Pedigree Insights
Andrew Caulfield, September 16, 2008–Zarkava (Ire) P EDIGREE INSIGHTS The Aga Khan=s brilliant but quirky daughter of Zamindar duly recorded her sixth straight victory in BY ANDREW CAULFIELD spectacular style and is now on offer at 6-4 or 7-4 to defeat the males in the Arc Oct. 5. Sunday, Longchamp, France The Aga=s delight at Zarkava=s achievements must be QATAR PRIX VERMEILLE-G1, i300,000, Longchamp, all the greater because her fifth dam is Petite Etoile, 9-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:26.00, gd. another spectacular distaffer who initially carried the 1--ZARKAVA (IRE), 120, f, 3, by Zamindar colors of his father, Prince Aly Khan, before being 1st Dam: Zarkasha (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire) inherited by the Aga. In addition to dominating her own 2nd Dam: Zarkana (Ire), by Doyoun (Ire) division in the 1000 Guineas, Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks, 3rd Dam: Zarna (Ire), by Shernazar (Ire) the three-year-old Petite Etoile defeated the males in O-His Highness The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s such prestigious prizes as the Sussex S. and Champion Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe S. In the process she showed she was untroubled by Soumillon; i171,420. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo moving up and down the distance scale, and Zarkava is Filly-Fr, 6 starts, 6 wins, i1,079,020. similarly versatile, with Group 1 victories over a mile, 1 Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 5/16 miles and 1 1/2 miles.
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