"Set x 30 H.H. Aga Khan's Irish and French Studs" Annuals
$6,000
Presenting this rare (30) volume run of the privately-printed: 'H.H. Aga Khan's Irish and French Studs' for the years:
1957 (The Sheshoon, Ballymany, Gilltown, Ongar & Sallymount Studs in Ireland)/ '62/ '63/ '64/ '71/ '76/ '78 (2) copies/ '80 (2) copies/ '81/ '82/ '83/ '84/ '85/ '86/ '87/ '88/ '89/ '90/ '91/ '92/ '93/ '94/ '95/ '97/ 2000/ '02/ '03/ '04/ & 2008
Includes the Aga Khan's stallions, broodmares, fillies in training, horses in training, yearlings and foals for each year including family, turf and stud records for each horse listed.
Each bespoke 'annuaire' features the renowned famous racing colours/ silks in the signature hunter green w/ diagonal red (1957-'71 w/ Hermes saddle brown) stripe of The H.H. Aga Khan's Studs in Ireland & France
These annuaire booklets rarely, if ever 'surface' on the 'open' market as they're highly prized & sought-after as invaluable equine bloodline reference sources for global thoroughbred bloodstock research
Furthermore, all but a handful of these coveted 'annuaires' have been retained by racing's elite.
The Aga Khan IV (b.1936-) owns and operates the largest horse racing and breeding operation in France, the French horse auction house, Arqana, Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen in Ireland, and other breeding/stud farms in Europe.
The Aga Khan operates a large horse racing and breeding operation at his estate Aiglemont, in the town of Gouvieux in the Picardy region of France – about 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 miles) west of the Chantilly Racecourse. In 1977, he paid £1.3 million for the bloodstock owned by Anna Dupré and in 1978, £4.7 million for the bloodstock of Marcel Boussac.
The Aga Khan is said to be France's most influential owner-breeder and record winner of The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks.
The Aga Khan owns Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen, Ireland, and the Haras de Bonneval breeding farm at Le Mesnil-Mauger in France. In March 2005, he purchased the Calvados stud farms, the Haras d'Ouilly in Pont-d'Ouilly and the Haras de Val-Henry in Livarot. Haras d'Ouilly had been owned by such horsemen as the Duc Decazes, François Dupré and Jean-Luc Lagardère.