Godolphin's multiple Group 1-winning sprinters Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Jungle Cat (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) will join the Darley stallion roster in 2019. Champion sprinter Harry Angel will stand at Dalham Hall Stud, while Jungle Cat heads to Kildangan Stud. Fees will be set at a later time.
Harry Angel, who was trained by Clive Cox, was named Cartier champion sprinter in 2017 off the back of wins in the G1 Darley July Cup and G1 32Red Sprint Cup S. The bay, who also won the G2 Mill Reef S. at two, opened 2018 with a victory in the G2 Duke of York Clipper Logistics S., and he rounded out his career with a second in the G1 Qipco British Champions Sprint S. last weekend.
The 6-year-old Jungle Cat, meanwhile, was a winner and multiple group placed at two-including a third in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot and a second to Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) in the G2 Gimcrack S.–for Mark Johnston before being transferred to Charlie Appleby. He hit his best stride this year, winning the G1 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai and, just last month, the G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S. in Australia.
Sam Bullard, Darley's director of stallions, said of the two new recruits, “Jungle Cat is every inch his father's son. Like him, he was tremendously fast, and with Group 1 form from five to seven furlongs. To be a nose behind Muhaarar at two and yet be at his very best in his 31st start as a 6-year-old just goes to show what an utterly admirable racehorse he was.”
“Meanwhile, watching Harry Angel in full flight was quite a sight, and, even in this golden age of sprinters, we've seen very few horses with his outright speed and class. He'll be a very easy stallion for breeders to use, thanks to his outcross pedigree.”
Bullard concluded, “It's an enormous honour for the Darley team to be entrusted with managing their stallion careers and we are delighted to continue our policy of offering a limited number of breeding rights in two outstanding prospects.”
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