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advantage at half way and ran on well despite hanging to the right and won by half a length from Strike The Deal with
Tajdeef a neck away in third. After the race Barry Hills said "I think he'll be a sprinter next year. I can't see him getting a mile but who knows". On his final appearance, Dark Angel was moved up in distance for the
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winner Sir Gerry was made the 2/1 favourite with Dark Angel on 8/1 whilst the other runners included
Tajdeef (also trained by Barry Hills), Strike The Deal, Dream Eater and Achilles of Troy. Dark Angel took the early lead before settling in second behind the outsider Proud Linus. He regained the
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Newmarket. He led until the final furlong before finishing fourth behind Winker Watson, River Proud and Swiss Franc, beaten just over two lengths by the winner. On his next appearance the colt started 5/2 favourite in a twenty-runner field for the £300,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes at
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winner
Philario. He led from the start and fought off several challenges in the closing stages to win by a neck, three quarters of a length and a head from Strike The Deal, Berbice and Philario.
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over seven furlongs two weeks later. He led for the first half mile but then dropped away quickly to finish ninth of the ten runners behind
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At the age of three, Dark Angel was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the
Morristown Lattin Stud in County Kildare.
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Yeomanstown Stud. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Acclamation, a high-class sprinter who won the
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on 23 August. He tracked the leaders before going to the front two furlongs out and won by two lengths from the
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On 5 October, Dark Angel was stepped up to Group One class for the Middle Park Stakes at
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over the same distance and recorded his first success, taking the lead a furlong out and winning by two
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and finished unplaced behind
Drawnfromthepast. On 12 July Dark Angel started a 20/1 outsider for the
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Dark Angel began his racing career by finishing second to Spirit of
Sharjah in a race over five
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182:(foaled 4 April 2005) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and
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winner Agars Plough, the ancestor of many other major winners including
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During his racing career Dark Angel was owned by Mrs J M Corbett &
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from Eileen's Violet. The colt was then stepped up in class for the
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Dark Angel was moved up in class on 14 September for the
257:. He was ridden in all of his races by his trainer's son
988:"Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Bonnie Doon - Family 10-c"
319:-trained Gypsy Baby with Drawnfromthepast unplaced.
754:Pedigree of Dark Angel (IRE), grey stallion, 2005
202:Dark Angel is a grey horse bred in Ireland by the
35:Racing silks of Mrs J M Corbett & Chris Wright
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210:in 2003. The best of his other progeny was
1053:"Dark Angel Soars to Victory in Mill Reef"
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222:. She was a female-line descendant of the
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1010:"Turf.tv.co.uk EBF Maiden Stakes result"
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1086:"Dark Angel Soars to Win Middle Park"
1051:Mary Schweitzer (22 September 2007).
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282:on 18 April. Three weeks later at
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1040:. Racing Post. 22 September 2007.
1024:"St Leger Yearling Stakes result"
584:Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
16:Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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653:British Champions Sprint Stakes
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348:winner Strike The Deal and the
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1084:Dan Liebman (5 October 2007).
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1071:"Middle Park Stakes result"
971:"Acclamation - Stud Record"
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1117:Racehorses bred in Ireland
1012:. Racing Post. 9 May 2007.
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1038:"Mill Reef Stakes result"
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568:Maker's Mark Mile Stakes
675:Critérium International
671:Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
214:, a dual winner of the
437:Diamond Jubilee Stakes
327:Flying Childers Stakes
124:Mrs J M Corbett &
1112:2005 racehorse births
949:"Dark Angel pedigree"
809:Princess Athena (IRE)
691:Takamatsunomiya Kinen
564:Shoemaker Mile Stakes
476:Shoemaker Mile Stakes
300:Windsor Castle Stakes
331:Doncaster Racecourse
280:Newmarket Racecourse
888:Raise the Standard
848:Midnight Angel (GB)
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520:King's Stand Stakes
317:Richard Hannon, Sr.
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798:Auction Ring
637:Diana Stakes
429:Lethal Force
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90:4 April 2005
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910:Ciboulette
899:Night Shift
841:Sea Melody
820:Lorenzaccio
783:Try My Best
762:Acclamation
701:Mangoustine
616:Jebel Hatta
593:Top Ranked
552:Raging Bull
530:Harry Angel
372:Stud career
308:July Stakes
304:Royal Ascot
292:maiden race
286:he started
247:Barry Hills
136:Barry Hills
45:Acclamation
1106:Categories
932:References
919:Right Tack
835:Floribunda
663:Angel Bleu
646:Art Power
486:Persuasive
419:Major Wins
236:Balla Cove
224:Irish Oaks
198:Background
180:Dark Angel
158:Major wins
24:Dark Angel
684:Mad Cool
518:(twice),
324:Group Two
255:Berkshire
51:Grandsire
994:29 March
815:Ahonoora
789:Corvana
749:Pedigree
626:Althiqa
618:(twice)
609:Afareeq
577:Khaadem
538:July Cup
504:Battaash
461:(twice)
441:July Cup
276:furlongs
251:Lambourn
153:£341,306
150:Earnings
145:9: 4-1-0
82:Stallion
718:Charyn
395:gelding
342:Newbury
296:lengths
259:Michael
232:Mastery
228:Halling
212:Equiano
132:Trainer
113:Breeder
95:Country
69:Damsire
778:Waajib
404:Foaled
393:, g =
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173:(2007)
168:(2007)
142:Record
103:Colour
87:Foaled
955:5 May
895:1987
858:1987
856:(USA)
850:1994
811:1985
774:1993
766:1999
731:2020
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447:2011
425:2009
390:filly
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121:Owner
996:2014
957:2013
882:Halo
772:(GB)
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759:Sire
409:Name
386:colt
234:and
190:and
184:sire
107:Grey
41:Sire
846:Dam
414:Sex
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288:2/5
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