Princess Zahra Aga Khan with her first winner Daralbayda, thereby extending the family record of turf success into a sixth generation.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the eldest of the Aga Khan's four children, became the first member of the new generation, to achieve turf success when at Saint-Cloud on June 11th 1996 Daralbayda won the Prix Flossie. She did not score again but acquired "black type" through being placed in the Prix Minerve, a Group III race won by her dam Daralinsha. By a felicitous chance she traces to one of the great Boussac foundation mares, the suitably named Pretty Lady, dam of the Dual Champion Stakes winner Dynamiter and a family that had been introduced into the Aga Khan's Studs by her father. Retired to stud in 1997, she has so far bred four fillies including Darinska, by Zilzal, who won impressively on her debut before finishing third in the Gr III Prix de Royaumont and second in the Listed Prix des Tourelles last year. Darinski, her three-year-old colt by Mark Of Esteem, was third on his only start as a two-year-old. She also has a two-year-old filly by Halling named Darkara, as well as a yearling filly by Barathea.

The Princess also enjoyed Jubilee Year success when John Oxx saddled her first runner in Ireland, Khatara, in the Curragh Equine Care Maiden. Starting favourite in a field of twenty-one, this daughter of Green Desert (USA) came from behind to win by a length. She subsequently achieved a Listed race placing when 2nd to an older mare Inchacooley in the Brownstown Stud Stakes at Leopardstown. Brownstown itself now forms part of Sheshoon. Khatara has a three-year-old filly by Darshaan named Kharsaka to run for her, Kharmani a two-year-old colt by Groom Dancer, and a yearling colt by Daylami.

Her third mare is Mandalara a winning half-sister to dual Grade I winner Manndar. She was retired to stud in 2001 and has a yearling filly by Ashkalani. These mating arrangements are carefully pondered by the Princess who has, in recent years, been gaining a valuable insight into the manner in which sires are selected through partaking in the annual round table discussions that involve her father and the stud managers. An enthusiastic horse-woman, she rides out with the Alain de Royer-Dupré string whenever she is in Chantilly.

For racing silks the Princess has opted to blend together styles and shades associated with past family success. The French colours have always featured green with red epaulettes, green cap whereas the original English and Irish colours were green and chocolate hoops, chocolate cap. However, with "chocolate" no longer acceptable as a colour definition, she has elected to register her colours as emerald green and brown epaulettes, brown cap.