Darley Stud is located at Dalham Hall, the global

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operation owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of

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and vice-president of the

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. It is on the outskirts of

Newmarket, Suffolk Newmarket is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 14 miles west of Bury St Edmunds and 14 miles northeast of Cambridge. In 2021, it had a population of 16,772. It is a global ...

, the international headquarters and historic home of

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. Darley currently stands more than 50

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s around the world: in England at Dalham Hall Stud; in Ireland at Kildangan Stud; in the United States at Jonabell Farm, in

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; and on two

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s in Australia: at Northwood Park, Victoria, and at Kelvinside in the

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. Darley stallions also stand in France and Japan. Darley was founded in 1981 when Sheikh Mohammed purchased Dalham Hall Stud. Today, Darley studs are home to many of Europe's leading stallions. These include father and son super

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Dawn Approach and

New Approach New Approach (foaled 18 February 2005) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active stallion. In a racing career which lasted from July 2007 to October 2008 he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was undefeated in five races as a tw ...

, and

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, already the sire of a number of G1 winners. Other famous stallions who have stood at Dalham Hall include Dubai Millennium, Sheikh Mohammed's favourite horse. Born on the stud and trained in Newmarket, he won the

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in 2000 and was the eight-length winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes at

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in the same year. When he retired from

, Dubai Millennium returned to the stud but sired just one crop of

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s before dying of grass sickness. In addition to standing stallions, Darley manages the racing interests of Sheikh Mohammed and various members of the Maktoum family, and has

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s with a number of trainers in the UK, Ireland, France, the United States, Australia, and Japan. The best of these horses transfer to Godolphin, Sheikh Mohammed's racing stable. Author

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visited the stud as part of her research for the novel ''

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'' In 2014, Darley Australia, together with rival Coolmore and a number of local

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, won a battle against Anglo American Coal to stop the expansion of the company's Drayton South open cast mining operation in the

Stallions standing at Darley (2024)

Dalham Hall Stud, Newmarket, UK

* Cracksman *

* Farhh * Harry Angel (Shuttles to Kelvinside) * Iffraaj * Masar * Modern Games * Palace Pier (Shuttles to Kelvinside) *

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* Pinatubo (Shuttles to Kelvinside) * Postponed * Territories * Too Darn Hot (Shuttles to Kelvinside) * Triple Time (Shuttles to Kelvinside)

Haras du Logis, Normandy, France

* Cloth of Stars *

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* Victor Ludorum (Shuttles to Kelvinside)

Kildangan Stud, County Kildare, Ireland

* Blue Point (Shuttles to Northwood Park) *

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(Shuttles to Northwood Park) * Ghaiyyath (Shuttles to Northwood Park) * Native Trail (Shuttles to Kelvinside) * Naval Crown * Night of Thunder * Profitable * Raven's Pass * Space Blues * Teofilo

Jonabell Farm, Kentucky, United States

* Enticed *

Essential Quality Essential Quality (foaled April 9, 2018) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Belmont Stakes, the 2021 Travers Stakes, and the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He was named the 2020 Champion Two-Year-Old and the 2021 Cham ...

* Frosted (Shuttles to Northwood Park) *

Hard Spun Hard Spun (foaled May 10, 2004 near Malvern, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that finished second in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. Background Hard Spun is a bay horse with a white star standing 16.2 hands high. He is from one ...

* Maxfield * Medaglia d'Oro *

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* Mystic Guide * Nyquist * Speaker's Corner * Street Sense

Kelvinside, New South Wales, Australia

* Anamoe * Astern * Bivouac * Exceed and Excel * Microphone

Northwood Park, Victoria, Australia

* Brazen Beau * Impending * Kermadec * Paulele

Darley Japan

* Adayar * Admire Moon * American Patriot * Fine Needle * Furioso * Hawkbill * Hukum * Palace Malice * Pyro * Talismanic *

Thunder Snow Thunder Snow (foaled 24 March 2014) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse, the only two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup (2018, 2019). In 2016 he won a minor race on his track debut but was then beaten in his next four races al ...

* Tower of London *

Will Take Charge Will Take Charge (foaled April 13, 2010) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the horse is best known for his wins in the 2013 Travers Stakes and Clark Handicap and for being beaten by a nose in the 2013 Bree ...

* Yoshida

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.darleystallions.com Horse farms in the United Kingdom Newmarket, Suffolk