Sumbe and Mr Nurlan Bizakov are pleased to announce the appointment of Will Johnson as Bloodstock and Racing Manager for the Southern Hemisphere. Following the recent announcement that Charyn will begin shuttle duties in 2026 to Cambridge Stud, as well as Sumbe’s first investments in yearlings at the Australian sales, with the desire that this marks the beginning of its presence in the Southern Hemisphere, Mr Bizakov felt it was the right time to establish a presence in the r

Cambridge Stud has announced its stallion roster for 2026, with the outstanding Charyn to stand at the farm in partnership with Nurlan Bizakov’s French operation Sumbe. The World Champion Miler and Cartier Champion Older Horse of 2024 brings elite international form and a world-class pedigree to the farm’s line-up. Charyn’s talent was evident from an early age, highlighted by victory in the Gr.2 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte at two. His championship season as a four-year-old

"Last night at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, I was delighted to secure an exciting filly, marking an important step in my continued expansion into international racing. Following my experience in Australia in 2024 with Lazzat, when he competed in the Golden Eagle, I was deeply impressed by the atmosphere, the quality of racing, and the exceptional prize money on offer. It was at that moment that I began seriously considering the opportunity to embark on an Australian ventu

Sumbe is once again throwing its weight behind its roster of young sires by sending them a stack of blue-chip mares. Nurlan Bizakov’s Normandy based operation is supporting its champion miler Charyn in his second season as a stallion with some particularly dazzling names. For the second year in succession, the son of Dark Angel will cover Bee Queen, a Makfi mare who is the dam of Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero and Sumbe studmate Belbek; Providenciales, an unraced Australia half

Tom Peacock speaks to Mario Gussago from the Normandy operation about Nurlan Bizakov's roster Charyn arrived at the gates of Haras de Montfort & Preaux as the subject of great anticipation. The standout miler of 2024, a son of Dark Angel with three Group 1 wins under his belt, was the shiny new name joining Nurlan Bizakov's Sumbe operation in its own blue and yellow livery. There seems to have been no change on that score, with his first foals appearing around some very famo

(...) There was still time to make it down to Sumbe’s Haras de Montfort et Préaux to see Charyn and friends. It must be a condition of working for Nurlan Bizakov that you constantly ask of yourself: “what can I/we do better?” The reception for weary trail-finders had moved into the nearly-new covering cathedral (shed doesn’t come close to doing the structure justice), and it soon became apparent why the previous temporary tent had been dispensed with. In front of the