Zarkandar

Zarkandar
Zarkander at the Kingwell Hurdle, Wincanton, February 2013.
SireAzamour
GrandsireNight Shift
DamZarkasha
DamsireKahyasi
SexGelding
Foaled20 April 2007
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederDominick Vallely
OwnerAga Khan IV
Potensis Limited & Chris Giles
TrainerAlain de Royer-Dupré
Paul Nicholls
Record35: 11-6-4
3: 1-1-1 (flat)
32: 10-5-3 (hurdles)
Earnings£911,734
Major wins
Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (2011)
Triumph Hurdle (2011)
Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle (2011)
Betfair Hurdle (2012)
Elite Hurdle (2012)
International Hurdle (2012)
Kingwell Hurdle (2013)
Aintree Hurdle (2013)
Grand Prix d'Automne (2014)
Rendlesham Hurdle (2017)

Zarkandar (foaled 20 April 2007) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt races. A half-brother to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava he won one of his three flat races before being gelded and becoming a specialist hurdler. He was the best juvenile hurdler of the 2010/2011 National Hunt season when he won the Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, Triumph Hurdle and Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle. In the following season he won the Betfair Hurdle but finished unplaced in the Champion Hurdle. In the 2012/2013 he won the Elite Hurdle, International Hurdle, Kingwell Hurdle and Aintree Hurdle, although he again ran disappointingly in the Champion Hurdle. He failed to win when campaigned over longer distances in 2013/2014 but began his next season by winning the Grand Prix d'Automne in France. He continued to compete in Graded hurdle races, winning the Rendlesham Hurdle in February 2017 and was retired the following year. He won 11 of his 35 races and earned over £900,000 in prize money.