Dual Group 1 winner Harry Angel to shuttle to Darley Australia

Champion sprinter Harry Angel will shuttle to Darley's Kelvinside base in New South Wales this year, where he will stand for an introductory fee of A$22,000 (£12,000/€14,000).

Having shed his maiden tag in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes on just his second start, Harry Angel announced himself as a top-rank sprinter with a stunning victory in the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes as a three-year-old, after which he was acquired privately by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation.

The son of Dark Angel went on to make his Group 1 breakthrough in the July Cup at Newmarket before a sensational performance in Haydock's Sprint Cup saw him account for a top-class field - which included Group 1 winners Blue Point, The Tin Man and Brando - by an emphatic four lengths.

Trained throughout his career by Clive Cox, Harry Angel returned at four to land the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes under a penalty before rounding off his career with a gallant second to Sands Of Mali in the British Champions Sprint Stakes.

The dual Group 1 winner began his stud career earlier this year at Dalham Hall in Newmarket as the highest-rated sprinter to take up stallion duties in Britain for more than 30 years.

"Harry Angel is a high-end sprinter whose precocity will work well in this part of the world," said Vin Cox, managing director of Godolphin Australia.

"We've been to have a look at him and were very impressed with him on type. We're sure he's the sort that Australian buyers will like.

"We'll be supporting him with Godolphin mares and expect him to get off to a good start."

Harry Angel is out of the placed Cadeaux Genereux mare Beatrix Potter, a half-sister to dual Hong Kong Group 1 hero Xtension and three-parts sister to the stakes-placed A Huge Dream, herself the dam of dual Listed winner Mrs Gallagher.

Harry Angel possesses an outcross pedigree with just one line of Danzig in the fifth generation.

The panel of international handicappers duly assessed him as the world champion sprinter in 2017, two or more points above Battaash, Chautauqua, Lady Aurelia, Redzel and Caravaggio.

Darley head of sales Alastair Pulford added: "He was the world's best sprinter in a year when there were a lot of good sprinters going around, particularly in Australia.

"The international handicappers rated him better than Chautauqua, better than Redzel and better than Vega Magic."

Harry Angel is the second new recruit to Darley's stallion roster for the 2019 southern hemisphere breeding season after it was announced that Kementari would stand for an introductory fee of A$33,000, following his retirement last month.

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