Akiyda

Akiyda
Sire	Labus
Grandsire	Busted
Dam	Licata
Damsire	Abdos
Sex	Mare
Foaled	21 April 1979
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Marcel Boussac
Owner	Aga Khan IV
Trainer	François Mathet
Record	8:3-3-1
Major wins
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1982)
Awards
Timeform rating: 113p (1981), 131 (1982) Top-rated European three-year-old filly (1982) Timeform top-rated three-year-old filly (1982)

Akiyda (foaled 21 April 1979) was a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning France's mot prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1982. After winning her only race as a two-year-old she was campaigned in the highest class in the following year, finishing second in both the Prix de Diane and the Prix Vermeille before beating a strong international field in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Akiyda never ran after her win in the Arc: she was retired to stud where she had limited impact a broodmare.

Akiyda was a dark brown mare with a white sock on her left hind foot bred in the United Kingdom by Marcel Boussac. Her dam Licata, was a very good racemare who won the Prix Cleopatre and Prix de Malleret in 1972. She was even better as a broodmare, producing the 1978 Prix du Jockey Club winner Acamas (by Mill Reef). By the late 1970s, Boussac's textile business was in decline and in both 1977 and 1978 he chose to have Licata covered by his own stallion Labus, the winner of one minor race, rather than pay a stud fee. Licata's first foal by Labus was Akarad, a colt who won the Prix Niel and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud: the second was Akiyda. At the dispersal of Boussac's bloodstock following his death in 1980, Licata, Labus, Akarad and Akiyda were all acquired by the Aga Khan.

Akiyda was trained by the veteran Francois Mathet at Chantilly. Mathet had trained many of the best French racehorses of the 20th century including Tantieme, Relko and Reliance.

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