Dark Angel lights up Doncaster ring for second year running

Yeomanstown Stud resident continues to supply breeders with significant returns

Premier Sale top lot went the way of Shadwell for record-equaling £280,000Credit: Sarah Farnsworth

Dark Angel mania took hold at Doncaster this week, with Yeomanstown Stud's hotshot young sire accounting for six of the ten most expensive lots at the Premier sale including the two biggest sellers at £280,000 and £250,000.

Current yearlings were conceived in 2014, when his fee was more than doubled to €27,500 on the back of a productive year with son Lethal Force landing two Group 1 sprints and Exogenesis, Heeraat and Lily's Angel scoring in Pattern contests.

The fee increase left plenty of room for profit, with Dark Angel's £124,933 Premier Sale average working out at around 5.3 times the stud fee, although some of the stallion's draft at Doncaster were pinhooks.

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Martin StevensBloodstock journalist

Published on 28 August 2016inSales reports

Last updated 12:26, 28 August 2016

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