Ruairi O’Coileain commented after buying the mare: “There aren’t any more Darshaans coming and Naziriya has already produced a Group 2 winner.”

The next highest bid for a filly from the Aga Khan Studs came for the three-year-old filly Sharafanya. By Zafonic, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to the exceptional Shergar. Herself a half sister to the Stakes placed Shalamantika, she was eventually knocked down to Herbertstown Stud for €72,000.

Another popular mare was Tarakana who was sold to The Beeches Stud for €57,000. Out of a half-sister to several Group winners, including Tassmoun and Tashtiya, Tarakana has already produced four winners, including as the two-year-old filly Tarakala, who recently finished second in the Listed Eyrefield Stakes.