Three Flat sires who the stats say could have a big season ahead of them

Martin Stevens looks at a trio of stallions with numbers on their side

Fast Company: sadly died just before his biggest crop hit the trackCredit: Darley

Fast Company
died 2020 b Danehill Dancer-Sheezalady (Zafonic)
Stood at Kildangan Stud

The death of Fast Company at Kildangan Stud after a long illness aged only 15 last month was a particularly bitter pill to swallow for connections as he was on the cusp of having his best racecourse representation.

The son of Danehill Dancer, who split New Approach and Raven's Pass when second in the Dewhurst Stakes but never ran thereafter, spent his first five seasons as an inexpensive stallion at Rathasker Stud before crossing the Irish Sea to spend 2016 at Overbury Stud.

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Published on 13 April 2020inFeatures

Last updated 18:18, 13 April 2020

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