🎉
#Ezeliya
wins The Oaks
@EpsomRacecourse
! 🎉
She becomes the first Oaks winner for H.H. the Aga Khan, the 9⃣9⃣th individual Gr.1 winner for the present Aga Khan family and their second Classic winner so far this season. 🟢🔴
Following last Friday’s incident at Saint-Cloud, which resulted in the fall of Rossa Ryan, the Aga Khan Studs have taken the decision to cease their retainer with jockey Christophe Soumillon with immediate effect.
We're delighted to announce that Johnny Murtagh, who carried the green and red silks to victory numerous times, will join the Aga Khan roster of trainers in Ireland and will receive a first draft of yearlings this year.
👉For full details:
It is with great sadness that the Aga Khan Studs announce the passing of Sinndar at the age of 21. Crowned Champion 3yo, the Aga Khan homebred remains the only horse to have won the Derby, the Irish Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe:
The Aga Khan Studs is sad to announce the passing of 7-time Gr.1 winning globetrotter
#Daylami
, who has been put to sleep just 2 weeks short of his 29th birthday ➡️
He will be much missed and will be commemorated with a memorial at Gilltown Stud.
We are delighted to announce that
#Zarkava
foaled a lovely filly by
#Dubawi
, making her a full sister to Gr.1 winner
#Zarak
. Both Mum and newborn are doing well !
👉 For more info :
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of the 2003 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner
#Dalakhani
.
He was a Champion racehorse and sired 10 Group 1 winners during his stud career. Dalakhani had been enjoying a peaceful retirement and was 21.
🎂 Happy 28th birthday today to the great
#Daylami
, pictured yesterday with his devoted handler Joe Doyle.
The brilliant grey won 7 Gr.1 races between 1997 and 1999, first in the silks of the Aga Khan Studs and then in the colours of
@godolphin
.
Sea The Stars, the "horse of a lifetime", turns 14 today!
🥇 Won the Arc, Derby, 2000 Guineas, Eclipse, International & Irish Champion Stakes
🏆 The sire of 13 Gr.1 winners: Crystal Ocean, Harzand, Sea Of Class, Sea The Moon, Stradivarius, Taghrooda, etc.
Happy retirement to the brilliant
#Tarnawa
, winner of three Gr.1 races:
🏆 Prix Vermeille 🇫🇷
🏆 Prix de l'Opera 🇫🇷
🏆 Breeders' Cup Turf 🇺🇸
We look forward to her new career as a broodmare.
📸: as a foal, as a yearling, in training in Ireland 🇮🇪 & winning her first Gr.1.
Zaykava makes a dazzling debut and wins by 2.5 lengths under hands and heels at Compiègne today.
The daughter of
#Siyouni
is the fourth winner in as many runners out of the unbeaten Champion
#Zarkava
.
📸 Zaykava as a foal with Zarkava
Tarnawa came from the back of the field on the wide outside to triumph in the Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Turf under
@ctkjockey
today 💫
The classy mare recorded a third straight Group 1 victory after the Prix Vermeille and Prix de l'Opéra 🏆🏆🏆
#Dalakhani
enjoying life in retirement at Haras d’Ouilly.
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and Prix du Jockey Club winner was crowned Horse of the Year in 2003 and enjoyed a successful career as a stallion, siring 9 individual Gr.1 winners. Retired in 2016, he is now aged 20.
🚨 Classic hero and Champion 3YO
#Vadeni
has been retired, and will stand at Haras de Bonneval for 2024.
🥇 Prix du Jockey Club 🇫🇷
🥇 Eclipse Stakes 🇬🇧
🥈 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 🇫🇷
🥉 Irish Champion Stakes 🇮🇪
🏆 Cartier Champion 3YO Colt
➡️
The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce that Francis-Henri Graffard will take over the training of the horses based at their private training centre at Aiglemont, following the retirement Alain de Royer Dupré at the end of 2021.
For full details 👇
👏 Royal
@Ascot
heroine
#Tahiyra
returned to 🇮🇪 Gilltown Stud yesterday for a well-earned break ahead of an autumn campaign. The daughter of
#Siyouni
is now a 3-time Group 1 winner.
The Aga Khan Studs has 20 mares in the current broodmare band who are 10th generation homebreds.
Heading the alphabet is
#Alaiya
, a descendant of
#MumtazMahal
. By
#SeaTheStars
, she had her first foal, a Footstepsinthesand colt (📸), in 2022 and then visited
#Siyouni
.
#MareMonday
Our thanks go to all breeders, clients and partners for your support in 2021.
We also express our sincere gratitude to Alain de Royer Dupré, who has trained the Aga Khan horses for 43 years, leading them to success in 77 Gr.1 races.
👀 Watch the video ➡️
Asmara, one of the most influential broodmare of the Aga Khan Studs, has passed away peacefully at the age of 27. She was the dam of four-time Gr.1 winner Azamour and is pictured here with her foal Azmiyna, who herself gave birth to five-time Gr.1 winner The Autumn Sun.
From the paddocks to the winners' enclosure:
#Tarnawa
pictured as a foal with her Stakes winning dam Tarana and as a yearling.
Now the winner of the:
🏆Prix Vermeille Gr.1
🏆Prix de l'Opéra Gr.1
🏆Breeders' Cup Turf Gr.1
#topclassfilly
💫
#Tarnawa
, in foal to
#Siyouni
, captured enjoying her broodmare life this summer at Gilltown Stud.
Three years ago, she won the Prix Vermeille, one of 3 career Group 1s.
Yesterday, her half-sister by Siyouni,
#Tahiyra
, won her 4th Group 1 in the Matron Stakes.
#somefamily
Racing has lost one of its greatest jockeys, a formidable ambassador and a gentleman.
All of us at the Aga Khan Studs extend our deepest sympathies to Frances, Hannah, Paddy, Sarah and his extended family.
Beginning
#MareMonday
to celebrate 100 years of the Aga Khan Studs is the legendary Flying Filly,
#MumtazMahal
.
The Aga Khan III bought her in 1922 for 9,100gns, the highest sum for a filly since Sceptre. "One of the best animals I ever saw in my life," said George Lambton. 1/7
Azmiyna, the dam of Champion The Autumn Sun and impressive winner on debut Archanna, gave birth to a lovely, strong filly by Deep Impact earlier this year and is back in foal to leading sire
#Siyouni
.
Francis-Henri Graffard, who has already saddled more than 300 winners to date, will be sent yearlings to train for H.H. the Aga Khan in France from the Autumn onwards.
Read more here:
Lovely photo of
#Zarak
's first foal born two weeks ago, a filly out of Prix de Diane second Amour A Papa. Thank you
@caroleartu
and
@marieartu
for sending it!
🏆 A sensational weekend Classic double for
#Siyouni
as homebred
#Tahiyra
takes the Irish 1000 Guineas
@curraghrace
the day after Paddington’s triumph in the Irish 2000 Guineas!
On this day of records, another of the Aga Khan champions,
#Zarkava
, turns 13. The 2008 Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner gave birth to a strong colt by the mighty
#SeaTheStars
earlier this week and will visit Dubawi.
#racinglegend
#happybirthdaychampion
#Nameoftheday
-
#Zarkava
’s 2yo filly by Siyouni (pictured here as a foal) has been named Zaykava, which is also the name of a town in Belarus.
Don't miss the opportunity to see her Gr.1 winning brother
#Zarak
this Saturday during the Route des Etalons at Haras de Bonneval!
20 years ago on this day,
#Sinndar
won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and became the first thoroughbred in history to win the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at three.
An equine dynasty: the matriarch Zarkasha, reunited with her Champion daughter
#Zarkava
and Group 1 placed granddaughter Zarkamiya at Haras de Bonneval.
👉
📸
@zuzanna_lupa
Great memories of
#Kalanisi
, who has passed away at the age of 27
@boardsmillstud
.
Never finishing out of the first 3, he won 6 races over 3 seasons & was crowned Champion Older Horse of 2000 after winning:
🏆Gr.1
@BreedersCup
Turf
🏆Gr.1 Champion Stakes
🏆Gr.2 Queen Anne Stakes
💫
#Vadeni
imperious in the Eclipse Stakes💫
The 3yo showed a strong turn of foot again to prevail against a competitive field & lift his 2nd consecutive Gr1.
He gives his owner-breeder H.H. the Aga Khan a first success in the race which his father won in 1959 with Saint Crespin.
🎂 Happy birthday today to
#Tarnawa
, pictured (third from left) enjoying her paddock alongside
#Kassaba
,
#Zawara
and
#Katiba
(all Stakes performers trained by Dermot Weld)!
The 3 x Gr.1 winner will soon be visiting Frankel
@JuddmonteFarms
for her first cover.
We're delighted to introduce our new team member in charge of nominations for the Aga Khan stallions based in France, Fanny Cyprès! If you have any queries regarding the stallions in our roster, Fanny can be reached at fanny.cypres
@agakhanstuds
.com.
We’re absolutely thrilled to see our triple Gr.1 winner
#Vazirabad
look so well in retirement! 🤩
The Champion is due to take part in his first dressage test this month & will parade at
@fgdeauville
during the Journée de la Reconversion organized by
@audeladespistes
on 28 August
👀 A shout-out to
#Tarana
, who from just 3 foals to race has produced:
#Tarnawa
🏆 Prix Vermeille, Prix de l'Opéra,
@BreedersCup
Turf
#Tahiyra
🏆 Moyglare Stud Stakes, Irish 1000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes
She also has a 2yo colt by Frankel named
#Tarafi
.
🏆Sussex Stakes Gr.1
🏆Eclipse Stakes Gr.1
🏆St James's Palace Stakes Gr.1
🏆Irish Guineas Gr.1
Fourth consecutive Group 1 in less than 10 weeks for the son of
#Siyouni
Paddington!
👏Many congratulations to his connections
@coolmorestud
@EcurieMonceaux
🥰 24yo
#Zarkasha
(pic with superstar daughter
#Zarkava
), is living happily in retirement at Haras de Bonneval.
Her influence stretches across both hemispheres, with grandson
#Zarak
one of Europe's most exciting sires & great-grandson Zeyrek currently winning Group races in 🇦🇺!
She is a Queen! The daughter of
#Siyouni
Laurens wins the Prix de Diane for
@johnedance
and
@karl_burke
, the third Group 1 of her career. Many congratulations to all her connections
@sfstud
@AnnaSundstr
and her breeder Melchior-François Mathet.
We're delighted to see Aga Khan-homebred Sadarak change colours to now wear those of Champion football player Antoine Griezmann. The Listed placed son of Sadiyna will now be trained by Philippe Decouz and we wish them the best of luck in the future!
The great
#Dalakhani
was born on this day in 2000.
The multiple Gr.1 winning grey, Horse of the Year and Champion 3YO in 2003 and sire of 10 Gr.1 winners at stud, was a pure product of the Aga Khan Studs operation, being a son of
#Darshaan
out of blue hen mare
#Daltawa
.
🟢🔴
#Tahiyra
(by
#Siyouni
) is the first Irish 1000 Guineas winner for H.H. the Aga Khan & the 35th individual Classic winner in his colours.
She's a half-sister to 3xGr.1 winner
#Tarnawa
& a 5th generation homebred - her family tracing to the Dupré bloodstock purchase in 1977.
#Harzand
turns five today! This outstanding individual is a dual Group 1 winner and a son of the mighty Sea The Stars. Standing at Gilltown Stud, his first foals are born this year.
The Aga Khan Studs would like to express its deep sadness following the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
A devoted leader, loved and respected worldwide, she shared a great passion for the horse and many happy memories on the racecourse.
Our condolences to The Royal Family.
💫A fourth Group 1 victory for the brilliant
#Tahiyra
🥇Matron Stakes
🥇Coronation Stakes
🥇Irish 1,000 Guineas
🥇Moyglare Stud Stakes
And a 30th Gr.1 success for super sire
#Siyouni
, whose daughter Laurens had won the 2018 of the Matron Stakes.
🏆
#Rouhiya
wins the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches! 🏆
She becomes the 36th individual Classic winner in the colours of H.H. the Aga Khan, and his fifth winner of this race after
#Masarika
,
#Zalaiyka
,
#Zarkava
and
#Ervedya
🟢🔴
#FlashbackFriday
to autumn 2009, when
#SeaTheStars
first arrived at Gilltown Stud 🇮🇪, after a scintillating race career which saw him win 6 consecutive Gr.1 races from a mile to 12f.
Today he is one of the very best stallions in Europe, sire of >110 Stakes winners of >250 races.
🏆
#Ezeliya
(📸 as a foal) is out of Gr.2 winner
#Eziyra
, who was also third in the Gr.1 Irish Oaks and Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks.
The family goes back to the Boussac line of
#Tourzima
, also responsible for the likes of Classic winners Darshaan, Ebadiyla, Sinndar and Taghrooda.
Tarnawa powers to victory in the Gr.1 Prix de l'Opéra, her second consecutive Group 1 following the Prix Vermeille three weeks ago.
She gives a record fifth victory in the race to her owner-breeder H.H. the Aga Khan.
🏆
#Siyouni
colt Paddington takes his third Group 1 win in six weeks!
The
@InfoArqana
yearling graduate becomes the first horse since Sadler’s Wells to do the Irish 2000 Guineas-Eclipse Stakes double and the first since Giant’s Causeway to do the St James’s Palace-Eclipse.👏👏👏
The fantastic son of
#SeaTheStars
Stradivarius makes history by becoming the first horse to win 3 consecutive G1 Goodwood Cups. The impressive stayer has now won all of his last 8 outings ! Congratulations to his owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen, trainer John Gosden &
@FrankieDettori
.
It's 46 years this week that
#BlushingGroom
won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains.
The 5-time Gr.1 winner was purchased as a foal by H.H. the Aga Khan, though he came from the Aga Khan family of
#Eclair
. At stud he sired 92 SW, including Arazi & Rainbow Quest.
#ThrowbackThursday
5 years ago in July 2015,
#Vazirabad
won his maiden in Dieppe. Over the following 4 years, he would go on to win 13 Group races, finishing in the first two in 21 of his 23 races.
The Champion was retired last year and has been enjoying his time out in the fields of Haras d’Ouilly
💫Sea The Stars’ Miss Yoda becomes her sire’s 14th Gr.1 winner when landing the Gr.1 German Oaks for Frankie Dettori, Gestut Westerberg & John Gosden!
Bred and sold by Gestüt Etzean, Miss Yoda topped the BBAG September Yearling Sale when purchased €280,000 by
@BlandfordBldstk
One of the highlights of the stallion trail today was seeing dual Derby winner
#Harzand
reunited with his jockey
@patjsmullen
, his trainer Dermot Weld and his handler Ben Meaney.
Lovely picture taken by
@patrickmccannrp
@rpbloodstock
Ten years ago on this day, 2008 Horse of the Year Zarkava achieved one of her most amazing performances when winning the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille after having missed the start.
On Sunday, her daughter Zarkamiya will line up in the same race.
@theTDN
@bloodstocknews
@Jour_de_Galop
It’s 15 years today since
#Zarkava
won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches
@paris_longchamp
!
Here she is pictured recently at Haras de Saint-Crespin, having visited
#Siyouni
this season. She has already produced Listed winner
#Zaykava
by Siyouni, as well as 2023 2yo colt
#Zarouk
.
🎂 Happy birthday today to
#Zarkava
, described by H.H. the Aga Khan as "the greatest reward a breeder could have."
The 5-time Gr.1 winner descends from
#MumtazMahal
via
#PetiteEtoile
and her only daughter, who was given rather a special name...
Stradivarius makes history as he flies home to win a third consecutive Gr.1 Gold Cup by 10 lengths at Royal Ascot!
This is the 13th Group victory of the fantastic son of
#SeaTheStars
.
Many congratulations to his owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen and all his connections!
Some lovely photos of triple Group 1 winner
#Tarnawa
in pre-training, ridden by Barry Walsh at Gilltown Stud.
The five-year-old mare who won the Prix Vermeille, Prix de l’Opéra and Breeders’ Cup Turf last year has been enjoying a seasonal break before returning into training.
A thrilling performance from Tarnawa who scored by 3 lengths in the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille at
@paris_longchamp
today. The 4yo filly gave her owner-breeder H.H. the Aga Khan a record breaking 8th victory in the race.
By Shamardal, she's the first foal of dual Stakes winner Tarana.
🎂 Happy birthday today to champion
#SeaTheStars
, born on 6th April 2006.
The Gilltown Stud resident is the sire of 88 Stakes winners (5 already in 2022), including 1⃣6⃣ at Gr.1 level. He has lots of runners to look forward to this year, inc Baaeed, Teona, Reach For The Moon...
Sottsass is retiring to stud. He offered his sire
#Siyouni
a first victory in the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. 🏆
He has been a wonderful competitor and a worthy representative of his sire and of the talent of all his connections. 👏
Merci Champion! ✨
💫 This daughter of Ghaiyyath is full of life!
Her dam Harasiya was a Gr.3 winner at 2 and placed in the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. She is also a sister to dual Derby winner
#Harzand
.
#RPFoalGallery
#FoalWatch
🥈 What a brilliant run from
#Siyouni
filly
#Tahiyra
!
Already at Gr.1 winner at 2, she was very close to becoming her sire's seventh individual Classic winner on only her third racecourse start.
Stradivarius continues his record breaking-streak, winning a historical fourth consecutive Gr.1 Goodwood Cup.
It's the 7th Group 1 victory of the Champion son of
#SeaTheStars
.
🏆
#Vadeni
is an incredibly impressive 5 length winner of the Prix du Jockey Club at
@fgChantilly
today.
This is the 8th victory in the race for H.H. the Aga Khan, a special achievement in the 100th year of the Aga Khan Studs operation.
🎂 Happy birthday today to triple Gr.1 winning globetrotter
#Tarnawa
, pictured here leading a pack of fellow yearlings for
#FlashbackFriday
.
She is expecting a foal by
#Siyouni
later this spring.