Shardari

Shardari
Sire	Top Ville
Grandsire	High Top
Dam	Sharmada
Damsire	Zeddaan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 May 1982
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Aga Khan IV
Owner	Aga Khan IV
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	13: 6-5-0
Major wins
Cumberland Lodge Stakes (1985) St. Simon Stakes (1985) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1986) International Stakes (1986)
Awards
Top-rated European Older Horse (1986) Timeform rating 134 (1986)

Shardari (1 May 1982 – ca. 1999) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was unraced as a two-year-old before winning four of his six races as a three-year-old in 1985 including the Cumberland Lodge Stakes and St. Simon Stakes. In the following year he was tried at the highest level, winning the Princess of Wales's Stakes and International Stakes and finishing second to Dancing Brave in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was retired to stud at the end of 1986 but had little success as a sire of winners.

Shardari was a bay horse with a faint white star and white socks on his hind legs bred in Ireland by his owner Aga Khan IV. His sire Top Ville was an Irish-bred, French-trained horse which won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1979. At stud he also sired Toulon, winner of the St Leger Stakes, Pistolet Bleu (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud), Saint Estephe (Coronation Cup) and Darara (Prix Vermeille). His dam Sharmada finished second in the Prix d'Arenberg and was a great-granddaughter of Gourabe, whose other descendants included the Prix de Diane winner Dunette.

The colt went into training with Michael Stoute at his Freemason Lodge stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.