His son Conduit wins Eclipse Award for Best Turf Male. CONDUIT became a member of an elite band of European winners of a prestigious Eclipse Award earlier this week as voters from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and National Turf Writers Association chose the son of DALAKHANI as the best male seen on American turf in 2008. The ...
A prize draw for free nominations to Sinndar and Linngari will take place at the stud. HH Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval in Normandy opens its gates to breeders and visitors on Saturday 24th January from 10am until 5pm. On show will be the stud's two resident stallions, dual Derby and Arc hero SINNDAR and newcomer LINNGARI. A free nomination to ...
The Arc heroine is awarded highest rating of any filly over the past decade. ZARKAVA is officially the best filly in the world for the past season after the Aga Khan's daughter of Zamindar was awarded a rating of 128 in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' World Thoroughbred Rankings. The last filly to achieve such a high figure was Bosra ...
Ebadiyan is the latest to successfully make the transition to hurdling. AK graduates ZAYNAR and EBADIYAN are among the favourites for the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival as the pair, both sons of Daylami, have adapted well to the jumping discipline. EBADIYAN was the winner of one race and second in a Gowran Park Classic Trial for former trainer John ...
The AK-bred winner of two Gr 1 contests will stand alongside dual Derby and Arc hero Sinndar. The Aga Khan Studs welcome back their former protégé LINNGARI who retires to stud at the Haras de Bonneval in Normandy. LINNGARI was raised by the Aga Khan's breeding operation in Ireland and he carried the famous green and red colours to victory in ...
Darjina will be presented to the leading second crop sire in 2009. The Aga Khan Studs have already confirmed that Arc heroine and Cartier Horse of the Year ZARKAVA will be covered by fellow Arc winner DALAKHANI next year and this announcement is followed by the news that DARJINA will also meet the Gilltown Stud stallion. Champion Pride is also on ...
7 of the 11 highest-priced lots at the recent breeding-stock sale were bred by the AK Studs. Group-placed ALPINE ROSE led the way, selling on Sunday for the overall top price of the sale €550,000. The Linamix full-sister to Group winners Fragrant Mix and Fracassant went to Patricia Boutin's Suprina agency on behalf of Lady O'Reilly, the Ecurie des Monceaux and ...
Darjina's half-sister heads AK consignment. Broodmares from the Aga Khan Studs were highly sought after at Goffs recent breeding stock sale and purchasers will have a second chance to invest in some Classic origins at ARQANA's December sale where 43 females will be presented. The highlight of the fillies out of training is DARIENA (435), a winning Highest Honor half-sister to ...
Four Sins heads breeding stock sale while Albahri leads horses in training. SINNDAR's daughters incited a keen interest among buyers at Goffs, with his dual Group winning FOUR SINS proving to be the star of the show at €620,000 and RAYINA topping the second day at €100,000. FOUR SINS, who also finished fourth in the Epsom Oaks, is carrying her first ...
HH Aga Khan's exceptional filly receives prestigious accolade. Arc heroine ZARKAVA collected another important prize on Monday evening as she was crowned Cartier Horse of the Year and Champion Three-year-old Filly at the 2008 Cartier Racing Awards. The jury elected ZARKAVA for supreme honours ahead of Raven's Pass, New Approach, Duke of Marmalade and Henrythenavigator. ZARKAVA is a most deserving winner ...
35 broodmares including Gr 2 winner Four Sins are entered in the November Breeding Stock Sale. The families of champions such as Shergar, Alamshar, Darshaan, Kalanisi, Shahrastani and Top Ville, as well as Shawanda and Zarkava, will be on offer at the forthcoming Goffs Breeding Stock Sale. The Aga Khan Studs's rich consignment features some blue-blooded broodmares, many of which have ...
The Aga Khan Studs have set the fees for their three stallions for the 2009 breeding season. In Ireland at Gilltown Stud, DALAKHANI, sire of two Classic winners from his first crop, will be available at a fee of €50,000 in 2009. Champion Older Horse of 2005 AZAMOUR will stand at €15,000. In France at the Haras de Bonneval, proven Gr1 ...
AK graduates of ARQANA include Gr winners Zaiyad and Tashelka. Seven former Aga Khan inmates will go under the hammer during ARQANA's horses in training sale at St Cloud on Monday 17 November and they feature some top class pedigrees and useful performances on the racetrack. ALBAHRI (Lot 22) combines both these qualities. The three-quarter brother to Arc hero Sakhee has ...
St Leger winner Conduit strikes again in Breeders' Cup Turf and propels his sire to top of second season sires standings. Dalakhani continued his superb season when adding victory in America's most prestigious turf contest to the pair of Classic victories already won by his first crop of three-year-olds. The Arc hero of 2003 now counts six individual winners of nine ...
His Highness the Aga Khan has decided to retire Zarkava to stud, following her win in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last Sunday. After a week's reflection and discussion with both ZARKAVA's trainer, Alain de Royer Dupré and the Aga Khan's management team, His Highness has decided not to race ZARKAVA as a four-year-old. She will retire to stud ...
Princesse Zahra Aga Khan's triple Group 1 winner bows out. Following yet another gallant second place in Saturday's Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket, connections announced that DARJINA will be retired to stud. The four-year-old was filling the runner-up position for a sixth consecutive occasion in as many outings at the highest level this season. Alain de Royer Dupré's charge began the ...
The jewel of the AK breeding empire enters the history books. ZARKAVA thrilled her connections and the crowds of Longchamp with an electric burst of acceleration which saw her outclass her talented rivals in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She becomes the first filly since Urban Sea in 1993 on the roll of honour for France's greatest race, and ...
Youmzain (Sinndar) second in the Arc. Shemima and Centennial (Dalakhani) second and third in the Gr2 Prix Chaudenay. YOUMZAIN finished second behing Zarkava in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and he is a son of the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval-based sire Sinndar. The irreproachable YOUMZAIN was competing in his twelfth successive Group 1 contest. He counts two victories at ...
Shreyas beats her elders in Gowran Park Gr 3. SHREYAS's success in Saturday's Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Filllies Stakes brings Dalakhani's total number of black-type winners from his first crop up to seven. The Arc winner's best produce include Classic pair Moonstone and Conduit. The sire also boasts the enviable strike-rate of 50% winners to runners in 2008. The ...
A leading representative in the Arc and yearlings selling well YOUMZAIN will attempt to follow in the footsteps of his Arc-winning sire when he lines up on Sunday in the world's richest turf contest. The son of Sinndar has already demonstrated his talent at this highest level, finishing second in the 2007 edition of the race, and lifting the Gr 1 ...
Azamour, Dalakhani and Sinndar all represented at Ireland's premier sale. Next week's Goffs Million sale features 22 yearlings from the first crop of AZAMOUR, a four-time Group 1 winner over a mile to a mile and a half. Some of the most interesting pedigrees include Lot 80, a half-brother to Irish 2000 Guineas fourth Maumee and a Listed winner, Lot 89, ...
The Aga Khan's filly impresses when remaining unbeaten in Arc Trial. Onlookers at Longchamp were stunned into silence by the sheer brilliance of ZARKAVA's performance to win the Prix Vermeille. The winner of the Prix Marcel Boussac, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane was attempting the distance of a mile and a half for the first time in this ...
Dalakhani continues his exceptional run of form with a second Classic victory for his first crop. CONDUIT joins Irish Oaks heroine MOONSTONE as a Classic-winning progeny of DALAKHANI after his impressive success in Doncaster's St Leger on Saturday. The Ballymacoll Stud owned and bred colt put in a superb staying performance to secure victory in Britain's oldest Classic contest. CONDUIT eased ...
Sire continues his excellent strike-rate at all levels. The Aga Khan's filly adds her name to those of Moonstone, CENTENNIAL, Democrate, CONDUIT and Chinese White as a black-type winner by Dalakhani. SHEMIMA was awarded the Gr 3 Prix de Lutèce at Longchamp last Friday after passing the post in second place. The filly was hampered during her challenge in the final ...
Red Gala's Listed victory is the latest in a string of successes for his sire. RED GALA became the latest Stakes winner for his dual-Derby and Arc-winning sire SINNDAR when showing great staying power to take the Listed Chester Handicap over 1 mile 5 ½ furlongs on Saturday. The entire is a tough and versatile performer, as he has already won ...
Two Gr.2 victories and a Listed success for the Aga Khan Studs and their sires. The Aga Khan's ARAZAN entered the Classic reckoning for 2009 when stepping up smoothly in grade to take the Gr 2 Futurity Stakes by an impressive four lengths on Saturday at The Curragh. The colt was making only his second public appearance, three months after a ...
Promising juveniles and an average of €350,000 for his yearlings sold at ARQANA. Dalakhani sired the leading colt on the second day of ARQANA's Deauville yearling sale as Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock adviser John Ferguson paid half a million Euros for Lot 158. His second yearling also proved very popular in the ring and changed hands for €200,000, the fifth-highest price of ...
Conduit, Linngari and Alnadana all score for in-form Aga Khan Studs After Moonstone, Democrate and Centennial, Dalakhani has a new addition to his Group-winning first crop in CONDUIT. The Sir Michael Stoute trained colt lifted the Gr 3 Gordon Stakes on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood, confirming the promise he had shown at this level when an unlucky runner-up in ...
Two recent Gr 1 wins boost pedigrees of ARQANA yearlings. The catalogue for ARQANA's forthcoming yearling sale features a strong delegation of yearlings by Aga Khan Studs sires. The Haras de Bonneval-based Sinndar is well established on the European scene and his credentials were boosted recently by YOUMZAIN's classy Grand Prix de Saint Cloud success. The dual Derby winner and hero ...
Brave Moonstone records exploit for her sire with Irish Oaks victory DALAKHANI's daughter opened her account in style on Sunday at the Curragh when a most courageous winner of the Darley Irish Oaks. Although still a maiden coming into the race, MOONSTONE was sent off favourite on the strength of her creditable second place in the Epsom Oaks ahead of HH ...
After outclassing the field in the Grand Prix de Paris, Montmartre could meet Zarkava in the Arc de Triomphe. There was MONTMARTRE and then the rest... The Aga Khan's colt flew home under a motionless Christophe Soumillon to lift the Grand Prix de Paris by four lengths - a margin which could easily have been doubled. The delighted jockey remarked, "He ...
HH The Aga Khan's Studs and Arrowfield Stud today announced the commencement of a breeding venture whereby a number of young mares owned by HH the Aga Khan will be sent to Arrowfield Stud to be bred to Arrowfield Stud stallions. The produce from these matings will be offered for sale at Australian select yearling sales. Six mares have been selected ...
Youmzain adds Grand Prix de Saint Cloud to an already rich roll of honour. YOUMZAIN won the Gr 1 Preis von Europa in September 2006 and since then has come agonizingly close in Europe's highest quality contests, finishing 2nd behind Dylan Thomas in the King George Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last season. The ultra-consistent five-year-old finished fastest of ...
The Aga Khan entry for ARQANA's forthcoming mixed sale, due to be held on Thursday 3rd July, is composed of 12 horses in training including 10 three-year olds and a pair of unraced juveniles. The Alain de Royer Dupré trained yard, Aiglemont, is responsible for six three-year-old colts. They are once-raced Sendaiwan (Lot 205), a Kalanisi half-brother to top-class miler and ...
Alain de Royer Dupré's charge opens his Group account in style with victory in the Gr 3 Prix du Lys. A much calmer MONTMARTRE than was seen in the Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly showed his true colours at Longchamp when cantering home clear of his rivals in the Prix du Lys. The son of Montjeu lost all chance in the ...
The top class dual purpose sire and broodmare sire euthanized aged 23. KAHYASI had been suffering from a tumour in his off hind pastern and had been unable to stand for a week before connections were forced to take the decision to put him out of his misery last Thursday. KAHYASI retained his characteristic courage and good temperament until the end, ...
The Aga Khan's jewel of a filly was a class above her rivals in the Prix de Diane. ZARKAVA's victory in the Chantilly Classic enabled her to join an elite selection of only three fillies to have completed the Prix Marcel Boussac, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Prix de Diane Group 1 treble. The daughter of Zamindar follows in the footsteps of ...
Youmzain (Sinndar) and Moonstone (Dalakhani) both second in Gr 1 Derby meeting contests. Youmzain took a gallant second place in Friday's Coronation Cup and it looks just a matter of time before the son of SINNDAR reaps another Gr 1 reward to add to his Preis von Europa success in 2006. Over the past eleven months the five-year-old entire has now ...
Sageburg opens Gr 1 account ahead of second-placed Darjina. Royal Ascot is next on the agenda. The Aga Khan's lightly-raced colt was the one to spring a surprise and deny Princess Zahra Aga Khan's triple Gr 1-winning DARJINA her unbeaten record in France in Sunday's Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp. SAGEBURG has always been highly-rated by connections, and the colt justified this ...
First Group 2 success for the sire who now counts three Classic fancies among his first crop. Dalakhani has quickly established himself as a sire of Classic potential, thanks to the recent victories of CENTENNIAL (Sandown Classic Trial Gr 3), CHINESE WHITE (EBF Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes, Listed) and DEMOCRATE (Prix Hocquart Gr 2). The Prix du Jockey-Club and Arc de ...
