Arqana's summer sale on 29th June at Saint-Cloud represents some top Aga Khan ...
Aga Khan Studs' sires dominate the finish of the Prix du Jockey Club. RELIABLE MAN stormed home in Sunday's Gr 1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly to offer his sire DALAKHANI a third Classic victory as a stallion and a fourth Gr 1 winner. The inexperienced dark grey colt was maintaining his unbeaten record in just three outings and appears ...
Azamour and Dalakhani progeny in Epsom and Chantilly reckoning. A remarkable total of eight sons and daughters of Gilltown Stud sires AZAMOUR and DALAKHANI could take their chances in the forthcoming weekend's Classics after recent forfeits were announced for Epsom and Chantilly. The British Derby challenge for the Aga Khan Studs stallions is lead by Native Khan, a grey son of ...
Formerly Berouni, Mighty High wins Sha Tin Gr 1. The Aga Khan Studs graduate MIGHTY HIGH lived up to his new name when winning the Gr 1 Champions and Chater Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. The tough five-year-old had finished third in both the international Gr 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup and the Gr 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup earlier ...
No Explaining takes the Gr 3 Gallorette Handicap while other progeny shine in France and Germany. Azamour's daughter NO EXPLAINING provided a milestone first transatlantic Stakes victory for her sire over the weekend when winning the Gr 3 Gallorette Handicap on the Preakness Stakes undercard. This was a well-deserved victory for the four-year-old filly as she had been knocking on the ...
Her half-brother Sandagiyr also upholds family honour with promising Listed success. SARAFINA returned to winning ways with a smooth victory in a classy renewal of the Gr 2 Prix Corrida at Saint-Cloud on Monday, and her campaign will now be laid out with the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as its major target. The daughter of Refuse To Bend demonstrated ...
Seven time Group 1 winner gave birth to her first foal. Seven time Group 1 winner mare and highest earning female racehorse of all time VODKA (Tanino Gimlet) has just given birth to her first foal, a brown colt by Champion SEA THE STARS. The foaling occurred this morning, May 2nd, at 9:55 am, at the Aga Khan Studs' in Ireland, ...
Group wins and places across the globe. Aga Khan Studs' graduates RAJSAMAN and MIGHTY HIGH shone in Group contests over the weekend for new connections, while IGUGU who is out of an Aga Khan mare was crowned champion in South Africa. RAJSAMAN (Linamix) was a Group and Listed scorer during his time with Alain de Royer Dupré, winning the Listed Criterium ...
Gr 3 win a highlight of successful bank holiday weekend for Aga Khan stables. Aga Khan representatives in Ireland and France enjoyed a busy and positive weekend of Stakes action. In addition to the Curragh victory of lightly-raced EMIYNA, SARAFINA's excellent second in the Gr 1 Prix Ganay bodes well for the future, as does SHAMANOVA's runner-up spot in the Gr ...
Azamour, Dalakhani and Sinndar all collect black-type. AZAMOUR's talented son Native Khan headlined an excellent weekend for Aga Khan Stud sires which also produced Listed victories for DALAKHANI and SINNDAR. Already a dual Group winner, the handsome grey Native Khan ran on strongly to take third place in the Gr 1 2000 Guineas behind the phenomenal Frankel. The Haras de la ...
Sinndar's Gr 1 winning daughter Shawanda a Stakes-producing dam. The Haras de Bonneval's Sinndar has made his mark in recent weeks as a talented broodmare sire, thanks notably to the success of Genius Beast in the Gr 3 Classic Trial at Sandown on 24th April. This colt is the first foal of the Aga Khan Studs bred champion SHAWANDA, herself a ...
Racing and sales success for the Gilltown Stud sire. AZAMOUR has enjoyed a spectacular week in Newmarket on both the Rowley Mile racecourse and Tattersalls sales ring followed by European Pattern wins over the weekend. On the Newmarket track, his son NATIVE KHAN confirmed his Guineas potential with a smooth victory in the Gr. 3 Craven Stakes on Thursday, and a ...
Vadamar and Baraan impress in view of Epsom and Chantilly. H.H. the Aga Khan's pair of DALAKHANI colts VADAMAR and BARAAN have entered the Derby and Jockey-Club picture with stylish wins recently in France. VADAMAR earned his place in the Classic reckoning when accelerating well to lift the Listed Prix François Mathet over 10.5 furlongs at Saint-Cloud on his seasonal debut ...
Filly out of Zarkava half-sister among trio sold at Australian Easter Yearling Sale. This sale of a trio of youngsters underlines the success of the first cycle of this joint venture between the Aga Khan Studs and Arrowfield Stud. In 2008, an initial group of six blue-blooded young mares were exported to Australia to join John Messara's Arrowfield Stud and these ...
Rewilding and Igugu are both out of Aga Khan bred dams. The depth and strength of H.H. the Aga Khan's breeding operation was demonstrated yet again over the weekend thanks to a rare cross-continent double of Gr 1 victories for progeny of Aga Khan Studs mares. At Meydan, Rewilding (Tiger Hill) lifted the Gr 1 Sheema Classic, while Igugu (Galileo) strolled ...
Zarkava's half-brother wins Cheltenham Group 1. The Aga Khan-bred ZARKANDAR ran out an impressive winner of the Gr 1 Triumph Hurdle on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival to be crowned Britain and Ireland's top juvenile hurdler. The son of Gilltown sire Azamour offered a third success in this championship event to the Aga Khan Studs, breeders of Zaynar (Daylami), ...
Prix de Diane heroine and Arc third awarded prestigious "Courses & Elevage" accolade. HH the Aga Khan's SARAFINA (Refuse to Bend) has been rewarded for her magnificent 2010 season in the annual awards ceremony organised by French racing and breeding publication Courses & Elevage. Selections for these awards are made by members of the specialised press and SARAFINA was elected best ...
The joint venture saw its first two yearlings successfully go through the Inglis sales ring, during the Melbourne Premier Sale (February 28th- March 3rd). A daughter of Hussonet and DARALARA, who was Stakes placed in France and stems from the immediate family of Champion Darjina, sold for AUS $100,000 to owner/ breeder Paul Fudge (Waratah Thoroughbreds), while a daughter of Danzero ...
Three mares have been scanned in foal to the Aga Khan Studs' new recruit Siyouni. Amongst them are Ponte Di Legno (SINNDAR), a winning daughter of the Group 1 winner Porlezza and Ebiyana, whose dam is a half sister to the Irish Oaks winner Ebadiyla. A Group 1 winner at two, SIYOUNI's speed and precocity, matched to a pedigree which features ...
Impressive Gr 2 winner set to line up in Triumph Hurdle. Zarkava's half-brother ZARKANDAR made a stylish winning debut to his new career over jumps on Saturday, lifting the Gr 2 Adonis Juvenile Hurdle at Kempton to secure a place among the favourites in the Gr 1 Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. ZARKANDAR was a winner and placed on the ...
Champion Zarkava gave birth to a bay foal. ZARKAVA foaled a bay colt by SEA THE STARS on Friday 11th February at the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval. Georges Rimaud, French manager of the Aga Khan Studs reported: "he is a strong colt who looks like his sire and is very correct. It was a straight forward foaling and both the ...
Sinndar and Siyouni are attractions of the day on Sunday 6th February. and SIYOUNI are attractions of the day on Sunday 6th February. Visitors will be welcomed to H.H. the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval in Normandy on Sunday 6th February when stallions SINNDAR and newcomer SIYOUNI will be stars of the show. A Group 1 winner as a juvenile, SIYOUNI ...
A fifth title in six years for the Aga Khan Studs. In a year when Prince Karim Aga Khan celebrated half a century at the head of the family breeding and racing operation, the Aga Khan Studs cemented their position as leaders in the French industry with yet another title in the France Galop standings for 2010. The famous green and ...
The eagerly awaited first foal of Sea The Stars was born on Friday 21st January. The bay colt was born just before midnight at 11.50 pm at Castlebridge Stud. Out of Centreofattention, a full sister to the dual Group 1 winning two-year-old Holy Roman Emperor, the foal was described by Bill Dwan as "a smashing colt with plenty of size and ...
Mourad, Mandali and Ashkazar all score over hurdles, while Zaidpour is Gr 1 runner-up. Aga Khan-breds are renowned for their versatility and class if they proceed to a second career over hurdles and during the festive period a host of former bearers of the famous green and red silks have once again demonstrated their talents in the National Hunt discipline. Mourad ...
Zaidpour takes after his brother Zaynar. The Aga Khan Studs have bred another potential hurdling star in ZAIDPOUR, impressive winner of the Gr 1 Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on only his second start over jumps, and already favourite for a novice event at the Cheltenham Festival. The four-year-old son of Red Ransom is superbly bred for both jumping and ...
Half sisters to Champions Sinndar and Ebadiyla among the thirty-three quality females in breeding stock catalogue. Five generations of nurture and selection have made the Aga Khan Studs bloodlines some of the most sought-after in the bloodstock world and the operation has always demonstrated their readiness to offer high-quality fillies out of training or broodmares for public sale. Two recent examples ...
Mares in foal to Sea The Stars create a sensation at US and European sales. After the success of mares in foal to SEA THE STARS in America, where the Gilltown Stud stallion was leading first crop covering sire with an average of $975,000, his future foals met with an enthusiastic reception at European auctions. At Tattersalls' December Mares Sale, Soinlovewithyou ...
Newcomer Siyouni is an exciting prospect for breeders. In France, newcomer SIYOUNI is an exciting prospect for breeders; a Gr1 winner at two and Gr1 performer in 2010, SIYOUNI represents speed and precocity, as he won on 4 occasions at 2 yo, starting with his debuts in May. He went on to defeat Lope de Vega, Dick Turpin, Buzzword, Beethoven, Makfi, ...
Draft includes the full-sister of Alpine Rose and half-sisters of Darjina, Montmartre, Varenar, etc. The Aga Khan Studs consignment for Arqana's December breeding stock sale is exceptionally strong in both quantity and quality, with 41 top-class fillies and mares entered at Deauville from 4th to 7th December. A number of the operation's leading families, such as those of Shergar, Azamour and ...
Johnny Murtagh will be retained to ride all their Irish-trained horses in 2011. The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce that Johnny Murtagh will be retained to ride all their Irish-trained horses in 2011. This will include both the horses-in-training with John Oxx (90 horses) and with Michael Halford (30 horses). Johnny Murtagh was stable jockey to John Oxx from ...
First two mares sold in foal to Champion racehorse and Gilltown freshman sire average almost $1 million. Proof that the attraction of SEA THE STARS extends across the Atlantic has been provided by the first two broodmares sold in foal to the champion racehorse. The six-time Gr 1 winner is the top first-season covering sire in America as Love to Dance ...
The sale where future French champion hurdler Mandali was sold, offers plenty of potential. The Aga Khan consignment for Arqana's Autumn sale at Saint Cloud on 15th November contains a wide range of well-bred proven performers. Mandali, who went on to lift the Grade 1 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (French Champion Hurdle) last June, was bought by trainer Jean-Paul Gallorini ...
Sinndar's Valasyra takes Gr 3 Prix de Flore as Gr 1 winner Rosanara is retired. The Aga Khan's colour-bearers are enjoying a fine streak of form at the present moment as the stable heads both owners' and breeders' standings in France. Their wellbeing has been demonstrated recently by four successes in three days, of which two came at Pattern level. Ashiyla ...
