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Champion Noverre, Half Brother to Arazi, Dies

Noverre, an English champion who ran in two Breeders' Cup events, died in India, where he was standing at stud,

 Thursday, March 08, 2012

Darley Stallion Echo of Light Dies

Echo of Light, a member of the sole crop by Sheikh Mohammed's champion Dubai Millennium, was euthanized after breaking a leg in his paddock at Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

 Tuesday, January 03, 2012
BC Winner Vale of York Retired

BC Winner Vale of York Retired

Vale of York, the 2009 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner, and French group winner Alexandros will enter stud in 2011 for Sheikh Mohammed's Darley.

 Thursday, November 11, 2010
Raven's Pass Recuperating From Surgery

Raven's Pass Recuperating From Surgery

Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Raven's Pass underwent colic surgery April 20.

 Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Raven's Pass Sires First Foal

The first reported foal by Breeders' Cup winner Raven's Pass is a filly born Jan. 12 at Woodpark Stud in Co. Meath, Ireland.

 Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Aragorn's Dam, Onaga, Dies

Onaga, dam of grade I winner Aragorn and this year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected sale-topping yearling, was found dead Aug. 14 in Ireland.

 Wednesday, August 26, 2009

First Foals for Authorized, Teofilo

The first foals by European champions Authorized and Teofilo have arrived.

 Thursday, January 15, 2009
Raven's Pass to Stand at Kildangan

Raven's Pass to Stand at Kildangan

Raven's Pass, surprise winner of the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) for Sheikh Mohammed's Darley and the sheikh's wife, Princess Haya of Jordan, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Sheikh Mohammed's Kildangan Stud in County Kildare, Ireland.

 Friday, November 07, 2008
Refuse To Bend's First Winner

Refuse To Bend's First Winner

Irish champion and English classic winner Refuse To Bend was represented by his first winner when a daughter, To The Point, won at Warwick in England.

 Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bertolini to Relocate from England to Kildangan in Ireland

Bertolini, England's leading freshman sire by progeny earnings, will relocate to Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operation, Kildangan Stud, in County Kildare, Ireland, in 2006.

 Friday, September 30, 2005

Shamardal to Stand Next Year at Kildangan in Ireland

European champion Shamardal, who currently is spending his first season at stud at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Australia near Aberdeen, will begin his Northern Hemisphere career in 2006 at the Sheikh's Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

 Thursday, September 29, 2005

Sulamani to Stud at Dalham Hall in England

International star Sulamani, who exited racing with a score in the Oct. 24 Pattison Canadian International Stakes (Can-IT), will enter stud at Dalham Hall Stud near Newmarket, England.

 Friday, October 29, 2004

Refuse To Bend to Stand at Kildangan in Ireland

Refuse To Bend, an Irish champion 3-year-old miler and group I winner all three years he has raced, will retire to Darley's Kildangan Stud at the end of the season.

 Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Australian Star Exceed And Excel Retired to Darley in Australia

Exceed And Excel, who has been for the past 18 months the highest-rated sprinter Australians have seen in the past 10 years, has run his last race and has been retired to stud.

 Tuesday, July 13, 2004

King's Best's First Winner

Classic winner King's Best was represented by his first winner when King of Love won June 23 at Carlisle in England.

 Thursday, June 24, 2004

In the Wings Relieved of Stallion Duty Because of Laminitis

Darley stallion In the Wings, who won the 1990 Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) and was a champion in France, was diagnosed with laminitis the past weekend and has been relieved temporarily from stallion duty.

 Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Godolphin's Bachir Retired

Godolphin Racing's dual Guineas winner Bachir has been retired and will stand at Kildangan Stud in Ireland beginning in the 2001 breeding season, according to Sporting Life. Bachir won five of 10 career races, including a rare classic double of the Dubai Poule d'Essai des Poulains-French Two Thousand Guineas (Fr-I) and the Entenmanns Irish Two Thousand Guineas.

 Tuesday, October 03, 2000

Petrushka Wins Irish Oaks

Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's 3-year-old filly Petruska rallied from just off the pace to win the Kildangan Stud Irish Oaks by 5 1/2 lengths over Melikah Sunday at the Curragh.

 Monday, July 17, 2000