But the Aga Khan's love affair with British racing came to a crashing halt when his filly, Aliysa, was disqualified from the 1989 Oaks after testing positive for camphor, a prohibited substance.

He steered Akiyda to the 1982 Arc and also won four Prix du Jockey-Club, with Top Ville in 1979, Darshaan in 1984, Mouktar in 1985 and Natroun in 1987. The Aga Khan fell foul of British racing ...

HE was the billionaire philanthropist that King Charles counted as a close friend – and who made the late Queen’s horse-racing dreams come true. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to 15 million ...

Alain de Royer-Dupre provided the Aga Khan with two Arc winners in Dalakhani and Zarkava but he is under no illusions about which was the best. “I trained for him for 42 or 43 years,” he told Sky ...

“I trained for him for 42 or 43 years,” he told Sky Sports Racing. “I will never forget those two Arc wins, especially Zarkava because she came from Petite Etoile, the filly of the Aga Khan ...