Dalakani

As we enter the 21st century the Aga Khan Studs has seen the arrival of seven new home bred stallions. In Ireland, Daylami arrived in 2000, after recording 7 Group 1 victories, while Sinndar started his stallion duties in 2001 after becoming the first horse to win the Arc, English and Irish Derbys in the same year. Breeders’ Cup Turf winner, Kalanisi followed the next year before Dalakhani was retired to stud in 2004 after winning four Group 1 events culminating in his 2003 Arc victory. Finally Azamour was welcomed to the Irish ranks after four Group 1 wins in events from a mile to a mile and a half.

Azamour

Daylami was sold to stand in South Africa before the 2007 breeding season while Kalanisi was purchased to become a National Hunt stallion at the end of the same year.

In 2001 the Aga Khan’s French stallion station was re-opened at the Haras de Bonneval under the management of Georges Rimaud. Kahyasi was transferred from his Irish base, after siring two Prix de Diane winners: Zainta and Vereva, while Sendawar was retired to stud in France after winning four Group 1 events including the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Sinndar

Sendawar was sold to Irish buyers to become a National Hunt sire at the end of 2005, before Sinndar was transferred to Bonneval from Gilltown, after the Group 1 victories of his French trained daughter Shawanda from his first crop.

Linngari

After covering the first part of the 2008 season, Kahyasi regrettably succumbed to a cancerous tumour. He is the broodmare sire of the Haras de Bonneval’s new recruit in 2009, Linngari. Bred by the Aga Khan Studs, Linngari was sold to his present owners Rupert Plersch and Peter Walichnowski at the end of his three year old career. He raced on for three further seasons throughout the world, picking up six Group races including two Group 1 victories. An agreement has been signed between Linngari’s owners and the Aga Khan Studs to stand their horse at Bonneval, alongside the proven, Sinndar.