The Aga Khan Studs have announced Siyouni will stand at Bonneval Stud in Normandy for the 2011 breeding season. A Group 1 winner at two and placed several times in Group 1s during the 2010 season, SIYOUNI represents an opportunity for French breeders to use a fast, precocious horse from a confirmed stallion producing family. SIYOUNI started his two-year-old career in ...
The Aga Khan Studs send a 12-strong consignment to Doncaster HIT sale. Since changing hands for £26,000 at Doncaster's Horses in Training sale in October 2008, the Aga Khan-bred Barizan (Kalanisi) has gone on to become one of the best young hurdlers in Britain. The impressive front-runner took second place in the Gr 1 Triumph Hurdle and Gr 1 Anniversary Novices' ...
A trio of recent wins, plus a Gr 2 second, for the young sire. Azamour is making his mark as an accomplished sire of two-year-olds, with three recent juvenile victories and a second in the Gr 2 Beresford Stakes from Mawaakef. The stallion was himself a smart performer at two, unbeaten in two outings which included the Beresford Stakes, before going ...
Gr 3 winner Rajsaman and Classic second Rayeni head the ARQANA trio. The Aga Khan Studs send a small but select draft to ARQANA's Arc sale, held on 2nd October on the eve of the famous Longchamp showpiece for which the stable's Behkabad is current favourite. Three Aga Khan-bred colts are entered in the catalogue, and they are all Stakes performers, ...
Eleanora Duse wins Gr.2 Blandford Stakes, Wade Giles is close second in Gr.3 Solonaway Stakes. Gilltown Stud sire AZAMOUR narrowly missed out on a Pattern race double at the Curragh on Sunday as his daughter ELEANORA DUSE stayed on gamely to justify favouritism in the Gr.2 Blandford Stakes, and Wade Giles ran well to finish ¾ length second in the Gr.3 ...
Behkabad, Sarafina and Dalakhani's son Duncan all book their tickets for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The Aga Khan Studs enjoyed a highly productive Arc Trials day at Longchamp on Sunday as BEHKABAD lifted the Gr 2 Prix Niel, Sarafina was a creditable third in the Gr 1 Prix Vermeille, and DUNCAN, a five-year-old son of DALAKHANI was successful ...
The progressive juvenile takes Gr 3 Solario Stakes NATIVE KHAN became a fourth black-type winner for his Gilltown Stud sire AZAMOUR when staying on well to secure the Gr 3 Solario Stakes over seven furlongs at Newbury on Saturday. The grey was only making his second racecourse appearance after an impressive debut win at Newmarket in July and there looks to ...
Five of the Gilltown sire's progeny change hands for prices well above sale average. The excellent racecourse success of DALAKHANI's progeny is echoed in the sales ring where five of his youngsters recently changed hands at ARQANA's select yearling sale. Of these five, all but one reached or exceeded the six-figure mark. They recorded an average of 170,000€, well above the ...
Lightly-raced colt secures Gr 2 Prix Eugène Adam. SHIMRAAN joins Grand Prix de Paris winner Behkabad and Prix de Diane heroine Sarafina as possible members of the Aga Khan Studs Arc de Triomphe squad thanks to his stylish win in Sunday's Gr 2 Prix Eugene Adam. The colt only made his racing debut in May and has quickly made his name ...
Son of Cape Cross will now aim for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. BEHKABAD won with style in Longchamp's feature Grand Prix de Paris on Bastille day and was immediately touted as a leading Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe contender. The son of Cape Cross had earlier left the impression that the distance of a mile and half would suit him ...
First French juvenile Group race goes to the Aga Khan filly. Often noted for their top class middle distance performers, the Aga Khan Studs are also adept at producing precocious speedsters. This has been amply demonstrated in recent months by SIYOUNI (Pivotal), winner of the early Listed Prix La Flèche last season before going on to take the Gr 1 Prix ...
Pretty Polly swansong for Dalakhani's daughter while Sinndar's Youmzain is agonising second in Grand Prix de Saint Cloud. CHINESE WHITE became the third individual Group 1 winner from Dalakhani's first crop when dominating the classic generation to lift the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. This was a highly deserved victory for the five-year-old mare, who was recording her ...
Aga Khan Studs send a promising consignment to the sales where a Gr 1 hurdler changed hands in 2008. The consignors of recent Grande Course de Haies (Grade I) winner MANDALI are sending some exceptionally well-bred, unexposed three-year-olds to Arqana's forthcoming Summer Sale on 30th June at Saint Cloud. The nine colts and geldings from the Aga Khan Studs include the ...
Gr 1 success forms second leg of a Stakes double for versatile Sinndar. Princess Zahra Aga Khan's former representative MANDALI strolled to victory in astonishing circumstances on Saturday in France's most prestigious hurdle contest. When the elastics sprung back at the start of the Grade 1, 3 mile 1 ½ furlong Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil, the eight runners set off ...
Dalakhani, Sinndar and Azamour all on Chantilly scoresheet. While HH Aga Khan's fillies Sarafina and ROSANARA stole the show when taking the first two places in the Gr 1 Prix de Diane on Sunday, the Aga Khan sires also enjoyed a highly successful day at Chantilly. Dalakhani's son GOLDWAKI won the Gr 3 Prix du Lys, Azamour's progeny won one handicap ...
Dalghar storms to Palais-Royal victory at Longchamp. HH the Aga Khan's DALGHAR's easy win in Longchamp's Group 3 Prix du Palais-Royal over seven furlongs last Saturday leaves plenty of options for the son of Anabaa, and these are likely to commence with a tilt at the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Trainer Alain de Royer Dupré confirmed after ...
Historic double for HH the Aga Khan as Rosanara takes second in the fillies' classic. SARAFINA's success in Sunday's Prix de Diane epitomises the excellence of HH the Aga Khan's breeding and racing operation as she is the sixth winner of the Chantilly classic for the Aga Khan and trainer Alain de Royer Dupré. The exploit is all the more remarkable ...
The Japanese horse of the year has scanned in foal to World Champion Sea The Stars. The Japanese mare Vodka has been scanned in foal, at 15 days, to World Champion SEA THE STARS. The 2009 Japan Cup winner arrived at Gilltown Stud in mid March but she took time to let down from her racing career which meant she did ...
She wins Prix Saint-Alary on only her second outing. Less than a month after making a winning racecourse debut, SARAFINA stepped up to Group 1 class to lift the Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp on Sunday. After racing in midfield, the daughter of Refuse To Bend quickened nicely at the entrance to the straight and despite encountering traffic problems around 300 metres ...
Behkabad stakes Jockey-Club claims while Azmeel and Gertrude Bell enter Epsom reckoning. His Highness the Aga Khan's BEHKABAD is now among the leading contenders for Chantilly's Group 1 Prix du Jockey-Club after an authoritative win in the Group 3 Prix de Guiche on Monday. The son of Cape Cross demonstrated his versatility in the 9 furlong contest as he was obliged ...
Half-brothers to Gr 1 winners Fragrant Mix, Alpine Rose and Barizan among online draft. The latest individuals to be offered for sale by the Aga Khan Studs each boast pages full of black-type. Unraced trio FARASAN, MARAKASHI and SHAWGAR join fellow three-year-olds Bashari and Dabari on the studs' private online sale. FARASAN, MARAKASHI and SHAWGAR are all out of black-type winning ...
His progeny Shemiyla, Chinese White and Goldwaki win a Gr 3 and two Listed Races. The ultra-consistent SHEMIYLA continued a family tradition when scoring in the Group 3 Prix Allez France at Chantilly on Monday as the four-year-old filly is the niece of last year's winner Shemima, also by Dalakhani. SHEMIYLA was extending her black-type record after lifting the Listed Prix ...
The Aga Khan-bred earns well-deserved Gr 1 success at Punchestown, where Mourad also takes Gr 1 third. Sold for £26,000 at the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales as a two-year-old in October 2008 by the Aga Khan Studs after a winning juvenile career, Barizan has since proved to be among the best of his generation over hurdles. The son of Kalanisi and grandson ...
Siyouni and Rajsaman to contest the French 2000 Guineas and Rosanara will line up in the French 1000. The results of Longchamp's day of Classic trials last Sunday were not those expected by the Aga Khan stable, but nevertheless left plenty of hope for the Poules d'Essai on 16th May. Honours in the colts' Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau did go ...
Sinndar scores a four-timer and Azamour sires first Group winner. AZAMOUR's first-crop son PUNCHER CLYNCH offered his Gilltown-based sire a first Group victory on Sunday when taking the Group 3 Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown. The progressive colt stuck gamely to his task in the final stages of the ten furlong contest to score by a short head from Ballydoyle duo At ...
180,000 Guineas for top-priced representative of the successful young sire. Progeny of His Highness the Aga Khan's second-crop sire AZAMOUR were highly sought after last week at Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, where three of his four representatives were sold for an average of £95,667 (€106,938), which is seven times the Gilltown stallion's covering fee. His highest bid of 180,000 Guineas ...
Gr 3 success for Kargali while Keredari takes Listed prize. KARGALI became the latest in a succession of Aga Khan Studs' graduates when he lifted the Group 3 Gladness Stakes at The Curragh on Sunday. The grey already boasted a Listed victory to his name when offered at the Goffs Horses in Training sale last November and he changed hands for ...
According to the latest statistics published by Timeform and Thorougbred Daily News, the Aga Khan Studs' Dalakhani is leading two different stallion rankings. The Gilltown stallion is top European sire by median Timeform ratings and best third-season sire by average earnings. Timeform's statistical review shows that DALAKHANI heads the list of active European sires on median Timeform rating of three-year-old progeny. ...
Zaynar, Barizan and Alaivan all finish in the frame in Gr 1 contests. Last year's Triumph Hurdle hero ZAYNAR delighted connections with his third place in the Gr 1 Champion Hurdle at the recent Cheltenham Festival. The grey five-year-old, who is a son of Daylami and Prix de Diane winner Zainta, raced prominently before staying on gamely to finish third in ...
Unbeaten 2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, Zarkava, has tested in foal to 2009 World Champion Sea The Stars. ZARKAVA was scanned in foal at 15 days on Sunday, 21st March. ZARKAVA gave birth to her first foal, a filly by Dalakhani, on 6th February this year. SEA THE STARS has made an impressive start to his new career at ...
The Japanese horse of the year is set to meet World Champion Sea The Stars. Superstar Japanese mare Vodka arrived at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud in Ireland on Monday after travelling from Dubaï. In a match made in heaven, the six year mare that lifted all before her in her native Japan, is due to be covered by SEA THE ...
The three geldings and one colt are all from families steeped in black-type. As Zaynar and Alaivan prepare to line up among the favourites at Cheltenham, the Aga Khan Studs are offering a new opportunity to invest in some promising individuals with four well-bred three-year-olds available for private sale via the website. The three geldings are all unraced and they feature ...
Sea The Stars has made a flying start to his new career at stud with five of his first mares testing in foal. Amongst those that have tested positively are 2009 Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet winner, ALPINE ROSE and Bordighera, the dam of multiple Group 1 winners George Washington and Grandera. Centreofattention the full-sister of dual Group 1 winning two-year-old ...
A son of a Gr 1 winning mare is among the first offspring of the Haras de Bonneval's globetrotting sire. A colt out of Brazilian Gr 1 winner Indochine (Special Nash) is among a quintet of foals born to dual Gr 1 scorer LINNGARI during the month of February. The bay foal was born at the Haras de Bonneval in Normandy, ...
More Group honours for Deem in Dubai. DALAKHANI's daughter DEEM returned to the site of her biggest triumph to date to record the second Group 3 success of her career in the Balanchine Stakes on Thursday evening. The grey mare opened her Pattern account last February when scoring in the Gr 3 Cape Verdi Stakes at Nad Al Sheba. Trained in ...
Aga Khan-breds make their presence felt ahead of Cheltenham Festival. ALAIVAN is now the favourite for the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle following his 17-length domination of the Grade 2 Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Saturday. Now trained by Edward O'Grady, ALAIVAN was winning the second of his three outings over timber after being bought privately from the Aga Khan ...
Zarkava, the unbeaten winner of the 2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, gave birth to her first foal on the evening of Saturday 6th February at 9.30pm. Pat Downes, the Irish Manager of the Aga Khan Studs, was on hand to witness the foaling and described the filly by DALAKHANI as "a lovely individual that is correct, strong and full of ...
The trio features a winning race filly and the broodmare Shaiyzima, sold in foal to Exceed and Excel. Breeders will have an opportunity to invest in The Aga Khan's bloodlines at the forthcoming Goffs Mixed Sale on 10 February. The three-strong consignment includes Lot 471, SHAIYZIMA, who is proven both on the track and in the paddocks. The daughter of Polish ...
Listed victory at Naas opens up Festival options EBADIYAN, an €18,000 purchase at the Goffs Horses in Training sale in October 2008, is on course for the Cheltenham Festival after a success in the Listed Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas last Tuesday. Oliver Brady's charge can be considered most unlucky at last season's Festival, as he ran out when leading the ...
AK stallion is leading young sire and third overall according to worldwide statistics. Annual Progeny Earnings Index (APEX) figures recently published for the year 2009 by the Jockey Club Information Systems rank DALAKHANI as the top sire in the world aged less than 20 years old. DALAKHANI boasts an A Runner Index of 4.00, which places him third in overall standings, ...
