Stewards' Cup winner Khaadem another bright sprint prospect for Dark Angel

Yeomanstown Stud flagship sire Dark Angel has assembled a fine progeny roll of honour, replete with top-class two-year-olds, sprinters and milers, and the latest addition to the list would appear to be Khaadem.

The lightly raced three-year-old colt stormed to a two-and-three-quarter-length success carrying 9st 6lb in the Unibet Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday in the manner of a future superstar.

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Khaadem was saddled by Charlie Hills and carried the colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum – the trainer and owner combination behind Battaash, Dark Angel's highest rated runner to date and the decisive winner of the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood on Friday.

Battaash is one of seven Group 1 winners for Dark Angel, who was trained by Hills' father Barry to win the Mill Reef and Middle Park Stakes at two before his retirement to stud. The other six are Harry Angel, Hunt, Lethal Force, Mecca's Angel, Persuasive and Raging Bull.

The sire has 56 stakes winners to his name in total, a number that includes Khaadem as he scored in the Listed Carnarvon Stakes on his seasonal bow.

Dark Angel is the star of the show at Yeomanstown StudCredit: Patrick McCann

Yeomanstown Stud bred Khaadem itself out of the winning Footstepsinthesand mare White Daffodil, a half-sister to an earlier Carnarvon Stakes winner in Lady Links, who in turn produced Selinka, successful in the Oh So Sharp Stakes. Selinka is in turn the dam of Group 3-winning sprinter Hit The Bid.

White Daffodil is also a half-sister to the stakes-placed pair King Malachi and Umniya, and is out of Sparky's Song, a winning half-sister to the classy sprinters Bold Edge and Brave Edge.

The mare has also produced the Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy winner Log Out Island to Dark Angel, while she also has yearling and foal fillies by the son of Acclamation.

Khaadem is the third most expensive offspring of Dark Angel to have changed hands at public auction, having been bought by Shadwell for 750,000gns at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

The two dearest, a pair of 825,000gns yearling fillies, were also bred and sold by Yeomanstown Stud, which serves to emphasise just what a wonderful servant Dark Angel – who has stood at a fee of €85,000 in the past two breeding seasons – has been to the O'Callaghan family's operation in County Kildare.

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