Darsi (horse)

Darsi
Sire	Polish Precedent
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Darashandeh
Damsire	Darshaan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	12 April 2003
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Aga Khan IV
Owner	Aga Khan IV
Trainer	Alain de Royer-Dupre
Record	6: 3-1-0
Earnings	£636,883
Major wins
Prix du Jockey Club (2006)

Darsi (foaled 12 April 2003) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the 2006 Prix du Jockey Club. Owned and bred by the Aga Khan he was trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre and ridden by Christophe Soumillon in a racing career which comprised six races between September 2005 and July 2006. As a two-year-old he showed some promise by finishing third on his debut and winning a minor race by six lengths. In the following spring he finished second on his reappearance before winning the Prix de Courteuil and then recorded his biggest win when recording an upset victory in the Prix du Jockey Club. He was injured when running poorly in the Irish Derby (his only subsequent race), and was retired from racing to become a National Hunt breeding stallion in Ireland.

Darsi is a "big, imposing" bay horse standing 16.2 hands high bred in France by his owner the Aga Khan. He was sired by Polish Precedent, a lightly-raced horse who won the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin in 1989 before sustaining his only defeat when finishing second to Zilzal in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. He later became a very successful breeding stallion, siring Pilsudski, Rakti, Court Masterpiece (Prix de la Foret, Sussex Stakes), Pure Grain (Irish Oaks, Yorkshire Oaks) and Polish Summer (Dubai Sheema Classic). Darsi's dam Darashandeh won one minor race, finished second in the Prix de Flore and fourth in the Prix Saint-Alary in 1997. She was a daughter of Daralinsha, a mare who won the Prix de Minerve in 1987 and was also the great-grandam of Darjina (Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Moulin).

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