Criterium de Lyon victrix is unbeaten. Second season sire SIYOUNI continues to fire on all cylinders and the stallion recorded another black-type success recently thanks to his daughter Trixia. Trained in the south of France, two-year-old Trixia has made rapid progress. She easily won her maiden at Vichy by three lengths in August, and scored a second victory later in the ...
Classic sire extends his stay at Haras de Bonneval The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce that dual Gr. 1 winning sire MAKFI is set to prolong his stint in France, and will stand for a second season at the Haras de Bonneval next year. This decision has been taken by Qatar Bloodstock and the Aga Khan Studs, following the ...
The multiple Stakes performer will pass through the Arqana ring. Arqana's Arc sale, which in recent years has seen Lidari, Rajsaman and Zaidpour change hands before going on to record top class performances for new connections, has another interesting Aga Khan Studs entry this year in CANNDAL. Offered as lot 8, three-year-old CANNDAL is a talented performer. He opened his account ...
A brave winner of the Prix du Prince d'Orange. KARAKTAR put a three and a half month absence from the track behind him on Saturday, giving a courageous display to secure the Gr.3 Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp. The colt had not been seen in public since he slipped up on the turn and suffered a slight injury in the ...
Star miler beats the colts in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Classic miler ERVEDYA returned to Longchamp, the scene of her triumph in the Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, on Sunday with a new success at the highest level. Her consecration in the Gr.1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp represents the third Group 1 victory for the daughter of SIYOUNI, ...
2-y-o Cloth Of Stars makes an impact in Gr.3 Prix des Chênes. Cloth of Stars became the 20th individual Stakes winner of his sire SEA THE STARS on Wednesday when recording a stylish victory in the Gr. 3 Prix des Chênes at Longchamp. On just his second public outing, the Godolphin colour-bearer belied his inexperience to produce an impressive turn of ...
Vazirabad and Taniyar take Group 3 glory. The Aga Khan Studs were in great form at Longchamp on Sunday, with a pair of three-year-old representatives of the stable lifting two of the afternoon's Group 3 contests in fine style. VAZIRABAD set the ball rolling for the double when producing a late run up the centre of the track to dominate the ...
Blue-blooded colt is son of champion filly Ebadiyla. The Aga Khan Studs will be represented by a single entry in the forthcoming Goffs Champion Sale on Saturday 12th September. EDELPOUR, a son of Mastercraftsman and dual Group 1 winner Ebadiyla, boasts high potential for a future career on the flat or over jumps. In four outings to date, the Dermot Weld ...
In-form Dalakhani celebrates third August Group winner. Hot on the heels of the news that Arc winner DALAKHANI will join the Aga Khan Studs Haras de Bonneval roster in Normandy for 2016, the proven stallion has enjoyed a series of big race successes. DALAKHANI recorded a new Group 1 winner with the success of SECOND STEP in Germany in the month ...
Arc winner and top-class miler relocate to France. The Aga Khan Studs are delighted to announce two exciting additions to the stallion roster of the Haras de Bonneval for the 2016 season. Arc hero DALAKHANI relocates to Normandy after many successful years in Ireland, while triple Group 1 winning miler Charm Spirit joins the Haras de Bonneval in a continuation of ...
British visitor is 8th Group 1 winner for his sire. SECOND STEP's victory in the Gr 1 Grosser Preis von Berlin provided his sire DALAKHANI with his 8th individual winner at the highest level, and his 13th Group 1 success. The Luca Cumani-trained SECOND STEP has reached maturity this season as a four-year-old and has now won three of his last ...
Black-type successes for Eshera and Zannda. H.H. The Aga Khan's green and red silks were to the fore at Cork on Tuesday evening, with progressive fillies ESHERA and ZANNDA both winning their respective Stakes contests. The lightly raced ESHERA set the ball rolling for Dermot Weld, justifying favouritism to record a brave win against her elders in the LR Platinum Stakes. ...
Sea The Stars, Siyouni and Sinndar take Group honours in Europe and USA. The Aga Khan Studs sires enjoyed a prolific weekend with three Group successes in France, Norway and the USA. Casual Smile provided the highlight of this treble, becoming her sire SEA THE STARS' first American Stakes winner when taking the Gr. 3 Matchmaker Stakes at Monmouth Park in ...
Dariyan and Tanaza shine in France and Ireland. The Aga Khan Studs recorded a European Group race double during the last week with two well-bred individuals. The first offspring of Group 1 winner Daryakana, DARIYAN ran out the comfortable winner of the Gr.2 Prix Eugène Adam at Maisons-Laffitte, and the exciting TANAZA, a daughter of Dalakhani's Listed winning daughter Tanoura, maintained ...
Matriarch's descendants include Dalakhani, Daylami, Dolniya and Dalkala. The Aga Khan Studs are sorry to announce the loss of DALTAWA, dam of two Classic winners and a matriarch of the modern era. The grey daughter of Miswaki passed away recently at the age of 26 years old, at the Haras de Saint-Crespin in Normandy. DALTAWA incarnated the essence of the Aga ...
Listed successes for Astronereus and Candarliya. Gilltown sires Sea The Stars and Dalakhani registered their 17th and 44th Stakes winners respectively recently with victories at York and Longchamp. Sea The Stars, who is also sire of triple Gr 1 placed STORM THE STARS, celebrated his latest black-type success at York on Saturday 11th July. On his first attempt in Stakes company ...
Classic sire registers eleventh Stakes performer LADY SYBIL became her sire SIYOUNI's eleventh individual Stakes performer and his fifth individual Stakes winner at the weekend, thanks to her smooth success in the Listed Prix Amandine at Maisons-Laffitte on Sunday. Always in the leading pair in this seven-furlong contest, LADY SYBIL stayed on strongly to the line to win by a length. ...
Dalakhani's Arab Dawn completes Royal double. Already heroine of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at Longchamp, ERVEDYA lifted the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday 19th June, to be crowned Champion European filly over the mile. The daughter of SIYOUNI earned this title by beating two highly-regarded Irish fillies, Found and Lucida, runners up in the Irish and English ...
Winners and well-bred individuals at Arqana and Tattersalls The Aga Khan drafts for forthcoming horses in training sales at Arqana and Tattersalls both feature winners and placed colts and geldings with plenty of potential for the future. Held at Deauville on 1st and 2nd July, Arqana's Summer Sale will see seven Aga Khan bred colts and geldings go under the hammer. ...
Unbeaten half-brother to Rajsaman heads for Irish Derby. Aga Khan Studs homebred RADANPOUR recorded his third win in as many outings on Friday, taking the Listed King George V Cup and earning his place in the Irish Derby. Trained by Dermot Weld, the progressive colt made all the running in the mile and a half contest at Leopardstown, battling on bravely ...
Progressive filly records a third consecutive victory at Chantilly. KATANIYA displayed both class and determination on the Prix du Jockey Club undercard on Sunday in a pillar to post victory in the Gr 3 Prix de Royaumont. Sent out in front and in the centre of the track by jockey Christophe Soumillon, KATANIYA was joined by the rest of the field ...
Storm The Stars on Classic trail and Ayrad back to winning ways. Gilltown Stud sires enjoyed a Stakes double over the weekend, with STORM THE STARS and AYRAD both lifting Listed prizes at Goodwood. SEA THE STARS' son STORM THE STARS entered in the St Leger picture on Friday thanks to his facile victory in the Cocked Hat Stakes. The improving ...
His unbeaten son Quasillo lifts the Bavarian Classic A year after the exploits of Derby winner Sea The Moon, SEA THE STARS has another leading contender for the German Classic in QUASILLO, winner of an important trial at Hannover on Sunday. Making just his second career start, the powerful chestnut bided his time under Eduardo Pedroza in the Gr. 3 Bavarian ...
Siyouni and Makfi enjoy French Guineas glory. Haras de Bonneval second-season sires Siyouni and Makfi shared the Classic honours at Longchamp on Sunday, during a weekend rich in success on all fronts for the Aga Khan Studs. ERVEDYA provided the highlight of the weekend for H.H. the Aga Khan, when storming home up the centre of the track in the Gr.1 ...
Tall Ship sails to Warrnambool glory in Australia while Night Of Light wins a Listed at Chantilly. SEA THE STARS opened his Stakes account in the Southern Hemisphere thanks to progressive stayer TALL SHIP, winner of the Listed Warrnambool Cup. TALL SHIP overcame a wide draw to pass the post three and a quarter lengths ahead of his nearest rival in ...
Group double for Gilltown sire. The first Classic weekend of the season was marked by a pair of stylish victories for Aga Khan Studs sire DALAKHANI. SECOND STEP at Newmarket, and ALEX MY BOY at Longchamp, picked up Group 2 and Group 3 successes respectively with performances which bode well for the future. 40 minutes before Saturday's 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, ...
Young sire tops first European Breeze Up sales. Haras de Bonneval's SIYOUNI has been in high demand at the breeze-up sales this month and was responsible for two top prices. His two-year-old son out of Alfaguara, lot 4, recorded the fastest breeze at the first sale of the year, the Ascot Brightwells Breeze Up Sale. He subsequently topped the sale when ...
Colt records a facile success in the Gr.3 Prix Noailles KARAKTAR entered the Classic picture in no uncertain terms at Longchamp on Monday, stretching away from the opposition to score in the Gr.3 Prix Noailles. The progressive son of High Chaparral is now unbeaten in two outings at three years old, after impressing when lifting the Listed Prix François Mathet by ...
Fellow Aga Khan sire Sea The Stars also on the Stakes scoresheet Following the Group 1 victory of Dolniya in Dubai, the Aga Khan Studs and their sires pursue their rich vein of form in Europe. On her seasonal debut at Maisons-Laffitte, homebred filly ERVEDYA left her rivals trailing in the Gr.3 Prix Imprudence. The daughter of SIYOUNI is now firmly ...
International Gr.1 success the best of a productive weekend DOLNIYA provided the highlight of a superb weekend for the Aga Khan Studs with her dominating performance in the Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic. At home in France, KARAKTAR lifted the Listed Prix François Mathet, while the promising ASHRAF opened his account in Ireland. The beautifully-bred DOLNIYA seems to have improved over the ...
Marky Mark wins NZ Sires' Produce Stakes. Current Bonneval-based sire MAKFI celebrated his first Group 1 win at the weekend as his son MARKY MARK scored in his native New Zealand. Already a Group 3 winner, MARKY MARK enjoyed a perfect run in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes at Awapuni last Saturday, the richest two-year-old race in New Zealand. After ...
Sinndar gelding among Triumph Hurdle favourites. The Aga Khan Studs-bred HARGAM entered the reckoning for the Triumph Hurdle on Sunday when outclassing the opposition in the Scottish Triumph Hurdle Trial. Sent off as the hot favourite for this Listed hurdle, HARGAM was held up in the early stages by Tony McCoy before taking control of the race two flights from home. ...
Darjina, Alamshar and Ridasiyna among relatives. The five-strong consignment from the Aga Khan Studs for the forthcoming Goffs February Sale in Ireland features some well-bred three-year-olds including recent winner colt Arif, from the family of Alandi and Alamshar. Lot 269 Arif had made a pleasing debut at Dundalk in December, finishing second by three-quarters of a length in a seven furlong ...
He will stand alongside his half brother Sea The Stars. The Directors of Sunderland Holding Inc. today announced that Born To Sea is relocating to Gilltown Stud to stand with his half brother SEA THE STARS. Christopher Tsui said in his statement that "Rathasker Stud and the Burns family did a wonderful job with Born To Sea and we are very ...
His son Marky Mark opens Group account in New Zealand. Bonneval sire MAKFI lost no time in making an impact in 2015 as his son Marky Mark provided him with a first Group success on New Year's Day. From MAKFI's first crop of Southern Hemisphere two-year-olds, Marky Mark soundly beat a strong field in the Gr. 3 Eclipse Stakes over six ...
Juvenile Stakes 1-2-3 for Aga Khan Stud sires. DALAKHANI secured his ninth Stakes winner of the season, and 41st of his career, at Chantilly on Tuesday as his daughter Vedouma ran out an impressive winner of the Listed Prix Isonomy in the colours of H.H. the Aga Khan. Aga Khan Stud stallions made a clean sweep in the mile event as ...
Sisters to Shareta and Dalkala, and the dam of Behkabad feature in December sale. Arqana's breeding stock sale on 6th to 9th December offers breeders and investors some wonderful opportunities to enrich their bloodlines. The Aga Khan Studs are strongly featured in the catalogue, with some excellent pedigrees represented by proven and potential broodmares. Among the 33 Aga Khan Studs graduates, ...
Prolific Cornwallville lifts Criterium du Languedoc. First season sire MAKFI opened his black-type account earlier in the week thanks to his son Cornwallville, winner of the Listed Criterium du Languedoc in the colours of Pearl Bloodstock. This precocious colt has enjoyed a busy and productive juvenile season, beginning his racing career on the opening day of the turf season in Britain ...
The Aga Khan Studs announce their 2015 Stallion fees GILLTOW STUD, IRELAND: SEA THE STARS €125,000 DALAKHANI €17,000 HARAS DE BONNEVAL, FRANCE: MAKFI €17,500 SINNDAR €4,500 SIYOUNI €20,000 Champion SEA THE STARS has achieved great success with his first crop of three-year-olds and counts three Group 1 winners, including ten-length German Derby winner Sea The Moon and Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's ...
Aga Khan Studs November draft features a close relative of the top hurdler. The success of ZARKANDAR in the recent Gr 1 Grand Prix d'Automne hurdle provides a timely boost for the Aga Khan Studs consignment at the forthcoming Arqana November mixed sale. The Azamour half-brother to champion Zarkava was sold privately by his breeders before going on to win nine ...
