European Horse Of The Year Dalakhani Dies At Age 21 Sponsored by:
Dalakhani
The Aga Khan Studs are saddened to announce that homebred champion Dalakhani has passed away on Jan. 15 at the age of 21.
Bred in Ireland, Dalakhani was a pure product of the Aga Khan Studs operation, being a son of the Aga Khan s Prix du Jockey Club winner Darshaan out of the Miswaki, blue hen mare, Daltawa.
Through his exceptional race career, Dalakhani won eight of his nine races. He remained unbeaten at two, winning notably the Group 1 Critérium International before going on to win the G1 Prix Lupin, Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l Arc de Triomphe at three under the training of Alain de Royer-Dupré and the ride of Christophe Soumillon. Dalakhani was crowned European Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old in 2003.
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Khalid Abdullah s Juddmonte Farms ranks as one of the world s most prestigious and productive breeding operations. It has few peers, with only perhaps the Aga Khan Studs and Coolmore able to match its strength in depth and achievements.
At the last count, Juddmonte had bred 113 individual Group/Grade 1 winners of 220 elite races, including 28 Classic winners. Its produce includes household names such as Frankel, Enable and Zafonic.
The seeds of such spectacular success were sown in the 1970s when the young owner, a scion of the Saudi royal family but self-styled with typical humility as Mr Khalid Abdullah rather than Prince , recruited former Newmarket trainer Humphrey Cottrill to act as his agent in order to realise lofty long-term ambitions in racing.
Juddmonte Farms Owner Prince Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Saud Dies Sponsored by:
Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, owner of of Juddmonte Farms.
Prince Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family and master of Juddmonte Farms, died Tuesday, per a Juddmonte release.
Though his father, a half-brother to King Abdulaziz, was a horse owner, he did not keep a racing stable. Instead, Prince Khalid s interest in horse racing came during a trip with friends to France in 1956, that included a visit to Longchamp Racecourse. He didn t own racehorses himself until 1977, but over the course of five decades, the prince built Juddmonte Farms into one of the world s most elite Thoroughbred racing and breeding operations.
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