The son of Sea The Stars was an impressive winner at Lingfield. Third Realm, a three-year-old son of SEA THE STARS, was the convincing winner of the LR Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday. The colt, who was bred by his owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, was earning his second victory in as many starts this year. Third Realm's ...
Listed success for Siyouni's See You In Spring in Australia. The Aga Khan Studs were in fine form at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, where the blue-blooded EBAIYRA recorded a third Group win in the Gr.3 Prix Allez France and SHERAZ posted a promising second place in the Gr.3 Prix de Barbeville. American born EBAIYRA represents one of the Aga Khan Studs most ...
He is a full brother to Listed winner Zaykava Zarkava gave birth to a colt by Siyouni on Friday 16 April at Sheshoon Stud in Ireland. The bay foal is described by Pat Downes, manager of the Aga Khan Studs in Ireland, as "an attractive, correct colt with plenty quality. He has a lot of presence". This is the twelfth foal ...
More Classic hopes for Siyouni. SIYOUNI and SEA THE STARS were in fine form on Sunday, with Group wins for POLICY OF TRUTH and AL AASY, while the Haras de Bonneval sire also saw his daughter Silvestri finish a close second in the Prix de la Grotte and the Gilltown Stud stallion celebrated two further winners at ParisLongchamp. Already sire of ...
Sea The Stars, Siyouni, Frankel and Dubawi among 2021 coverings. The Aga Khan Studs have reserved Europe's leading sires to meet their best broodmares in 2021, with Gilltown and Bonneval residents SEA THE STARS, SIYOUNI and ZARAK strongly represented as well as Frankel, Dubawi, Kingman, etc. Dam of three Stakes winners including Group 1 scorer and sire ZARAK, champion racehorse ZARKAVA ...
Zarkasha, Zarkava and Zarkamiya reunited at Haras de Bonneval. The matriarch ZARKASHA, pictured with her Champion daughter ZARKAVA and Group 1 placed granddaughter ZARKAMIYA. ZARKASHA is now aged 22 and enjoying a peaceful retirement at Haras de Bonneval where she has found a new vocation as a nanny to the foster mares' foals after their weaning. Her last foal is a ...
St Mark's Basilica tops official two-year-old rankings. SIYOUNI's son St Mark's Basilica was named the best juvenile in the world during 2020, following publication of international handicappers' official ratings. The colt was awarded a rating of 120 for his success in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, in which he defeated stablemate Wembley. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, St Mark's Basilica ...
Draft features a niece of Azamour. The Aga Khan Studs are represented by a small but select consignment at Goffs 9th February. The February Sale saw future Group 1 winning hurdler RASHAAN change hands in 2015 and a relative to this talented jumper is among the 2021 draft, which also features a beautifully bred filly. Hailing from one of the Aga ...
The 2003 Horse of the Year was 21. The Aga Khan Studs are saddened to announce that homebred Champion DALAKHANI has passed away on 15 January at the age of 21. Bred in Ireland, DALAKHANI was a pure product of the Aga Khan Studs operation, being a son of the Aga Khan's Prix du Jockey Club winner Darshaan out of the ...
Proven and young stallions achieved great result in 2020. The 2020 season was a successful one for the Aga Khan Studs sires, with the Gilltown and Bonneval residents recording pleasing results in all categories, headed by the Arc victory of SIYOUNI's son Sottsass. SIYOUNI enjoyed a stellar year in 2020, crowned by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe victory of his ...
Aga Khan Studs present another high-class consignment The Aga Khan Studs consignment is certain to attract interest at the forthcoming Goffs Breeding Stock Sale on 21st December. Indeed at last year's sale, held in November, SONAIYLA changed hands for €110,000 and she proved to be a highly profitable investment for her purchasers as following a Listed success and Group 1 third ...
Daughters of Mandesha and Rosanara among Aga Khan consignment. 2020 has once again seen Aga Khan Studs graduates and maternal lines shine at the highest level, thanks to the exploits of SONAIYLA, PASSION, Gold Trip and Marie's Diamond. From the family of Sinndar, SONAIYLA has won a Listed contest and is Group 1 placed since changing hands last autumn, while PASSION ...
Siyouni will stand at €140,000, the fees are unchanged. The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce the fees for their five Irish and French-based sires for 2021, and would like to take this opportunity to thank breeders for their continued support during the current difficult global context. Gilltown Stud's Arc hero SEA THE STARS accomplished another fine season in 2020, ...
Vazirabad brother Vardani and Group placed Zarzyni are highlights. The Aga Khan Studs consignments at forthcoming Horses in Training sales in Ireland and France present, as ever, exciting opportunities for investors. Superb pedigrees and proven results feature among the entries which have potential to star either on the flat or over jumps, and therefore follow in the footsteps of RASHAAN, winner ...
Group 1 winning jockey and trainer to receive Aga Khan Studs yearlings. The Aga Khan Studs are delighted to announce that Johnny Murtagh is to join their roster of trainers in Ireland alongside Dermot Weld and Michael Halford, and will receive a draft of yearlings this year. Five-time Irish Champion Jockey, Johnny Murtagh took out his trainers' license in 2013 and ...
Sottsass, St Mark's Basilica and Etoile all star for Bonneval sire. SIYOUNI has taken the limelight over the past fortnight, with three top-level successes in three countries thanks to SOTTSASS, St Mark's Basilica and ETOILE. Last year's Prix du Jockey Club winner SOTTSASS set the ball rolling for his sire in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on 4th October. Under ...
Sottsass, Tarnawa and Valia highlights of a fine weekend for the Aga Khan Studs. The Aga Khan Studs were present on all fronts during Arc weekened at ParisLongchamp. SIYOUNI's son Sottsass was the hero of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and TARNAWA scored her second Group 1 victory in the Prix de l'Opéra, while VALIA, by Sea The Stars, lifted ...
Another Group winner for the sought-after sire. SIYOUNI has been in fine form on all fronts recently, thanks to juvenile Group scorer POLICY OF TRUTH, and his yearlings in demand at Arqana. POLICY OF TRUTH ran out the decisive winner of the Gr.3 Prix des Chênes at ParisLongchamp on Thursday and he could now attempt to emulate his sire SIYOUNI in ...
An eighth winner of the ParisLongchamp Group 1 for the Aga Khan Studs The Prix Vermeille is a race which has seen great success for His Highness the Aga Khan, with six winners carrying the famous green and red silks before Sunday's edition, in addition to Mandesha for Princess Zahra Aga Khan in 2006. The 2020 edition of ParisLongchamp's premier mile ...
Wins for Ebaiyra, Makaloun and Rashaan. The versatility of the Aga Khan Studs was once again demonstrated over the weekend with Stakes victories on the flat and over jumps on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as Group success for an Aga Khan-bred broodmare. In Deauville, H.H. the Aga Khan enjoyed a Stakes double over the weekend thanks to unbeaten ...
Miss Yoda dominates German Oaks Gilltown Stud stallion SEA THE STARS celebrated more classic success at the weekend thanks to his daughter Miss Yoda who was the stylish winner of the Preis der Diana, the German Oaks. Miss Yoda is a fourth classic filly for her sire, who already boasts Epsom Oaks heroine Taghrooda and Irish Oaks scorers Sea of Class ...
Stakes successes for Dariyma and Valia. The famous green and red colours of H.H. the Aga Khan have been in prolific form recently, with a series of victories in France and Ireland. The beautifully bred pair VALIA and DARIYMA provided the highlights with Listed victories at ParisLongchamp and Chantilly and represent high hopes for the future. By Sea The Stars and ...
11 promising individuals catalogued at Arqana Summer Sale. The Aga Khan Studs will be represented by an exciting draft of eleven thoroughbreds at the Arqana Summer Sale on 20th July. The consignment features three winners and a half-brother to Variyann who is himself unbeaten in two outings for new connections since changing hands last November. Other successful recruits sold last year ...
Promising Aga Khan fillies Ebaiyra and Eldama also impress. SIYOUNI celebrated no less than ten winners during the weekend, and the standout of these was SOTTSASS who lifted his second Group 1 victory in the Prix Ganay. H.H. the Aga Khan's silks were carried to success by the talented EBAIYRA, ELDAMA, ZENYA and MAKALOUN, while Aga Khan-bred Variyann recorded his second ...
A black-type festival for Sea The Stars, Sindiyma and Sarvana. Gilltown Stud sire SEA THE STARS enjoyed a fine first weekend following the return of British racing, celebrating a Stakes double thanks to his daughters MISS YODA and TEREBELLUM, while Aga Khan Studs-bred dams were in the limelight with Marie's Diamond and Classic hope Gold Trip. Sire of Epsom Classic winners ...
Dream And Do prevails in the Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. The daughter of SIYOUNIDREAM AND DO battled to the line to prevail in the Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Positioned behind the leader, the filly swoop to the front with a furlong to go and held on gamely to hold off the charge of Speak Of The Devil. Her jockey ...
Classic hopes for Simeen and Sea The Stars filly Raabihah, and Dariyan opens account. The Aga Khan Studs have been on fine form since the restart of racing in France. During the first few days of action, colourbearer SIMEEN and SEA THE STARS' daughter RAABIHAH have advertised their Classic credentials, while first season sire DARIYAN has been quick off the mark ...
The foal is a full sister to Gr.1 placed Zarkamiya. The unbeaten Champion of 2008 ZARKAVA gave birth to a bay filly by Frankel on Tuesday 14th April. The winner of five Group 1s at two and three, including the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Prix Vermeille and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, ZARKAVA's legacy is set to continue at stud through ...
He becomes the 13th Gr.1 winner by Sea The Stars. Fifty Stars put up an impressive performance to win the Australian Cup at Randwick on Saturday, the first Group 1 of his consistent career. Settled in the back of the field by his jockey John Allen, he produced a storming finish to pass the field and win by half a length ...
Crystal Ocean and Stradivarius, by Sea The Stars, and Sottsass (Siyouni) among the winners. Three sons of Aga Khan Studs stallions, CRYSTAL OCEAN, SOTTSASS and STRADIVARIUS, were honoured on 22nd January at the prestigious Longines Awards ceremony in London. By Gilltown sire SEA THE STARS, CRYSTAL OCEAN was crowned Longines World's Best Horse 2019, in a dead-heat with Waldgeist and Enable, ...
The Aga Khan Studs send six well-bred individuals to February Sale. HAZAKIYRA, a winning daughter of Camelot out of a half-sister to dual Derby hero HARZAND, will be the star attraction of a fascinating Aga Khan Studs consignment for the forthcoming Goffs sale on February 5th. Composed of one gelding and five fillies, the draft offers both racing potential and opportunities ...
The dam of Azamour was 27. Blue hen mare ASMARA has passed away peacefully at the age of 27. A dual Listed winner under the training of John Oxx, ASMARA leaves an enduring legacy at the Aga Khan Studs. She was the dam of Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 placed ARAZAN and most notably of four-time Group 1 winning Champion AZAMOUR, who ...
Their progeny shone on the track as well as in the sales ring. The Aga Khan Studs flagship sires, SEA THE STARS and SIYOUNI, have both enjoyed further Classic glory in 2019. Gilltown Stud's SEA THE STARS is ranked third leading European sire and won a second consecutive Gr.1 Irish Oaks thanks to the exceptional Star Catcher, also winner of the ...
Aga Khan Studs present a stellar draft. Aga Khan Studs broodmares sold at Arqana's December Breeding Stock Sale have produced a host of Group 1 performers in recent years, headed by Classic scorers Almanzor, Capri, or the top class Vadamos and Librisa Breeze. The 2019 Deauville catalogue features a star-studded consignment of 26 fillies and mares from the Aga Khan Studs, ...
Sea The Stars will stand at €150,000 and Siyouni at €100,000. The Aga Khan proven sires SEA THE STARS and SIYOUNI have both enjoyed tremendous success in 2019 and feature amongst the European elite, with the former ranking third and the latter sixth leading sire. SEA THE STARS was represented by four Group 1 winners, headed by the triple Group 1 ...
Fillies and mares rich in potential. Fillies and mares from the close families of Zarkava, HARZAND and Azamour feature among a blue-blooded Aga Khan Studs consignment at the Goffs Breeding Stock Sale on 21st November. In recent years a host of top class performers have been produced by mares sold by the Aga Khan Studs and these are highlighted by Classic ...
Winners and top pedigrees feature in Aga Khan Studs draft. The Aga Khan Studs will present a draft of 17 horses in training at the forthcoming Arqana Autumn Sale on 18th November at Deauville. The consignment which is rich in potential for a future on the flat, over jumps or in the paddocks, features some leading bloodlines and numerous winners. Among ...
A new yearling record for Siyouni. Just days after SIYOUNI's Prix du Jockey Club winning son Sottsass took an excellent third place in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Haras de Bonneval sire enjoyed great results at Newmarket's premier Tattersalls Book 1 sale. The leading French sire signed a new record yearling price of 1.3 million Guineas for lot 208, ...
Aga Khan Studs dozen hail from top families. Twelve well-bred colts and geldings compose an exciting Aga Khan Studs consignment at the forthcoming Goffs Horses In Training Sale on 22nd October. Winner of the Listed Tetrach Stakes, lot 566 SHELIR will be a major attraction in the catalogue. The three-year-old colt by Dark Angel is a grandson of Gr.1 Prix de ...
The Chantilly-based trainer will receive 10 yearlings. Francis-Henri Graffard will be sent yearlings to train for H.H. the Aga Khan in France from the Autumn onwards. A graduate of the first Godolphin Flying Start programme, he started training in Chantilly in 2012 and Graffard has rapidly met with success, training more than 300 winners to date. He enjoyed a particularly good ...
