Daryaba (foaled 14 May 1996) was an Irish-bred, French-trained

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racehorse and

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. In a brief track career she won three of her five starts between April and October 1999. After finishing second on her debut she won a minor race before taking the

Prix de Diane The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metre ...

and went on to win the

Prix Vermeille The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), an ...

in autumn before coming home unplaced in the

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. As a broodmare, she produced several good winners including

Daryakana Daryakana (foaled 14 April 2006) is a retired French Thoroughbred racehorse. She was undefeated as a three-year-old in 2009 when her wins included the Prix de Royallieu and the Hong Kong Vase. She was retired to stud after failing to win in 2010 ...

Background

Daryaba was a bay mare with a white

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bred in Ireland by her owner,

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. She was sent into training with

Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré (born 24 September 1944http://www.breederscup.com/bio.aspx?id=2334 Breeders' Cup trainer profile) is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Early life He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in No ...

in France and was ridden all of her races by

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. She was sired by the American-bred stallion Night Shift, a son of

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. Night Shift sired many other good racehorses in a long stud career, including In The Groove,

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and

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. Daryaba's dam Darata showed some racing ability, winning a Listed race in France in 1991 She was a half-sister to Daralinsha, the ancestor of

Darjina Darjina (foaled 13 February 2004) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning her only race as a juvenile she improved to become one of the best three-year-old fillies in Europe in 2007, winning the Prix de la Grotte, Poule d'Essai des Pou ...

and

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Racing career

On her racecourse debut Daryaba started at odds of 5/1 for a minor race over 2000 metres on soft ground at

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on 26 April and produced a "promising" effort as she finished second of the twelve runners, two and a half

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behind the winner Shabby Chic. Three weeks later, over the same course and distance, the filly started odds-on favourite for a similar event and recorded her first success as she took the lead 200 metres from the finish and won "very easily" by four lengths. On 13 June Daryaba was stepped up sharply in class to contest the

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Prix de Diane over 2100 metres at Chantilly and started the 5.8/1 second favourite behind the

Prix Vanteaux The Prix Vanteaux is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,850 metres (about 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs) at Long ...

winner Star of Akkar. The other twelve runners included Calando (

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), Juvenia (

Prix Marcel Boussac The Prix Marcel Boussac is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is sched ...

), Cerulean Sky (

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) and La Sylphide (

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). In a change of tactics, Daryaba led from the start and stayed on well in the straight to win by a length from Star of Akkar. Mosse commented "The trainer told me to ride her the way I felt. There was no pace on, so off I went in front". Daryaba was aimed at the Prix de la Nonette at

Deauville Racecourse Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques is a race track for thoroughbred horse racing located in Deauville in the Calvados département, in the Normandy ''région'' of France. Originally called Hippodrome de la Touques, it was named for the Touques River t ...

in August but was withdrawn after contracting a respiratory infection. After an absence of almost two months Daryaba returned for the Prix Vermeille over 2400 metres at

Longchamp Racecourse The Longchamp Racecourse (french: Hippodrome de Longchamp) is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France. It is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tr ...

on 12 September. Coupled in the betting with the Aga Khan's other runner

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she started the 4/5 favourite ahead of nine other opponents including Fairy Queen (

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), Etizaaz (

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), Juvenia, Cerulean Sky, La Sylphide and Mother of Pearl (

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). After racing in third place behind Etizaaz, she took the lead 200 metres out and accelerated away to win by two and a half lengths. Royer-Dupre said "Daryaba was very well, so I wasn't surprised she won. What was important for her was that she won in a style which proved her victory in the Diane was no fluke. She's done very well from the spring to the autumn. The filly was always going well and now we'll be looking at the

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". On 3 October, over the same course and distance, the filly started the 7.6/1 fifth choice in a fourteen-runner field for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but after being in contention for the first half of the race she dropped out of contention and finished thirteenth.

Breeding record

At the end of her racing career, Daryaba was retired to become a broodmare for the Aga Khan's stud. She produced 11 foals and five winners between 2001 and 2016: *Daryamar, a chestnut colt (later

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) foaled in 2001, sired by

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. Won one race. *Daramsar, bay colt, 2003, by

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. Won five races including the

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. *Douraya, bay filly, 2004, by

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. Won her only race. *Dardania, grey filly, 2005, by

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.Third in only race. *

, chestnut filly, 2006, by Selkirk. Won five races including

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. Dam of Dariyan (

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) *Daryla, chestnut filly, 2009, by Mr Greeley *Darysina, bay filly, 2010, by

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. Failed to win in three races. *Daraybi, brown colt, 2011, by

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. Won three races including the Listed Prix Marchand d'Or. *Dariyba, bay filly, 2013, by

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. Unplaced in only race. *Darayem, bay colt (gelded), 2014, by

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*Daralimi, colt, 2016, by

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Pedigree

References

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