DARIYAN will stand at Haras de Bonneval for the 2017 breeding season. This top class performer has been successful over nine and 10 furlongs and a mile and a half.

By Shamardal, he lifted the Group 1 Prix Ganay in May of this year, and also took second place in an excellent renewal of the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan. The consistent colt either won or placed in 11 of his 13 outings.

He is the first foal of Group 1 Hong Kong Vase winner Daryakana (by Selkirk) while his younger three-year-old half-brother Darabad (Dansili) is also a stakes winner in France. Dariyan is a grandson of Prix de Diane and Prix de Vermeille winner Daryaba, from the close family of champion three-year-old filly Darjina and leading European three-year-old Almanzor.

Dariyan is the first Aga Khan Studs-bred colt retired to stud since leading sire Siyouni joined the Haras de Bonneval in 2011. He is currently being syndicated for his stallion career and breeders are welcome to view him at the Normandy stud, notably during the Arqana October Yearling Sale, when shuttles will be arranged between the Deauville sales complex and the Haras de Bonneval.

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