Oaks Winner Ezeliya Visits Justify as Aga Khan Studs Announce Mating Plans

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Fillies from the Aga Khan Studs claimed two of the European Classics last season and both will be covered this spring for the first time. The Oaks winner Ezeliya (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) is in America to be covered by Justify, while Poules d'Essai des Pouliches victrix Rouhiya (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) will remain among the home team and is to visit Sea The Stars (Ire) at Gilltown Stud.

Ezeliya's dam Eziyra (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) will return to Dubawi and Rondonia (Ire) (Raven's Pass), the dam of Rouhiya, who is currently in foal to Sea The Stars, is booked to Frankel (GB). The Juddmonte star is also the intended mate for the Aga Khan Studs' treble Group 1 winner Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal). 

An announcement of a selection of the operation's matings for 2025 also divulged that Tarnawa's half-sister, the four-time Group 1 winner Tahiyra (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), will be covered by Coolmore's Wootton Bassett (GB), while their dam Tarana (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) will visit Too Darn Hot (GB) at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket after delivering a foal by Siyouni.

Head of the list among stallions based in France, Siyouni is set to cover more than 20 of the Aga Khan Studs broodmare band. These include Azmiyna (Ire), dam of multiple Group 1 winner The Autumn Sun (Aus); Calayana (Ire), dam of Group 2 winner and dual Group 1 runner-up Calandagan (Ire); Group 2 winner Darkaniya (Fr), and Zarkala (Fr), a Frankel daughter of Zarkava (Fr). 

The maiden mare and Group 2 winner Hanalia (Ire) is also among Siyouni's mates for 2025 along with fellow maidens, Group 3 winner Sumiha (Ire) and stakes winner Ashiyma (Ire).

As well as the aforementioned Rouhiya, Sea The Stars will also cover the Aga Khan mares Sicinya (Fr), a young half-sister to Siyouni, and Baiykara (Fr), a Group-winning daughter of Zarak (Fr).

Zarak himself, who was second only to his own sire Dubawi by percentage of Group winners to runners in 2024, will cover 15 Aga Khan mares, including Ereviya (Fr), a three-parts sister to treble Group 1 winner Ervedya (Fr); Tasalka (Ire), a half-sister to the dam of multiple Group 1 winners Tarnawa and Tahiyra, and Etneya (Ire), a Group-placed half-sister to the dam of Classic heroine Ezeliya.

Also on Zarak's list is the stakes winner and Group 1 runner-up Sagamiyra (Fr); Ebba (Fr), a winning half-sister to Ebaiyra, and Hanakiyya (Ire), the dam of three Group winners including Hanalia.

Young Haras de Bonneval stallions Vadeni (Fr) and Erevann (Fr) both received strong support in their first seasons at stud in 2024 and that will continue this year.

 

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Vadeni's book will include Group 1 winner Ridasiyna (Fr), whose Churchill (Ire) three-year-old, Ridari (Fr), will make his seasonal debut in the G3 Prix de Fontainebleau. Vadeni will also cover Siyenica (Fr), a Stakes-winning, Group 2-placed half-sister to Siyouni who is already the dam of Group 1 winner Siyarafina (Fr); Dalma (Fr), a Dubawi daughter of G1 Prix de l'Opera winner Dalkala (Fr); Group 3 winner Rehana (Ire), and Kineta (Fr), a winning young mare from the family of High Chaparral (Ire).

The G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Dolniya (Fr) is among Erevann's second book, along with G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Vazira (Fr); Zarshana (Ire), a Group-winning half-sister to Zarkava; Group winner and producer Ebiyza (Ire), and Candara (Fr), dam of Group 2 winner Candarliya (Fr) and unbeaten stayer Candelari (Ire), who has recently foaled a Vadeni colt.

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