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Fee for 2027 €5,000

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Fee for 2027
€5,000
Grey 2020
15.3 hh (1.60m)
Pedigree
Dark Angel - Anna Law (Lawman)
Distance won over
5f. to 6f.
Stands at
Castlehyde
The Antarctic conformation shot
The Antarctic Head Shot 1200 x 800
The Antarctic close up
The Antarctic paddock
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Group-winning Sprinter at 2 & 3


Very good-looking and speedy own-brother to triple Champion Sprinter BATTAASH.

 

  • By Champion 2YO sire DARK ANGEL.

  • Cost 750,000gns as a yearling.

  • Out of a ½-sister to Gr.2 Champagne Stakes winner ETLAALA & the dam of Gr.1 sprinter TASLEET

 

Rated 113, the equal of Havana Grey (out of a Dark Angel mare) & just a pound below his own sire Dark Angel!

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Testimonials

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Paul McCartan
Ballyphilip Stud, breeder

“We always said Battaash was the best looking horse that we’d bred but I think this guy is better, no doubt about it.”

Pedigree

The AntarcticDARK ANGEL (IRE)ANNA LAW (IRE)ACCLAMATION (GB)MIDNIGHT ANGELLAWMAN (FR)PORTELET (GB)ROYAL APPLAUSEPRINCESS ATHENAMACHIAVELLIANNIGHT AT SEA (GB)INVINCIBLE SPIRITLARAMIE (USA)NIGHT SHIFT (USA)NOIRMANT (IRE)

Pedigree Notes

Race Record

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

1st Prix de Cabourg – Gr.3, 6f, Deauville, by 1 length from Listed winner Manhattan Jungle, with Gr.3-placed Kerindia third and subsequent Gr.1 winners Belbek and Good Guess further behind.

1st Lacken Stakes – Gr.3, 6f, making all in a race-record time to defeat subsequent Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 performer Ocean Quest, with subsequent Gr.2 Lanwades Stud Stakes winner Ocean Jewel third. 

Winning in a faster time than previous winners Caravaggio and Sioux Nation.  

1st Irish Stallion Farms 2YO Stakes, 5f, Tipperary. On debut.

1st Calyx 2YO Stakes, 5f, Naas, defying a penalty on Royal Ascot Trials Day.

2nd Middle Park Stakes – Gr.1, 6f, Newmarket, beaten 2 lengths by Cartier Champion 2YO and dual Gr.1 winner Blackbeard, with multiple Gr.1-placed Persian Force third and subsequent Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Mischief Magic back in fourth.

2nd Prix Robert Papin – Gr.2, 6f, Chantilly, beaten 3 lengths by subsequent dual Gr.1 winner Blackbeard, with subsequent Listed winner Vicious Harry third and Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner Belbek fourth.

3rd Prix Morny – Gr.1, 6f, Deauville, beaten 2 lengths by Cartier Champion 2YO Blackbeard and multiple Gr.1-placed Persian Force. 

TIMEFORM RATING: 113 AT 2 

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