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HARRY ANGEL GREAT VALUE AT DARLEY

Harry Angel is arguably the most interesting of the new stallions that started their stud careers in Australia in 2019. He is another of the amazing Darley stallions that they regularly shuttle to Australia and Harry Angel stands at the Kelvinside property in NSW. They are also remarkable in that they offer these wonderful stallions at affordable prices often to the detriment of their sales figures. Harry Angel who stood for $22,000 in his first season before reducing to $16,500 has had limited numbers through the sales. Magic Millions saw his progeny sell to $400,000 which is an astonishing figure given his service fee. At that sale, his progeny averaged over $180,000 which is over ten times his current service fee. As with all of the Darley stallions, we always suspect that there are likely to be some better ones at home and it will be well worth waiting to see what the stable will produce in their colours as time goes on.

Harry Angel is simply an incredibly well performed racehorse. In Australian terms, he raises a slight query in his 2yo form for many. He had only two starts at that age, running second at Ascot and then winning the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury over 6 furlongs (1200m). It is interesting how the Australian

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