๐ฅฐ This Wootton Bassett filly is our #FoalFriday star today.
Her dam #Tahiyra (by #Siyouni) won 4โฃ Group 1 races at 2 and 3, including the Irish 1000 Guineas. Tahiyra will visit Frankel in 2026.
๐ฅ๐ฅ 2 winners from 2 runners today at Chantilly.
#Synaran (๐ธ1), by Mehmas out of #Syrdarya, won the Prix du Lieutenant.
#Edaja (๐ธ2), by #Siyouni out of Stakes winner #Edisa, won the Prix des Princesses to remain unbeaten. ๐ข๐ด
๐ฅ #Asmarani was back to winning ways yesterday at Chantilly, as he won the Prix Bering ahead of Gr.1 hero Double Major.
This 4yo son of Sottsass, who was Group placed in 2025, is out of #SeaTheStars mare #Azama, who is expecting a foal by #Zarak this year. ๐ข๐ด
๐ A second consecutive Group race victory at Meydan for Elnajmm as he wins the Gr.3 Ras Al Khor.
This son of #SeaTheStars took the Gr.2 Al Fahidi Fort earlier this year. Congratulations to his connections! ๐
๐ฅฐ Another special #FoalFriday foal today.
Here's 2024 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine #Rouhiya enjoying the sun with her first foal, a filly by #SeaTheStars.
Rouhiya will visit #Siyouni this season.
#RPFoalGallery #FoalWatch
๐ At the Aga Khan Studs, weโre proud to have team members whose dedication spans decades. Among them is Marc Menard, who celebrated his 37th anniversary with us this week! ๐
๐ธ leading Gr.1 winner #Ridasiyna with her 2026 colt by #Vadeni. ๐ข๐ด
โก๏ธ agakhanstuds.com/careers-1
โ๏ธ It's #MareMonday and today we highlight the most exciting new recruit to the broodmare band for 2026.
#Zarigana, a Gr.1 winning daughter of #Siyouni and granddaughter of #Zarkava (๐ธ on her summer holiday last year), will visit Justify this season. ๐ข๐ด
๐ข๐ด ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ! ๐ข๐ด
The Aga Khan Studs are looking for riders to join the team at Gilltown Stud, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Experience with thoroughbreds, including yearlings, is essential.
๐ฉ Applications to margaret.hanlon@agakhanstuds.com
๐ฅ 3yo #Vadirouma breaks her maiden at Chantilly!
This daughter of Lope De Vega is the second foal and second winner out of #Vadsena, a Stakes-placed half-sister to Champion 3YO and exciting young sire #Vadeni. ๐ข๐ด
๐ข๐ด ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ! ๐ข๐ด
The Aga Khan Studs are seeking to appoint a Bloodstock Executive to join the team at Gilltown Stud, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Full details in the attached advert.
๐ฉ Apply in strict confidence to margaret.hanlon@agakhanstuds.com
๐ Closing date: 6th March 2026
๐ Thank you to all the buyers of Aga Khan horses at the Goffs and Arqana February Sales.
We wish you the best of luck with your new purchases!
๐ฅ An impressive winning debut for #Siyouni filly #Edaja at Chantilly today.
She's the second foal out of Stakes winner #Edisa, who is herself a half-sister to Gr.2 winning and Gr.1 placed globetrotter #Ebaiyra. ๐ข๐ด
๐ 2025 was another great year on the track for Aga Khan graduates.
Our first 2026 sales draft goes under the hammer at Goffs next week, and includes winning fillies #Katashuna (๐ธ) and #Shamalza.
๐ธ & ๐น โก๏ธ agakhanstuds.com/sales/2026/goffs-february-sale ๐ข๐ด
๐ฅฐ A special new arrival to kick off our 2026 #FoalFriday posts!
This is Oaks winner #Ezeliya with her first foal, a filly by Justify born on Sunday. Ezeliya will be visiting leading Irish-based sire and Gilltown Stud resident #SeaTheStars this year.
#RPFoalGallery #FoalWatch
Remembering H.H. the Aga Khan IV today, one year on from his passing at the age of 88.
He is greatly missed, but his legacy lives on at the Aga Khan Studs through the horses he bred and the excellence he inspired. ๐ข๐ด
๐ Thank you to all the visitors who came to see the Aga Khan stallions during the 2026 #RouteDesรtalons!
It was a pleasure to welcome 670 people over the two days, helping to raise more than โฌ2,600 for the racehorse rehoming charity Au-delร des Pistes.
๐ #Calandagan has been honoured with a JRA Special Award to recognise his exceptional achievement in winning the Japan Cup in record time.
He is the first internationally trained horse to receive this accolade, a moment of immense pride for the Aga Khan Studs. ๐ข๐ด
๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐
๐
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th January
๐ From 10am
๐ Haras de Bonneval
For the third year running, the Aga Khan Studs will be selling merchandise in aid of Au-delร des Pistes.
Last year we raised โฌ2,000 - can we top it this year?!
๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ด
๐
Vendredi 23 et samedi 24 janvier
๐ ร partir de 10h00
๐ Haras de Bonneval
Prรฉsentation des 4โฃ รฉtalons : #Siyouni, #Zarak, #Vadeni et #Erevann.
Lโรฉquipe se rรฉjouit de vous y accueillir ! โ๏ธ
Francis @graffardracing.bsky.social gives his and the @agakhanstuds.com team's current thinking as to starting points and aims for newly-minted Longines World's Best Racehorse Calandagan and brilliant Qatar Prix de l'Arc hero Daryz.
@rpbloodstock.bsky.social
www.racingpost.com/news/world-r...
๐ Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero #Daryz was confirmed the highest-rated European 3yo of 2025 at yesterday's
Longines World's Best Racehorse awards.
The son of #SeaTheStars and stablemate of #Calandagan finished co-7th on the list of the world's best racehorses. ๐ข๐ด
๐ Aga Khan homebred and 4x Gr.1 winner #Calandagan has been awarded the title of Longines Worldโs Best Racehorse of 2025!
โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/Calandagan ๐ข๐ด
๐ Phantom Flight (by #Siyouni) picked up his fourth Stakes success last week, winning the Al Adiyat Cup for the second successive year.
โI was so happy with him today, he was electric, wasnโt he. I thought that was the performance of a horse at the top of his game" - trainer George Scott. ๐
๐ #FlashbackFriday to super #Siyouni strutting his stuff on the 2019 #RouteDesEtalons.
Haras de Bonneval will again be open on both days of this year's trail, with our 4โฃ French-based stallions parading throughout the day.
๐
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th January
๐ From 10am
๐ The first foals by Champion 3YO #Vadeni made a strong impression last year!
โ
Top price at Tattersalls 200,000gns
โ
Top price at Arqana โฌ100,000
โ
8 sold for an average of โฌ72,500
Don't miss Vadeni at Haras de Bonneval on this year's #RouteDesEtalons. ๐ข๐ด
๐ A great start to 2026 for Aga Khan graduates, with Stellar Express taking the Gr.3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy by 3 lengths at Sha Tin yesterday.
Formerly known as Dariym, he was bred by Princess Zahra Aga Khan and sold privately in 2023.
Congratulations to his connections! ๐
๐ Somewhere over the rainbow...
A beautiful moment captured by Zuzanna Lupa Photography at Haras de Bonneval.
"He's a very good horse with a wonderful mind and a lot of natural energy. He's magnificent to look at."
๐ A fourth Gr.1 win for Sosie, who takes the Hong Kong Vase!
This 4yo son of #SeaTheStars, owned and bred by Wertheimer Et Frรจre, will stay in training next year. ๐
๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐ซ
Don't miss the first foals by Champion 3YO #Vadeni and Gr.2 winning miler #Erevann at Arqana this week!
โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/Erevann-Foals
โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/Vadeni-Foals
๐ #Siyouni and #SeaTheStars are rapidly becoming renowned as broodmare sires.
๐Siyouni โ 2yo Gr.1 winner Zavateri, Gr.2 winners #Erevann, Marvelman, Zeus Olympiosโฆ
๐Sea The Stars โ 10 Gr.1 winners
We have 2 daughters of STS & 4 by Siyouni at Arqana Breeding Stock Sale this week. ๐ข๐ด
