Weld to Saddle Aga Khan Filly From Family of Harzand
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Photo: Courtesy The Aga Khan Studs
Harzand in 2016 at Dermot Weld's Rosewell House Stables
The mile fillies' maiden at Dundalk on Friday could prove an informative one with several choicely bred runners stepping out, including the Aga Khan's debuting Harayka.
The 3-year-old Harayka is a daughter of the multiple Australian group 1 winner and leading dual hemisphere sire Fastnet Rock and is out of the winning Pivotal mare Hazmiyra.
Hazmiyra is herself out of the graded stakes-placed Halling mare Haziyna, a half sister to the 2016 Investec Derby (G1) and Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1) hero Harzand, now a resident at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud in Ireland.
Haziyna is also a half sister to Harasiya, winner of the Silver Flash Stakes (G3) and third to Sky Lantern in the 2012 Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1). Harasiya was also a narrow second in the Keeneland Debutante Stakes (G2) and was fourth in the Oxigen Environmental Pretty Polly Stakes (G1).
Among the 13-year-old's other black-type-earning siblings are the dual listed victor Haripour and Hazarafa, a stakes winner and the dam of dual group 3 scorer and 2018 Derby fifth Hazapour, now known as Amazing Plus One and running in Hong Kong.
The Dermot Weld-trained Harayka is set to face 13 rivals at the all-weather track, including My Generation, an unraced Speightstown half sister to Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Gallinule Stakes (G3) victor Crossfirehurricane; Sheila Lavery's Sea The Stars filly Summit Star; and the once-raced Thrumps Dream, who was second on her debut for Ado McGuinness at the track last month.