Saturday was another good day for Darley first-season sires Kheleyf and Exceed And Excel when they sired the first two home in the valuable Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury.
The winner, Jargelle (pictured), yet another star filly by freshman sensation Kheleyf, was scoring for the second time in three starts and took her career earnings to over £80,000 with this tenacious display of front-running.
Bred by Mrs A Robinson, Jargelle is out of the unraced Arctic Tern mare, Winter Tern, and is a half-sister to Stakes winner Orange Grouse.
There was more success for Kheleyf on Saturday evening when he completed an across-the-card double (and a treble on the day) when Playfellow made a winning debut at Haydock and Khor Dubai won his second consecutive start at Lingfield.
Kheleyf has made an excellent start to his stud career and he is currently the leading two-year-old sire in Europe by number of individual winners (17).
It was also a very good day for Exceed And Excel, as not only did he sire the short-head second in the Super Sprint (Infamous Angel), but he also sired his tenth individual European winner when Sirenuse was victorious at Ripon.
Bred by David Jamison Bloodstock and G Roddick, Sirenuse is the first foal of winning Distant View mare, Cefira, who also has a yearling by fellow Darley stallion Bertolini. She hails from a very fast family with top-class sprinters Abou Zouz, Millyant and Prince Sabo being close relatives.
Another Darley stallion hitting the headlines on Saturday was Singspiel when he sired the first two home (Dar Re Mi beating Folk Opera) in the Listed Aphrodite Stakes at Newmarket.
The winner is owned and bred by Lord Lloyd-Webber and was gaining her first Stakes success, after only being beaten a nose and a head into third in a G2 in France last time out.
She is superbly bred, being out of the G1-winning mare Darara (a half-sister to Darshaan) and a half-sister to three other black type winners including the Champion Hong Kong performer Diaghilev.
It has been another excellent year for Singspiel, who has sired 18 Stakes horses so far from his European crops.
