Tuesday 8 November 2022The Aga Khan Studs announce 2023 nomination fees
The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce the 2023 nomination fees for their stallions standing at Haras de Bonneval in France and Gilltown Stud in Ireland.
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Sunday 19 October 2014Makfi to stand at Bonneval Stud
In a new partnership with Qatar Bloodstock, Makfi will stand at Haras de Bonneval next season and Charm Spirit in 2016.
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Monday 10 March 2014Redoute's Choice & Snitzel share the spotlight
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.
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Monday 3 March 2014Guineas double for Redoute’s son Snitzel
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.
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Tuesday 25 February 2014Red letter day for Redoute's choice
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.
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Tuesday 27 August 2013Verema entered in the Melbourne Cup
The Aga Khan Studs confirmed that Verema (4yo filly Barathea ex Vermentina by Darshaan) is likely to travel to Australia for the 2013 Melbourne Cup.
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Tuesday 30 April 2013Wylie Hall crowns Classic week for Redoute's Choice
3YO colt Wylie Hall has crowned a Classic week for champion sire Redoute's Choice with victory in Saturday's R1.5 million South African Derby 2450m G1 at Turffontein.
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Tuesday 19 February 2013Group double for Redoute's Choice in Australia
Progressive three year-olds Alzora and Sheer Talent both made impressive claims on further carnival success during the southern hemisphere autumn, last Saturday at Flemington.
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Friday 30 March 2012Another Gr I for Manighar
Top-level success for former Aga Khan graduate, while Sharestan kicks off Irish season in style.
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Monday 5 September 2011Baraan out of the Arc
The son of Dalakhani had finished third in the Jockey Club after winning the Gr.3 Prix La Force.
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Saturday 11 December 2010Aga Khan consignment at Goffs
Half sisters to Champions Sinndar and Ebadiyla among the thirty-three quality females in breeding stock catalogue.
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Friday 12 November 2010Sea The Stars appeals in USA
First two mares sold in foal to Champion racehorse and Gilltown freshman sire average almost $1 million.
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Tuesday 19 October 2010Siyouni will stand in France
The Aga Khan Studs have announced Siyouni will stand at Bonneval Stud in Normandy for the 2011 breeding season.
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Wednesday 28 April 2010Barizan Champion 4yo hurdler
The Aga Khan-bred earns well-deserved Gr 1 success at Punchestown, where Mourad also takes Gr 1 third.
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Tuesday 13 April 2010Dalakhani heads two leading sires lists
According to the latest statistics published by Timeform and Thorougbred Daily News, the Aga Khan Studs’ Dalakhani is leading two different stallion rankings.
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Friday 5 March 2010First foals for Linngari
A son of a Gr 1 winning mare is among the first offspring of the Haras de Bonneval’s globetrotting sire.
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Monday 8 February 2010Zarkava foals a Dalakhani filly
Zarkava, the unbeaten winner of the 2008 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, gave birth to her first foal on the evening of Saturday 6th February at 9.30pm.
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Tuesday 27 October 2009Sea The Stars to stand at the Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud
The Tsui family ended weeks of speculation today when they announced that they are going to stand their great Champion, Sea The Stars, at HH The Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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Friday 27 February 2009Montmartre sold to the French National Stud
HH Aga Khan’s recently retired Grand Prix de Paris winner Montmartre has been sold to the French National Studs in a deal brokered by Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International.
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Wednesday 18 February 2009Montmartre retired from racing
The Aga Khan Studs have announced that Montmartre, winner of the 2008 Grand Prix de Paris (Group 1), will not race again.
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Thursday 13 November 2008Recent Listed winner Albahri heads Saint-Cloud contingent
AK graduates of ARQANA include Gr winners Zaiyad and Tashelka.
Seven former Aga Khan inmates will go under the hammer during ARQANA’s horses in training sale at St Cloud on Monday 17 November
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Tuesday 28 October 2008Dalakhani excels in USA
St Leger winner Conduit strikes again in Breeders’ Cup Turf and propels his sire to top of second season sires standings.
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Monday 13 October 2008Zarkava retires to stud
His Highness the Aga Khan has decided to retire Zarkava to stud, following her win in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last Sunday.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008St Leger glory for Conduit
Dalakhani continues his exceptional run of form with a second Classic victory for his first crop.
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Tuesday 15 July 2008Montmartre dominates Paris
After outclassing the field in the Grand Prix de Paris, Montmartre could meet Zarkava in the Arc de Triomphe.
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Friday 27 June 2008Quality AK consignment for Arqana July Sale
The Aga Khan entry for ARQANA’s forthcoming mixed sale, due to be held on Thursday 3rd July, is composed of 12 horses in training including 10 three-year olds and a pair of unraced juveniles.
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Monday 25 February 2008Mourilyan in form in Dubai
The son of Desert Prince took his winning streak to four when scoring in the Mustaqbali Handicap on Thursday’s Nad Al Sheba card.
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Thursday 7 February 2008Aga Khan-breds at the double
Afsoun and Ashkazar both scored over hurdles at Sandown, while Serabad finished second in a Cheltenham Gr 2.
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Thursday 17 January 2008Aga Khan fillies top world thoroughbred rankings
The Aga Khan’s Zarkava is Europe’s highest-rated juvenile filly, while Princess Zahra Khan’s Darjina was awarded top rating in the three-year-old turf filly category.
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Tuesday 27 November 2007Breeders enthusiastic over AK broodmares
An outstanding consignment of 30 well-bred fillies and broodmares from the Aga Khan Studs proved to be popular at Goffs sale of Broodmares and Fillies in late November.
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Tuesday 13 November 2007AKs in demand at Goffs
The Aga Khan’s consignment provided a boost for the recent Goffs horses in training sale in Ireland
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Tuesday 13 November 2007Potential stars at Saint-Cloud
Aga Khan graduates to have changed hands in the Saint Cloud ring include current French champion hurdler Zaiyad and Behnasan.
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Wednesday 7 November 2007Kahyasi omnipresent
His son Top of the Sky lifetd the Gr.1 Prix Maurice Gillois 4yo Champion Chase at Auteuil on Sunday.
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Tuesday 11 September 2007Darjina top miler
Darjina defeated a high-class opposition to score in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and establish herself as a force to be reckoned with against Europe’s best milers.
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Tuesday 11 September 2007Dalakhani’s 50% strike-rate
Thanks to the recent double of Behrar and Chinese White, champion racehorse Dalakhani now boasts an enviable record of 50% winners/runners for his first crop as a sire.
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Tuesday 7 August 2007Dalakhani off to a flying start
Dalakhani scored a double with his progeny at the weekend to enter the first-season sire scoresheet in style.
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Tuesday 31 July 2007Princess Zahra keeps the Astarté
Darjina stamped herself the best female miler in Europe with victory in a highly competetive edition of the Group 1 Prix d’Astarté at Deauville on 29th July.
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Tuesday 31 July 2007AK treble at Deauville
A successful week for the Aga Khan’s horses in France finished particularly well at Deauville on Sunday with three « green and red » victories to add to that of Darjina in the Prix d’Astarté.
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Monday 23 July 2007Winners galore for AK
The Aga Khan family currently leads the French owners’ standings when earnings from representatives of HH the Aga Khan and his daughter Princess Zahra are cumulated.
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Monday 16 July 2007AK horses in demand at Tattersalls
The ten-strong AK horses in training consignment from John Oxx's Currabeg Stables proved to be popular at Tattersalls July sale
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Friday 6 April 2007Aga Khan stock sales entries on line
We have updated the website with the Aga Khan owned horses due to be presented at the forthcoming Arqana Saint Cloud April Horses in Training sale.
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Wednesday 14 March 2007More first foals for Azamour
Azamour’s first foal arrived on 13th January at Yeomanstown Stud in Ireland; she was a bay filly out of the Stakes winner Bakewell Tart.
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Tuesday 13 March 2007Kahyasi sires Prix Exbury winner
Pearl Sky, a 4yo daughter of Kahyasi, easily took the first European Group race of the year, the competitive Gr.3 Prix Exbury at Saint Cloud on March 10th.
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Thursday 8 February 2007Aga Khan stock sales entries on line
We have updated the website with the AK owned horses due to be presented at the forthcoming Goffs and Arqana Deauville February mixed sales.
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Wednesday 24 January 2007First foal for Azamour
The first foal by multiple Group 1 winner and champion AZAMOUR arrived on 13th January at Yeomanstown Stud in Ireland.
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Monday 23 October 2006Entries on line for AK horses in training sales
We have updated the website with the Aga Khan owned horses-in-training due to be presented at the forthcoming Goffs October, Goffs France-Arqana November and Tattersalls October HIT sales.
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Thursday 19 October 2006Successful week end for the Aga Khan Studs
The 3yo colt, Daramsar, won the first Group race of his career when taking the Group 2 Prix du Conseil de Paris over 12 furlongs at Longchamp last Sunday.
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Thursday 5 October 2006Amazing Mandesha
On Sunday Mandesha brilliantly took the high class Group 1 Prix de l’Opéra at Longchamp taking her third Group 1 race in as many races.
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Thursday 5 October 2006More Group I winners for AK homebreds
On the Saturday before the Arc at Longchamp, the only Group 1 event of the day, the Prix de la Forêt, was won by AK homebred Caradak from the dead-heaters Linngari and Welsh Emperor.
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Thursday 5 October 2006Successful Arc Sale
The select Goffs France Arqana Arc sale was a major success over the weekend and the sales ring was crammed with active buyers from France and abroad.
The Aga Khan Studs presented 8 lots...
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Tuesday 26 September 2006Another Group I winner for Sinndar
Sinndar’s 3-y-o colt YOUMZAIN took the IVG Preis von Europa Gr.1 at Cologne on Sunday, winning his first Group 1 event and his 2nd Group race.
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Wednesday 20 September 2006Kastoria: heroine of the Irish St Leger
The five-year old mare Kastoria brilliantly took the Group 1 Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Saturday by cutting down hot favourite Yeats.
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Wednesday 20 September 2006Aga Khan Arc Sale entries online
We have updated the website with the 8 Aga Khan owned horses entered in the Goffs France Arqana Arc sale, due to take place on Saturday 30th September.
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Tuesday 12 September 2006Impressive win for Mandesha in the Vermeille
Following her win in the Group 1 Prix d’Astarté over a mile last month, Mandesha brilliantly took the Group 1 Prix Vermeille over a mile and a half on Sunday.
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Tuesday 12 September 2006Successful week end for Sinndar
Sinndar’s 4yo daughter, Pictavia, won the Group 3 Select Stakes at Goodwood by a neck after a strong fight on Sunday.
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Monday 15 May 2006Visindar so impressive in Prix Greffulhe
Current Derby favourite Visindar lived up to expectations today at Saint Cloud when finishing well clear of the rest of the field in the Group 2 feature race.
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Monday 15 May 2006Oaks trial winner for Kalanisi
Sindirana scored her first Listed win in the Oaks Trial at Lingfield Park on Saturday afternoon under Christophe Soumillon.
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Monday 15 May 2006More Group success for Daylami
Grey Swallow won this weekend's Jim Murray Memorial Handicap GR2 on his American debut at Hollywood Park.
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Friday 12 May 2006Green book soon online
Breeders and breeding enthusiasts will soon be able to consult an online version of the Aga Khan's Green Book.
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Tuesday 9 May 2006Riyalma shortened for Oaks
The Aga Khan owned and bred Riyalma has been shortened in price for the Oaks at Epsom on 2nd June following her Newmarket win on Sunday.
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Tuesday 2 May 2006Kalanisi 3 year olds flying
Kalanisi, a top 10 freshman sire of 2005, looks set to improve further on this record with his first crop of 3 year olds in 2006. His offspring won 5 races over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
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Monday 24 April 2006Daltaya scores at Longchamp
Daltaya successfully held off Quiet Royal to win Sunday's Group 3 Prix La Grotte at Longchamp.
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Wednesday 19 April 2006So far, so good for Daylami
Daylami has so far sired 13 winners of 18 races this year, who have earnt over €320 000 in prize money.
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