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Vazirabad wins Gold again in Dubai

The news from World Cup day in Dubai, where Vazirabad landed the big staying event for the second year in a row.

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Age: 5 (Foaled March 8th, 2012)
Sex: Bay Gelding
Breeding: Manduro (GER) - Visorama (IRE) (Linamix (FR))
Trainer: A Royer De Dupre
Owner: HH Aga Khan

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2017 Prix Michel Houyvet

Published on Aug 13, 2017

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P Zahra's horse racing against Bapa's Horse. Who won yesterday ?


The Princess Zahra-owned Darbuzan showed good stamina to win the Listed Prix Michel Houyvet
by a comfortable 3 lengths from the Aga Khan-owned Canndera at Deauville yesterday in France
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2017-09-30

H. H. The Aga Khan at the 2017 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe held this year at the Chantilly Hippodrome because Longchamps is under renovation. Princess Salwa and Zahra Aga Khan also attended with her daughter

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Chantilly Horse -Race Aga Khan Arc 30 September 2017 Photos

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2017, September 30 - More photos from the horse race in Chantilly attended by H.H. The Aga Khan, his daughter Princess Zahra and Prince Rahim's wife, Princess Salwa Aga Khan (Photo: Ismaili Heritage)


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2017, September 30 - Chantilly, Horse race - Qatar Pric de l'Arc de Triomphe
Princess Salwa Aga Khan seen with Mowlana Hazar Imam.

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H.H. The Aga Khan at the Arc de Triomphe horse-race Oct 1, 2

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H.H. The Aga Khan at the Arc de Triomphe horse-race Oct 1, 2017

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H.H. The Aga Khan and Belgium Jockey Christophe Soumillion on 1st October 2017 at the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Photo by ismaili.net Staff.


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Queen Elizabeth II has earned over $8 million in horse racing
The Queen's horses have 451 victories since 1988

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Posted: Oct 25, 2017 07:57 AM CDT

(CNN) - Queen Elizabeth II has won over £6.7 million ($8.8m) from horse racing prize money in the past three decades, new figures from the British Horse Racing Authority show.

The Queen's thoroughbreds have chalked up 451 victories from 2,815 runs since 1988 when records became readily available, giving her a win percentage of 15.9 percent.

Last year was the monarch's most profitable in recent decades, with her horses earning £557,650 ($731,413).

And 2017 has proved a similarly good year, with 20 victories on the flat bringing in £413,641 ($542,531) so far.

All in all, it makes the 91-year-old the 11th most successful owner in flat racing in that thirty-year period.

Elizabeth II was given a Shetland pony aged four and has had a keen interest in horses from an early age.

As the Queen grew older she became an accomplished rider, often attending official ceremonies on horseback.

She inherited several of her finest thoroughbreds following the death of her father, King George VI, in 1952.

And she was named British flat racing Champion Owner in 1954 and 1957.

With victories at the St. Leger Stakes, Epsom Oaks, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, the only one of the five British Classic Races that eludes her is the Epsom Derby.

The BHA Owners Championship -- awarded to the owner who has won the most prize-money on Britain's turf and all-weather tracks throughout the season -- is currently topped by Godolphin, whose leading earner is Irish bay colt Ribchester.

The Queen's best runner this season is Dartmouth, trained by Sir Michael Stoute.

Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment on this story.
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2018, June 2nd Epson Derby in UK

H.H. The Aga Khan's horse Hazapour in the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

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‘IRA kidnapped Shergar,’ claims ex-Provo operative

‘Southside Provo’ Kieran Conway says equine abduction a ‘good stroke’ for the IRA


Mon, Jun 4, 2018, 01:42
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The Aga Khan with Shergar after the Irish Sweeps Derby.

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The kidnapping of the Derby winner Shergar was the work of the Provisional IRA, a former figure in the organisation has claimed.

Kieran Conway, who was an intelligence officer at the time, said the IRA had never publicly acknowledged it was behind the kidnapping of the horse on February 8th 1983, but “clearly it was. I didn’t personally meet anybody who objected to us kidnapping a horse.”

The mystery of the disappearance of what was then the most valuable racehorse in the world is the subject of a new BBC documentary Searching for Shergar by presenter Alison Millar.

Her documentary reiterates the view first advanced by the former IRA informer Sean O’Callaghan that Shergar was shot because his kidnappers could not control a thoroughbred racehorse.

O’Callaghan alleged that Shergar is buried on the land of an IRA veteran from the 1940s in Aughnasheelin, Co Leitrim.

In the documentary, Mr Conway, the author of the book Southside Provisionals: From Freedom Fighter to the Four Courts, said he rejoined the IRA at the time of the hunger strikes in 1981.
Shortage of cash

There had been a “massive influx of support”, he remembered, for the IRA at the time, but a shortage of cash. As a consequence, the IRA began a kidnapping strategy starting with businessman Ben Dunne in 1981.

Mr Conway described the kidnapping of Shergar as a “good stroke” and one that made logical sense at the time.

“He was an extremely valuable horse, the Aga Khan [Shergar’s owner] was known to be an extremely rich man. He would not be concerned about the political implications of giving the IRA money unlike perhaps a southern businessman. I had no difficulty with that operation at all,” he told the documentary.

Jim Fitzgerald, the retired head groom at Ballymany Stud in Co Kildare, was kidnapped along with the racehorse on February 8rd, 1983.

He told the programme that 35 years later he could remember what happened “like yesterday”.

“We were in the sitting room and next thing a knock comes at the door and these gangsters came in with guns,” he said.

“They brought me to the stable where the horse was and I put him [Shergar] in the small horsebox to take him away.”

They never told Mr Fitzgerald who they were or where they were going. He was taken away in a van. He said two of the three men who kidnapped him were “gangsters, not a bit nice”. He feared he would become another of the disappeared.

They later let him out near Kilcock, about 40 kilometres from Ballymany Stud.

Searching for Shergar will be broadcast on BBC 1 Northern Ireland at 9pm on Thursday June 7th.
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Kidnap of €33m Irish racehorse Shergar was 'unbelievably easy' documentary reveals

A gate leading to the Aga Khan stud farm was unguarded and unlocked when the gunmen arrived at 8.30pm on February 8, 1983


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Trevor Quinn

23:49, 6 JUN 2018

The mystery of Shergar’s kidnap has baffled and fascinated people for more than three decades.

The Irish national hero – worth €33million in today’s money – was stolen from the Ballymany Stud in Co Kildare on February 8, 1983.

Shergar was ridden by 19-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn when he won the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record-breaking 10 lengths.

And he was so far out of sight at the post John Matthias on runner-up Glint of Gold thought he’d won “until I discovered there was another horse on the horizon”.

The disappearance of the retired superstar racehorse, suspected to be the work of the IRA, will be explored in a new documentary Searching for Shergar on BBC One Northern Ireland tonight.


Shergar jockey Walter Swinburn fell to his death from bathroom window wearing nothing but his underwear

No one knows for sure what happened to Shergar – no one has ever claimed responsibility, the body was never found and nobody has ever been charged.

By far the most popular theory is the horse was taken for ransom by the IRA in the belief it was owned by the fabulously wealthy Aga Khan.

But the thieves soon realised getting the ransom was going to be harder than they thought.

The horse was retired from racing and had just embarked on a lucrative career at stud.

Far from having one owner to blackmail, the thieves had to deal with the multiple owners of shares in the horse.
25th Anniversary of the kidnapping of 'Shergar' the Irish racehorse..Jim Fitzgerald, (78) Shergar's former groom who was abducted at gun-point with the horse and later released with a code-word from the abductors. He is holding a photograph of the prize stallion..Shergar. (Image: Picture by Julian AndrewsThe Sunday Telegraph)
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What happened to Shergar? Investigators claim kidnapped horse was machine-gunned to death by IRA and dumped in a bog

The gang struck as head groom Jim Fitzgerald and his family were relaxing after dinner at their home.

A gate leading to the Aga Khan stud farm was unguarded and unlocked when the gunmen arrived at 8.30pm on February 8, 1983.

Staff assigned to look after Shergar – valued at £20million at the time – were not in his centrally-heated security stable.

Two armed men forced their way into the house.

At gunpoint they led Mr Fitzgerald’s wife and their five children into one room and locked the door.

Then 58-year-old Mr Fitzgerald was ordered to point out Shergar’s box.

Other members of the gang backed up a van. Shergar and Mr Fitzgerald were put inside.
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Shergar trainer Sir Michael Stoute pays tearful tribute to jockey Walter Swinburn - "The big days were what he lived for"

The groom, who was later released unharmed, was blindfolded and forced to lie on the floor as the gang drove away.

As he was freed the kidnappers told him their chilling terms. “We want IR£2million if you want the horse back in one piece,” they said.

They warned Mr Fitzgerald not to tell gardai and said they would be in touch at noon the next day with more details.

Chief superintendent James Murphy, who led the kidnap hunt, said: “It was unbelievably easy. Security was very lax.”

There were desperate attempts to come to an agreement with the kidnappers but negotiations broke down.

Police checked on reports that a car and horsebox were seen heading towards the border at dawn but the trail ran cold.

In 2008 an investigation by the Sunday Telegraph claimed that within four days of being kidnapped and held at a remote farm senior IRA chiefs ordered the horse be released.

However, because of the media attention and massive police search for the horse, it was decided that would be impossible without incriminating the kidnappers – so the horse was shot.

It’s rumoured Shergar is buried in a field in Co Leitrim.

A source told the paper: “Shergar was machine-gunned to death. There was blood everywhere and the horse even slipped on his own blood.

“There was lots of cussin’ and swearin’ because the horse wouldn’t die. It was a very bloody death.”

Searching for Shergar is on BBC One Northern Ireland tonight at 9pm.
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2018-06-17 in Paris at Chantilly, H.H. The Aga Khan , Princess Zahra and her daughter Sarah, attend classic horse race of the Prix de Diane Longines (French Oaks, G1).

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June 2018 - In honour of H.H. The Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has renamed one of the races at Royal Ascot, the "Diamond Jubilee Stakes"

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Fourth Group 1 for Laurens

The mighty daughter of SIYOUNI put up one of her most dazzling performances to win the Gr.1 Matron Stakes at Leopardstown today. The three-year-old filly was facing no easy task with four-time Group 1 winner Alpha Centauri as well as Group 1 winners Clemmie and Happily lining up in the race.

After having taken a good start, her jockey Daniel Tudhope let the long striding filly lead in front and asked her to quicken early after the turn. LAURENS was never in danger and was a game winner ahead of Alpha Centauri and Clemmie.

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The Epsom Derby Trail


The Aga Khan had to wait another five years before getting started on the Epsom Derby winning trail - and then it was the stable outsider Blenheim (Harry Wragg), rather than the second favourite Rustom Pasha in 1930.

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Aga Khan Studs omnipresent

All elements of the Aga Khan Studs activity were in the limelight during a busy weekend highlighted by a fourth Group 1 success for SIYOUNI’s daughter LAURENS, and a fifth Group victory for EZIYRA. The blue-blooded ZARKAMIYA took an excellent third place in the Gr. 1 Prix Vermeille, while the progeny of Aga Khan Studs bred dams, FLAG OF HONOUR and TORNIBUSH, also shone at Group level.

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The Year of Prince Aly Khan


Prior to his tragic death in a motor accident in Paris in the spring of 1960, Prince Aly Khan enjoyed a marvelous year of success at home and abroad. As the British Bloodstock Breeders Review noted, referring to the prince as the first owner in the history of the British Turf to win more than £100,000 in a season and, with a new French record "It is no wonder that 1959 was called ’The Aly Khan’s Year.’"

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The Autumn Sun highlights Aga Khan Studs and Arrowfield partnership

THE AUTUMN SUN, a nephew of AZAMOUR, secured his second Group 1 title on Saturday with a spectacular performance in the Golden Rose Stakes at Rosehill.

Already a Group1 winner as a juvenile when he lifted the JJ Atkins Plate at Doomben, the colt confirmed his talent in impressive style when powering from last to first in the final straight of the Gr.1 Golden Rose Stakes. Owned by Hermitage Thoroughbreds and trained by Chris Waller, the exciting individual is now likely to be aimed towards the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas.

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Sea The Stars and Siyouni yearlings at Goffs

The Aga Khan Studs’ Classic sires SEA THE STARS and SIYOUNI both boast a strong hand of beautifully-bred yearlings at the prestigious Goffs Orby Sale on 2nd and 3rd October.

Arc hero SEA THE STARS, who has shone this season thanks to star performers SEA OF CLASS and STRADIVARIUS as well as Group 2 scorers CRYSTAL OCEAN, Knight to Behold and NIGHT MUSIC, is represented by 11 yearlings in the Goffs Orby catalogue.

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The Aga Khan Tradition Continues


However, everything quickly reverted to normal and the wins occurred with wonderful regularity. At this point the new Aga Khan pondered whether, given the institutional responsibilities thrust upon him three years earlier by the death of his grandfather, he should continue his family’s five-generation tradition of thoroughbred racing and breeding.

Within a period of little more than two months, Charlottesville won the Prix du Jockey Club and the Grand Prix de Paris; Sheshoon won the Ascot Gold Cup and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud; Petite Etoile won the Coronation Cup; and Venture VII won the St. James’s Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes. Charlottesville, who had been bred in County Kildare, was the first French Derby winner bred outside of France. Capping a marvelous first season, the young Aga Khan headed the list of leading French owners with 47 victories and 1,187,810 francs in prize money.

In this fashion it was the horses that made the decision for him.

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A New Partnership With François Mathet


The first Classic win for the new partnership with François Mathet came in 1968 with Zeddaan. The previous season he had also shown great speed winning the Group I Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffitte.

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The Autumn Sun shines bright in Australia

The three-year-old colt displayed his most impressive performance to date to win the Aus$2 million Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas in Australia today. After breaking smartly, he was caught three out wide but showed an impressive turn of foot coming into the straight to break clear and win by 4,5 lengths. “You’ve just seen what he is capable of and I don’t think he’s matured yet,” trainer Chris Waller said. “I’ve had experience with some nice colts and he’s as good as they get.”

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Changes Afoot: Dupré and Boussac Stock


Although an opportunity for a first English Derby for the Aga Khan IV may have slipped away with Blushing Groom, 1977 marked the start of a three-year period that would transform the Aga Khan's entire stud and stable operation.

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Shergar Emerges


While the Dupré and Boussac stock was being assimilated, the old Aga Khan families showed that they were still a potent force.

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Stakes hat trick for Sea The Stars

SEA THE STARS continued his superb season over the weekend, registering a Stakes treble across Europe.

Top stayer STRADIVARIUS set the ball rolling when maintaining his unbeaten record in 2018 with success in the Gr. 2 British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot. The four-year-old showed both tactical speed and stamina to justify favouritism and record his fifth victory of the season in the two-mile contest. STRADIVARIUS has taken the long distance discipline by storm this season, winning the inaugural Weatherbys Hamilton £1 million bonus thanks to his successes in the Yorkshire Cup, Ascot Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Lonsdale Cup. John Gosden-trained son of SEA THE STARS and Private Life (Bering) has been a model of courage and consistency all season and will now be rested over the winter before attempting a repeat performance in 2019.

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Group 1 siblings and winners among Goffs and Arqana drafts

Horses in training consigned by the Aga Khan Studs are always highly sought after at public sale and this promises to be the case again at both Goffs Autumn Sale on 7th November and Arqana’s Autumn Sale on 19th November.

The eight-strong Goffs consignment features winners and placed horses representing some leading Aga Khan bloodlines, and is headed by winning Sea The Stars colt SHEBERGHAN, who is out of a Group placed dam. Sea The Stars is also the sire of BALIYAD, out of Group 3 scorer BALIYANA, one of four placed three-year-olds. This quartet features SANDARYANN, a half-brother to eight winners including the top-class Sarafina, and TASHMAN, half-brother to two Group scorers.

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A New Generation: Princess Zahra Aga Khan


Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the eldest of the Aga Khan's four children, became the first member of the new generation to achieve turf success when at Saint-Cloud on June 11th 1996 Daralbayda won the Prix Flossie.

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Fabulous Aga Khan Families in Arqana catalogue

The Aga Khan Studs will present a quality consignment of 29 fillies and broodmares at Arqana’s forthcoming Breeding Stock Sale. The draft features a host of blue-blooded individuals, including half-sisters to Group 1 winners ZARKAVA, Clodovil, DARJINA and Darsi, a daughter of Group 1 winner SAGAWARA and also fillies and mares out of half-sisters to champions such as SIYOUNI, SHARETA, Sendawar and SARAFINA.

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Sinndar passes away

It is with great sadness that the Aga Khan Studs announce the passing of SINNDAR at the age of 21. A Group 1 winner at two and crowned European Champion Three-Year-Old in 2000, SINNDAR (Grand Lodge) remains the only horse to have won the Derby, the Irish Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at the age of three. A winner of seven of his eight starts, SINNDAR was ridden in all of his races by Johnny Murtagh who said after his win in the Arc ahead of Egyptband, Volvoreta and Montjeu: “No horse can get by him. He's got speed, he's got staying ability and a great heart. He's the best horse. A true champion."

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Stallions for the New Millenium

A quartet of homebred sires joined the Aga Khan Studs roster around the turn of the 21st century, and have made an indelible mark both on the breeding operation and European bloodstock at a wider level.


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Jean-Luc Lagardère and 222 Horses

Jean-Luc Lagardère, a well-known French captain of industry, was also a passionate breeder and owner of horses. He had frequent contacts in this area with the Aga Khan, including their work together on the modernisation of the Chantilly racecourse.

Lagardère, was the first President of France Galop, from its creation in 1995 until his death in 2003. Though the Lagardère operation was a family affair, the founder’s son, Arnaud decided to part with the horses, and in 2005 the Aga Khan bought a total of 222 horses, including one stallion (Linamix), 62 mares, 74 horses in training, 42 yearlings and 43 foals. After his earlier purchases, this new addition to the operation of the Aga Khan again solidified and expanded his bloodlines.

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"The Greatest Reward a Breeder Could Have"

Despite all that has gone before, the successes of the Aga Khan Studs have recently reached new heights that give the full measure of the work that has been done in the 50 years since the Aga Khan decided to take on the family tradition and make it his own.

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