First Season Sires

NOTNOWCATO, a late developer trained by Stoutey who went on to win three Group 1s, has his first runner this afternoon at Southwell 2.40, the name of said animal is ALWAYS ET TOUJOURS.
 
This week's table:

STALLION WINNERS–RUNNERS WINS RUNS 2nd 3rd 4th WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE
Dark Angel 7–22 32% 10 43 11 4 2 £48,928 £67,089
Dutch Art 4–15 27% 8 31 6 3 7 £38,432 £47,697
Red Clubs 3–22 14% 4 40 6 5 6 £13,980 £24,854
Excellent Art 2–6 33% 2 12 2 3 2 £16,655 £24,275
Moss Vale 2–4 50% 2 7 0 0 0 £14,871 £14,871
Teofilo 1–5 20% 1 5 1 1 1 £10,112 £14,082
Amadeus Wolf 2–19 11% 2 32 3 6 3 £6,309 £12,938
Dylan Thomas 1–2 50% 1 3 2 0 0 £7,733 £11,683
Cockney Rebel 1–6 17% 2 13 2 2 2 £8,312 £10,374
Vital Equine 1–5 20% 1 10 3 2 1 £2,267 £5,788
Multiplex 1–8 13% 1 17 2 2 4 £3,562 £5,530
Baltic King 1–5 20% 1 11 1 1 1 £3,344 £5,098
Hard Spun 1–2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 £2,914 £3,229
Sir Percy 1–2 50% 1 2 0 0 0 £3,173 £3,173
Jeremy 0–3 — 0 4 2 0 0 £0 £3,032
Lawman 1–2 50% 1 4 0 0 1 £1,706 £1,706
Three Valleys 0–9 — 0 13 1 1 2 £0 £1,542
Strategic Prince 0–5 — 0 11 1 0 0 £0 £907
Echo Of Light 0–5 — 0 5 0 1 0 £0 £905
Windsor Knot 0–1 — 0 3 1 0 0 £0 £886
Heliostatic 0–2 — 0 2 1 0 0 £0 £705
Notnowcato 0–1 — 0 1 0 1 0 £0 £482
Misu Bond 0–4 — 0 4 0 0 1 £0 £481
Manduro 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0
Rail Link 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0



Seems like DARK ANGEL and RED CLUBS were very busy lads in their first year at stud.
 
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Seems like DARK ANGEL and RED CLUBS were very busy lads in their first year at stud
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Freshman Yearlings sold 2010.

Amadaeus Wolf 61
Authorized 49
Baltic King 16
Cockney rebel 23
Dark Angel 60
Dutch art 52
Dylan Thomas 61
Echo of Light 20
Excellent Art 47
Jeremy 31
Lawman 55
Manduro 49
Moss Vale 55
Notnowcato 25
Rail Link 27
Red Clubs 67
Sir Percy 25
Strategic Prince 50
Teofilo 49
Three Valleys 29
 
Venusian, or any other breeding buff on here, why has DARK ANGEL been so popular in his first year at stud?

I can see that he was likely to get precocious fast youngsters but is there something in his breeding that also makes him attractive?

Surely the fact that he never raced after his 2-y-o season is something of a negative?
 
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Venusian, or any other breeding buff on here, why has DARK ANGEL been so popular in his first year at stud?

I can see that he was likely to get precocious fast youngsters but is there something in his breeding that also makes him attractive?

Surely the fact that he never raced after his 2-y-o season is something of a negative?
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31 Oct 2007 @ 10:56

The Barry Hills-trained Dark Angel (Acclamation - Midnight Angel, by Machiavellian), the winner of the Group One Middle Park Stakes ad the Group Two Mill Reef Stakes, will not race as a three year old, having been purchased to stand at Morristown Lattin Stud in Ireland. No fee has yet been announced.

Explaining the rationale for the sale, joint owner Catherine Corbett told the Racing Post: "He wouldn't have run in a Classic next year. It was felt he would be a six-furlong specialist and it's very hard for a three-year-old who has won a Group One, so selling him wasn't really a wrench."

Morristown Lattin Stud said: "Dark Angel is very much in the mould of his champion sire Acclamation, who also won the DBS sales race.

"But Dark Angel went on to outperform Acclamation by winning at Group One and Two level, emulating his grandsire Royal Applause.

"Physically, he is very mature and has excellent conformation, having been the second highest-priced yearling from Acclamation's 2005 crop."
 
Everyone loves a fast 2-y-o, especially one as good-looking and well-made as Dark Angel.

He doesn't possess an exceptional pedigree, although his sire, Acclamation has made quite a start as a stallion. His female line is nothing particularly special.

But, Dark Angel was very much a "made" 2-y-o, his stock seem cast in the same mould, and he's clearly passing on plenty of ability. No doubt he'll be a fixture in the 2-y-o sires lists for many years to come. The fact that he seems to throw lookers may have encouraged breeders not to desert him after his first season at stud, so there's every chance he won't just be a "first crop wonder".

As for not racing as a 3-y-o, whilst most regrettable, it wouldn't be a big negative for breeders looking to breed fast, early 2-y-os. I don't believe Raise A Native and Hail To Reason, admittedly better racehorses than Dark Angel, didn't suffer from lack of patronage in their early years at stud.
 
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MILK IT MICK, winner of the Dewhurst when trained by Jamie Osborne and later a Group 1 winner as a 5-y-o in America, has his first runner this evening, at Haydock 6.35, with MAN OF MY WORD trained by David Nicholls.
 
This week's table:



STALLION WINNERS–RUNNERS WINS RUNS 2ND 3RD 4TH WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE
Dark Angel 7–26 27% 10 53 14 5 3 £48,928 £80,454
Dutch Art 5–17 29% 9 36 9 3 7 £40,051 £54,880
Red Clubs 3–24 13% 4 50 6 7 6 £13,980 £26,162
Excellent Art 2–6 33% 2 13 3 3 2 £16,655 £25,604
Teofilo 2–7 29% 2 9 2 1 2 £13,350 £19,255
Amadeus Wolf 3–19 16% 3 34 4 6 3 £8,575 £15,687
Moss Vale 2–5 40% 2 9 0 0 0 £14,871 £14,871
Lawman 2–4 50% 2 6 1 0 1 £11,818 £12,782
Dylan Thomas 1–3 33% 1 5 2 0 1 £7,733 £11,919
Cockney Rebel 1–8 13% 2 15 2 3 3 £8,312 £11,722
Multiplex 2–8 25% 2 22 2 3 6 £5,609 £9,166
Vital Equine 1–5 20% 1 11 3 2 1 £2,267 £5,788
Baltic King 1–5 20% 1 13 2 1 1 £3,344 £5,703
Hard Spun 1–3 33% 1 3 0 1 1 £2,914 £4,162
Sir Percy 1–2 50% 1 3 0 1 0 £3,173 £3,645
Jeremy 0–5 — 0 6 2 0 0 £0 £3,032
Three Valleys 0–13 — 0 18 1 1 2 £0 £1,542
Misu Bond 0–5 — 0 7 1 0 1 £0 £1,348
Strategic Prince 0–6 — 0 12 1 0 0 £0 £907
Echo Of Light 0–5 — 0 6 0 1 0 £0 £905
Windsor Knot 0–1 — 0 3 1 0 0 £0 £886
Heliostatic 0–2 — 0 2 1 0 0 £0 £705
Notnowcato 0–2 — 0 2 0 1 0 £0 £482
Manduro 0–2 — 0 3 0 0 0 £0 £0
Milk It Mick 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0
Rail Link 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0
 
My two fancies were Dutch Art and Teofilo, although I seem to have backed the former at 11/2 and bizarrely Sir Percy at 50/1. Teofilo mustn't have been a decent price (can't find prices on this thread, must have been elsewhere).
 
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This week's update:



STALLION WINNERS–RUNNERS WINS RUNS 2ND 3RD 4TH WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE
Dark Angel 8–28 29% 12 62 14 8 5 £61,513 £94,613
Dutch Art 5–19 26% 9 43 10 4 8 £40,051 £56,432
Teofilo 3–9 33% 3 13 2 2 2 £23,462 £29,742
Red Clubs 4–27 15% 5 58 7 10 6 £15,345 £29,300
Excellent Art 2–8 25% 2 16 4 3 2 £16,655 £27,398
Amadeus Wolf 3–19 16% 3 39 4 8 4 £8,575 £17,327
Moss Vale 2–7 29% 2 12 0 0 0 £14,871 £14,871
Multiplex 3–8 38% 3 25 3 3 6 £8,782 £13,302
Lawman 2–4 50% 2 6 1 0 1 £11,818 £12,782
Cockney Rebel 1–10 10% 2 18 3 3 3 £8,312 £12,705
Dylan Thomas 1–4 25% 1 6 2 0 2 £7,733 £12,111
Jeremy 1–6 17% 1 8 2 0 0 £3,562 £6,594
Vital Equine 1–6 17% 1 13 3 3 1 £2,267 £6,269
Baltic King 1–5 20% 1 14 2 1 1 £3,344 £5,703
Hard Spun 1–3 33% 1 4 0 1 2 £2,914 £4,427
Sir Percy 1–2 50% 1 3 0 1 0 £3,173 £3,645
Windsor Knot 0–1 — 0 5 2 1 0 £0 £2,331
Strategic Prince 1–11 9% 1 18 1 0 0 £1,365 £2,272
Misu Bond 0–5 — 0 9 2 0 1 £0 £1,926
Three Valleys 0–14 — 0 23 1 1 2 £0 £1,542
Heliostatic 0–2 — 0 3 2 0 0 £0 £1,209
Echo Of Light 0–5 — 0 6 0 1 0 £0 £905
Notnowcato 0–2 — 0 3 0 1 1 £0 £746
Manduro 0–2 — 0 3 0 0 0 £0 £0
Rail Link 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0
Milk It Mick 0–1 — 0 1 0 0 0 £0 £0
 
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