 He entered stud in 1932 at the Aga Khan's Haras Marly-la-Ville in Val-d'Oise, France, where he stood at a fee of 400 guineas.In his first crop of foals, he sired Mumtaz Begum (bred eight winners, including Nasrullah), followed the next year by Mahmoud, who won the 1936 Epsom Derby.His next crop of foals included Donatello, one of Federico Tesio’s best horses who sired Crepello and Alycidon.