A 1/50th share in the Aga Khan Studs’ rising star Zarak topped the Arqana Online Sale Dec. 17 when selling to Alex Elliott for €800,000 (US$840,000, €1=US$1.05).
The son of Dubawi and Zarkava sired two new group 1 winners this year, Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) hero Metropolitan and the ill-fated Prix Ganay (G1) victor Haya Zark, taking his overall top-level tally to three.
His first group 1 strike came through 2023 Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) winner Zagrey , a gallant gray who was also third behind Equinox and Westover in the Sheema Classic (G1), and runner-up to the latter in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1). He takes up stud duties at Haras de Grandcamp for 2025, while Metropolitan does likewise at Haras d’Etreham.
Zarak is responsible for 42 individual black-type performers, headed by 18 group winners.
The soon-to-be 12-year-old was a group 1 winner for the Alain de Royer-Dupre yard, taking the…
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