The strength of the mighty broodmare band developed by the Aga Khan and his family during the last century has never been more apparent, both on the track and in the sales ring.

In 2005 the Aga Khan Studs’ home-bred Azamour won The King George & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, while Sinndar’s daughter Shawanda scored runaway victories in the Irish Oaks and Prix Vermeille.

Daltawa (left), dam of Daylami and Dalakhani, with Vearia, dam of Prix de Diane winner Vereva and Grand Prix de Paris winner Valanour

While in 2007 Irish bred Zarkava took the Prix Marcel Boussac in breathtaking style and was subsequently rated the top 2yo filly in Europe.

The Irish broodmare band is kept to about 100 females, as the EBN noted:

“The Aga Khan is a very good man to buy from. He culls regularly … he is inevitably going to part with a mare who may come up trumps for another breeder, or one whose pedigree may suddenly read significantly better by reason of a major success in the family by a horse he has retained.” European Bloodstock News 2/08/2005

The present Aga Khan has bred over a hundred Group I winners from his famous broodmare band which has been continually developed since his grandfather the late Aga Khan III was first introduced to racing. The Aga Khan Studs stallions are well supported by this prestigious broodmare band.