Gr. 1 dam features in blue-blooded Goffs consignment. Some of the Aga Khan Studs most renowned bloodlines will be on offer at the forthcoming Goffs Breeding Stock Sale, in a nineteen-strong draft that includes the dams of a Group 1 winner and of a Group 1 performer. The quintet of broodmares are almost all proven in the paddocks, with the highlight ...
Filly offers her sire Siyouni a fourth Stakes victory. Leading first crop sire SIYOUNI shone once again at the weekend as his daughter Bourrée secured Germany's premier juvenile filles' contest, Baden-Baden's Gr. 3 Preis der Winterkönigin. The Haras de Bonneval stallion now counts three Group winners among his first generation, with Bourrée joining Gr. 3 Prix de Cabourg victrix and dual ...
In a new partnership with Qatar Bloodstock, Makfi will stand at Haras de Bonneval next season and Charm Spirit in 2016. It was announced today that triple Group 1 winner Charm Spirit will be retired to Tweenhills Farm and Stud following his victory in the Gr. 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Charm Spirit's arrival at Tweenhills will coincide with ...
Draft features two winners and a Sea The Stars half-brother to Stakes scorers. The Aga Khan horses presented at Goffs Horses In Training Sale last year have proved to be successful buys for their new owners, with Zand successful in a Listed contest a fortnight ago, Verawal and Tarabiyn both winning their maiden over the jumps by more than eight lengths ...
Stakes successes for Souvenir Delondres and Second Step. Leading first-season sire SIYOUNI pursues his rich vein of form, as Souvenir Delondres offers the Bonneval stallion a second Group victory, and Passiflore becomes his 15th individual winner. At the same time, Gilltown Stud's DALAKHANI continues to perform at Stakes level, thanks most recently to his son Second Step. The highly-consistent Souvenir Delondres ...
Quintet of yearlings break half-million Guineas barrier. Progeny of exciting young Group 1 sire SEA THE STARS made an impact during Tattersalls elite Book 1 sale in Newmarket recently. The Gilltown stallion was represented by 29 yearlings in the ring, of which 24 (83%) changed hands for a total of 7,125,000 Guineas and an excellent average of 296,875 Guineas, close to ...
Gr. 1 performances for Dalakhani, Siyouni and Sea The Stars. DALAKHANI 's daughter Integral provided the highlight of a successful weekend for the Aga Khan Stud sires. The filly lifted her second Group 1 title, and the twelfth of her sire, with a pillar to post performance in the Gr.1 Sun Chariot Stakes on Newmarket's Rowley Mile track last Saturday. The ...
Gr. 1 sire sells all seven yearlings for an average of over €400,000. Just days before his daughter Taghrooda will be sent off as one of the favourites for the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, SEA THE STARS was in high demand at Goffs Orby Sale. The Gilltown sire, an unbeaten Arc winner himself, was represented by seven yearlings ...
Deutsches St. Leger goes to Bonneval sire's daughter Kaldera. SINNDAR lived up to his billing as a Classic stallion once again on Sunday as his daughter Kaldera lifted the Gr.3 Deutsches St. Leger, a fifth victory of the season, including two Stakes successes for this talented filly. Under a patient ride from Eddy Hardouin, Kaldera galloped in the rear of the ...
Listed winner Behesht, half-brother to Gr 1 scorer Behkabad, features in Arqana sale. In recent years Arqana's Arc sale has seen a host of Aga Khan Studs representatives change hands before going on to success at the highest level. On the flat, graduates include Melbourne Cup hope Lidari, a Group 2 winner in Australia for new connections, Meydan Group scorer Sandagiyr, ...
Hadaatha registers landmark success for her young sire. Exciting young stallion SEA THE STARS reached a new landmark at Yarmouth on Wednesday as his daughter Hadaatha became her sire's tenth individual Stakes winner. On her return to action after a four-month break, Hadaatha swept through the field in the LR John Musker Stakes to win the ten furlong event stylishly by ...
Silk Sari smooth winner of Park Hill Stakes. DALAKHANI's daughter Silk Sari was the star of the show at Doncaster on Thursday thanks to her stunning performance in the Gr 2 Park Hill Stakes. The four-year-old filly cruised through the field in the straight, taking the lead at the furlong pole and racing away to post a five length margin at ...
Champions Sale features winning half-brothers to Mourayan and Linngari. Public sale consignments from the Aga Khan Studs are always eagerly awaited and this should certainly be the case for the forthcoming Champions Sale at Goffs, which features three very promising representatives of the stable. Timiyan (lot 1) will set the ball rolling as the first horse to enter the ring. The ...
Kaldera takes fifth career win in Listed Steherpreis. A pair of SINNDAR's daughters have displayed their talents recently, as Kaldera lifted her first Listed contest in Baden-Baden and Valdiyana picked up her first black-type with a second place in the Listed Prix des Tourelles. Kaldera has barely put a foot wrong this season, racking up a hat-trick over ten furlongs in ...
Norwegian Classic success for Sinndar and Stakes double for Azamour. Aga Khan Studs sires produce have been busy in recent days, with SINNDAR's Eye In The Sky lifting the Norwegian Derby, a pair of Listed successes for AZAMOUR, and an excellent third place in the Gr. 1 Prix Morny for SIYOUNI's Ervedya. SINNDAR's son Eye In The Sky cemented his position ...
Talented filly holds promising future. The Aga Khan-owned RAYDARA made her mark at the Curragh on Sunday, lifting the Gr. 2 Debutante Stakes in good style. On her fourth public outing, the filly raced in the rear of the field before progressing up the center of the track two furlongs from home and showing an impressive acceleration inside the final furlong ...
Dual purpose draft features high-class families. Buyers will have an opportunity to invest in half a dozen Aga Khan-bred three-year-olds at the forthcoming Horses in Training sale at Doncaster on 4th September. The consignment includes some well-bred colts and geldings, with versatile profiles. Winning colt Zafayan (lot 352) should attract plenty of interest. A son of Acclamation and Listed runner-up Zafayra ...
Excellent average and clearance-rate for in-form stallion. Hot on the heels of his third Stakes winner from his first crop of juveniles, SIYOUNI made a great impression at Arqana's Yearlings Sale and V2 Sale in Deauville with his second generation of yearlings. During the select weekend catalogue, SIYOUNI's sole entry lot 129 raised a bid of 200,000 Euros from Australian buyer ...
Zarshana, Seismos and Souvenir Delondres successful for Aga Khan sires. The Aga Khan Studs sires enjoyed a productive weekend in Britain and France with a hat-trick of Pattern victories for Gilltown and Bonneval-based stallions. . The highlight of the trio was the blue-blooded Zarshana's triumph in the Gr.3 Prix Minerve at Deauville for the colours of H.H. the Aga Khan. The ...
Ten yearlings sold with a top price of 700,000 Euros. Stallion of the moment SEA THE STARS proved a hit at Arqana's August yearling Sale this weekend, with his ten yearlings sold amassing a total of 3,260,000 Euros, the highest turnover of any stallion in the catalogue. The Gilltown sire boasts an average of 326,000 Euros, more than double the sale ...
Dalakhani also on Stakes scoresheet during a fruitful weekend for Aga Khan stallions. The Aga Khan Studs have enjoyed a productive weekend with Stakes successes for SIYOUNI and The Aga Khan Studs have enjoyed a productive weekend with Stakes successes for DALAKHANI. Exciting first season sire SIYOUNI maintained his momentum as leading European freshman stallion as his unbeaten daughter Ervedya lifted ...
Quick start at stud for Bonneval sire. The Aga Khan Studs' stallion SIYOUNI was a precocious individual himself on the racetrack and he looks to have passed this quality on to his progeny. His daughter Ptite Sarah recorded a first win for her sire when lifting the Prix du Tertre maiden at Nantes on 17th April. The Aga Khan Studs' stallion ...
The leading sire will go back to Cornerstone Stud. His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs has today formally announced that they will be shuttling European Horse of the Year and leading sire DALAKHANI back to Cornerstone Stud, South Australia for another Southern Hemisphere breeding season. DALAKHANI (Darshaan - Daltawa), the four time Group One winner, whose progeny have won 10 Group ...
The Aga Khan Studs regret to inform that Azamour died this morning. The Aga Khan Studs regret to inform the bloodstock community that the stallion, AZAMOUR has had to be put after sustaining a serious injury in his box this morning. Despite the best efforts of both vets and attending staff, the four time Group 1 winner had to be euthanised ...
Popular Bonneval sire represented by eight breeze-ups. Eight progeny of young sire SIYOUNI are certain to attract a good deal of interest at Arqana's forthcoming breeze-up sale on 9th and 10th May. The precocious SIYOUNI, hero of the Gr 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère during his own racing career which was launched with a debut win in the month of May, has ...
Lidari makes his mark in Australia on successful weekend for Aga Khan Studs. The weekend was a successful one at opposing sides of the globe for the Aga Khan Studs with the Group 2 success of Australian export LIDARI and also a Group 3 win over hurdles in England for Brave Vic, out of homebred mare BALIYA. A three-time Listed winner ...
"A very elegant colt that is correct and strong." Champion mare ZARKAVA (Zamindar) gave birth on Monday morning to a handsome colt by Haras de Bonneval resident Redoute's Choice. The foal is described by Georges Rimaud, manager of the Aga Khan Studs in France, as "a very elegant colt that is correct and strong". ZARKAVA is now due to visit Frankel. ...
It's easy to imagine Redoute's Choice and Snitzel chatting over the fence, needling each other in the friendly-but-competitive way that fathers and sons do. They've had plenty of news to work with this season. After neatly taking turns in the spotlight over the last five weeks, Snitzel has cracked the $7 million mark at the head of the Australian General Sires' ...
Son of Sinndar voted leader of generation. The Aga Khan Studs-bred DIAKALI received one of the top honours in French racing on Sunday as he was elected champion four-year-old hurdler for the last season at the "Courses Et Elevage" awards ceremony. The son of Haras de Bonneval sire SINNDAR earned this honour thanks to his impressive victory in the Gr 1 ...
Just a week after a treble of Group success for Redoute's Choice, his son Snitzel was represented by the Australian Guineas winner Shamus Award, as well as a 20th Stakes winner. The names of Snitzel's best progeny sum up his current status among Australian sires: he's sizzling, he's flying and he is most definitely hot. The temperature rose again when his ...
Lankan Rupee's dominant victory in the Oakleigh Plate Group I (1100m) at Caulfield gave Redoute's Choice his 24th Group 1 winner last Saturday. A little earlier, at Randwick, the David Payne-trained mare Lilliburlero won the Triscay S. Group III (1200m). She is the 110th Stakes winner by REDOUTE'S CHOICE, who is currently honouring a second Northern Hemisphere season at the Aga ...
The Champion sire records his 109th Stakes winner. Leading Melbourne trainers Peter Moody and Mick Price produced a pair of talented 4YOs to give champion sire REDOUTE'S CHOICE a valuable Group race double at Caulfield in Melbourne today. The Teeley Assets home-bred Lankan Rupee (ex Estelle Collection by Zabeel) made it look easy in the $175,000 MRC Rubiton S. 1100m G2, ...
February sale entries have racing and breeding promise. A filly from the close family of Darshaan is one highlight of the Aga Khan Studs six-strong consignment for the forthcoming Goffs February Sale. Dimoya, an unraced daughter of Halling, comes from one of her breeder's most prestigious families. The three-year-old is a granddaughter of Dalara (Giant's Causeway), a Group 2 winner and ...
US and Hong Kong successes for Aga Khan Studs. The Aga Khan Studs enjoyed a weekend rich in international honours as DANK was crowned top turf female at America's Eclipse Awards and Dibayani took third in the Hong Kong Classic Mile. Out of the Aga Khan broodmare Masskana (Darshaan), British-based DANK beat locally-trained rivals to be named Champion Turf Filly at ...
The Champion sire has four foals on the ground. In Ireland, Ballymacoll Stud's first foal of 2014 was a bay colt by the Champion sire Redoute's Choice. Stud principal Peter Reynolds said of him: "The foal is a good strong sort and an excellent first foal and we are very pleased with him." The dam, Fleur de Cactus, is a winning ...
Gilltown and Bonneval Studs welcome visitors. Breeders and the wider public will enjoy an exclusive opportunity to visit the Aga Khan Studs of Gilltown and Bonneval as the 2014 breeding season starts to get underway. Gilltown Stud, located in the centre of the Kildare region of Ireland, will open its gates on 24th & 25th January for viewing of resident stallions ...
Champion sire Redoute's Choice struck on the third day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale with his 64th seven-figure yearling, a stunning colt offered by Newhaven Park. From Hades, a city-winning daughter of Encosta de Lago and Champion 2YO Filly Hasna, the colt was knocked down to Gai Waterhouse, James Harron and US owners Jon & Sarah Kelly for $1 ...
2013 positive on all fronts. Aga Khan Studs sire DALAKHANI is on his way back home to Gilltown Stud in Ireland following an excellent first shuttle season in Australia. The four-time Group 1 winner was particularly well-received in the Southern Hemisphere, where he covered a high-class book of 97 mares while standing at Cornerstone Stud. These featured a number of Group ...
Seven foals by the Gilltown sire break 200,000 Guinea barrier. SEA THE STARS lit up the second day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale with his daughter raising the highest bid of the day at 320,000 Guineas. The filly (lot 761), a half-sister to Gr 1 Sun Chariot Stakes winner Spinning Queen consigned by Newsells Park Stud was eventually knocked down ...
The Aga Khan Studs have released their fees for the 2014 breeding season. At Gilltown Stud in Ireland: - AZAMOUR will stand at €8,000 - DALAKHANI will stand at €25,000 - SEA THE STARS will stand at €85,000 At Haras de Bonneval in France: - REDOUTE'S CHOICE will stand at €70,000 - SINNDAR will stand at €4,500 - SIYOUNI will stand ...
