Aga Khan Stud

Hitting the century is an achievement to celebrate. In fine style, the Aga Khan Studs marked its 100-year anniversary with the release of the feature-length film entitled "A Game of Chess with Nature," which follows the cycle of the breeding seasons at the farms and also their racing exploits from their training centres in both Ireland and France. Exploring the history of the operation from its foundation by the Aga Khan III in the 1920s through the successes of Prince Aly Khan in the 1950s, the film examines the origin...

A pair of three-year-old colts bred and raced by His Highness the Aga Khan are off to Australia after accounting for two of the three top prices during Monday's horses-in-training section of the Arqana Autumn Sale in Deauville. Catalogued as lot 344, the gelding Carini (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was the owner of current stakes form, having recently finished runner-up in the Listed Prix Vulcain (2500m) at Deauville for trainer Francis-Henri Graffard. A three-time winner from his six lifetime starts overall, including conditions events over 10 furlongs at ParisLongchamp in June...