🔥 Champion 3YO #Vadeni will cover c.120 mares this year, his third season at stud.

The first foals by this record-breaking Jockey Club & Eclipse winner sold for up to 200,000gns in 2025, for an average price of €72,500.

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 2026!

💫 Dual winner #Vadinska is another mare new to the Aga Khan broodmare band for 2026.

By Kodiac, she is the first foal out of Stakes performer #Vadsena, a half-sister to Champion 3YO #Vadeni.

Vadinska goes to Vadeni's sire Churchill this year.

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👀 #Siyouni filly #Narissa - a winner and Gr.1 placed at 2 - makes her 3yo debut on Sunday in the Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte.

Here is her half-brother by Churchill with dam #Narmeen, who goes back to Siyouni this year. This family traces to Aga Khan foundation mare #Teresina.

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😍 #LaFiamma's #Siyouni filly and #Ezeliya's filly by Justify in the sunshine at Gilltown Stud - easy to tell by their looks which one is which!

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🥇 A #Zarak 1,2,3 at Chantilly as #Dolmalan finishes ahead of Seneque and Mature in the Prix du Mont Pagnotte!

He's out of Stakes-placed #Dolianova, a half-sister to 2015 Dubai Sheema Classic winner #Dolniya from the immediate family of #Daylami and #Dalakhani. She's due an #Erevann foal in 2026. 🟢🔴

🥰 On Monday the Aga Khan Studs welcomed a very special new arrival in Ireland.

This #Siyouni colt is a half-brother to Saturday's Dubai Sheema Classic hero and 2025 World's Best Racehorse #Calandagan.

Dam #Calayana has produced 4 winners from her first 4 foals. 🟢🔴

👀 5⃣ #Siyouni yearlings sold at Inglis Easter Sale for an average of $464,000.

They included this colt out of Gr.3 winner California Zimbol, consigned by Segenhoe and sold to China Horse Club/Newgate Farm for $1,050,000.

🔥 #Zarak's 2026 3yos are his first conceived at an increased fee.

His winners this month include the exciting Zaramix (📸), #Calandagan's half-sister #Calasita, 4-length winner Alpenveilchen, 5-length winner Peligroso, Merveille and Sweet for Me.

He is also sire of Stakes-placed Martagny.

🚀 #Siyouni 3yo stars this month include yesterday's maiden winners Lewis Carroll (📸) and Imperior.

They join the likes of undefeated #Edaja, winning debutant Always Happy, 2½-length maiden winner Accredited and Coco Vanille.

💫 Unbeaten King’s Trail (📸) is yet another exciting 3yo winner by #SeaTheStars this month.

Others include wide-margin debut winners Wareeth & Ravenspire, Fillies’ Novice heroine Ribbon Of Sea, French maiden winner Aeronef and 4¾-length winner Royal Standard.

🏆 A great day at Saint-Cloud yesterday 🟢🔴:

🥇 A first Stakes success for #Asmarani (📸 left) in the Listed Prix Right Royal (another blacktype win for #SeaTheStars as a broodmare sire)

🥇 An impressive 6½-length victory for #Erdenali (a relation to #Erevann) on debut in the Prix Kashmir II (📸 right)

🥇 #Calandagan's little sister breaks her maiden at Saint-Cloud!

3yo #Calasita, a daughter of #Zarak, finished ahead of Spirit Of Zarak to win the Prix Mirska in good style. 🟢🔴

👀 In the week that #Calandagan’s racing season gets underway, we give a shout-out to his half-sister #Calamandra for #MareMonday.

By New Bay, this new entrant to the broodmare band was a winner and Group performer last year. She visits Lope De Vega for her first cover.

✈️ 2025 World’s Best Racehorse #Calandagan will begin his 2026 campaign in the Dubai Sheema Classic, a race in which he was second last year.

He is scheduled to fly out tomorrow to join stablemate #Rayevka, who is already at Meydan ahead of her run in the Al Quoz Sprint.

And here's #Tannola's half-sister #Tanaza with her own Sioux Nation filly foal.

Tanaza was a Group winner at 2 and 3 and also placed fourth in the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. She will visit #Vadeni this year.

☀️ A sunny #FoalFriday today!

Here's #Tannola, a winning half-sister to 4 Stakes horses, with her first foal, a lovely #Zarak filly.

Tannola will visit #Siyouni this season.

🏆 A Stakes-winning seasonal debut for Marquisat in the Listed Prix de la Porte de Madrid.

Bred by Mark Dixon & Mount Coote Stud, this son of #Zarak was a Group 3 winner last year for owner Godolphin. 👏

🌟 Oaks winner #Ezeliya ➡️ #SeaTheStars
🌟 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner #Rouhiya ➡️ #Siyouni

More about the Aga Khan Studs mating plans for 2026 ➡️ agakhanstuds.com/news 🟢🔴

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🌟 Two more new entrants to the broodmare band to highlight for today's #MareMonday.

#Murkala (left) and #Romzina (right) were both winners and Stakes performers when trained by Dermot Weld. They go to #Siyouni for their first covers in 2026.

🥰 This Wootton Bassett filly is our #FoalFriday star today.

Her dam #Tahiyra (by #Siyouni) won 4⃣ Group 1 races at 2 and 3, including the Irish 1000 Guineas. Tahiyra will visit Frankel in 2026.

🥇🥇 2 winners from 2 runners today at Chantilly.

#Synaran (📸1), by Mehmas out of #Syrdarya, won the Prix du Lieutenant.

#Edaja (📸2), by #Siyouni out of Stakes winner #Edisa, won the Prix des Princesses to remain unbeaten. 🟢🔴

🥇 #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. 🟢🔴

🏆 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! 👏

🥰 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.

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🎉 At the Aga Khan Studs, we’re proud to have team members whose dedication spans decades. Among them is Marc Menard, who celebrated his 37th anniversary with us this week! 🙌

📸 leading Gr.1 winner #Ridasiyna with her 2026 colt by #Vadeni. 🟢🔴

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☀️ 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 (📸 on her summer holiday last year), will visit Justify this season. 🟢🔴

🟢🔴 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦! 🟢🔴

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.

📩 Applications to margaret.hanlon@agakhanstuds.com

🥇 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. 🟢🔴

🟢🔴 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦! 🟢🔴

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.

📩 Apply in strict confidence to margaret.hanlon@agakhanstuds.com

🗓 Closing date: 6th March 2026