Harry Angel

Pedigree notes

Harry Angel is a brilliant sprinter, the archetype of the ideal Australian stallion prospect, very much in the mould of quality speed horses such as the mighty Star Kingdom whose extremely high Timeform rating of 131 was lower than Harry Angel’s spectacular 133.

Harry Angel was a front-running sprinter with a very high cruising speed who could lead or trail a hot pace but then was able to unleash an explosive turn of foot to finish off. This is a formula for stallion success, particularly in Australia following in the tradition of sires such as Star Kingdom, Biscay, Bletchingly, Danehill, Redoute’s Choice, Snitzel and Exceed And Excel.
Harry Angel has fully delivered on this promise with over 5% Stakes winners to runners in Europe and is currently the equal-leading first season Australian sire of stakes winners (3), second by individual winners (8) and third by earnings ($1,115,420).

Breeders and owners like what they see, he served his best and biggest book in his fourth season in 2022, always a great sign.

G1 Statistics
Harry Angel’s sire Dark Angel has left 14 G1 winners to date. 
Four are out of Danzig-line mares, three of those from the Green Desert branch which has given us I Am Invincible, and with one out of a Choisir mare from Danehill’s branch.
Three are out of mares by sons of Giant’s Causeway, with two of those out of Shamardal mares.
Three are out of Mr Prospector-line mares.

Best Nicks
Harry Angel is off to a flying start as a sire of Stakes winners. His EIGHT Stakes winners to date are out of mares by Exceed And Excel, Galileo, Street Cry, New Approach, Showcasing, Bernardini, Dansili and Iffraaj. This is a good spread of mares by the major Northern Dancer and Mr Prospector sire lines.
Harry Angel is Australia’s equal-leading first-season sire of three Stakes winners as follows:

1. ARKANSAW KID – dam by Exceed And Excel (by Danehill), second dam (by Straight Strike by Mr Prospector)
2. TOM KITTEN – dam by Street Cry (Mr Prospector line), second dam by Encosta De Lago (Sadler’s Wells line)
3. STRETAN ANGEL – dam by Bernardini (Seattle Slew line), second dam by Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr Prospector line)

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options
The best candidates for inbreeding to Harry Angel are Machiavellian and Try My Best, his broodmare sire and tail-male ancestor, respectively. Machiavellian’s third dam is a half-sister to Natalma who is the dam of Northern Dancer and third dam of Danehill. Try My Best, sire of Waajib who established this emerging sire line, is the sire of Last Tycoon whose dam is Sex Appeal, a daughter of Best In Show.

The Last Tycoon sire line is thriving in Australia via Written Tycoon, offering opportunities to inbreed to the full brothers Try My Best and Last Tycoon. This cross is already responsible for G1 winners Alligator Blood, Startantes and Marsha (by Dark Angel out of a Marju mare). This pattern has already appeared in Harry Angel’s Australian Stakes winner TOM KITTEN who is inbred to Machiavellian and also descends from Best In Show who is his sixth dam.

However, the horse that ties Machiavellian and Try My Best together is Redoute’s Choice who is by Danehill, a sire from the same family as Machiavellian and who traces directly to Best In Show as his fourth dam. 
The Redoute’s Choice / Last Tycoon cross, featuring inbreeding to Best In Show, has been the Champion Sire’s most successful, with the phenomenal statistics of 36 runners, 10 Stakes winners (27.77% Stakes winners to runners) including THREE G1 winners (30% G1 winners to Stakes winners). This all indicates strongly that mares by Redoute’s Choice and sons, or mares by Written Tycoon and sons look good choices for Harry Angel. The Redoute’s Choice option also brings in the Danehill / Danzig sire line which has been so successful when crossed with Dark Angel and Harry Angel.

Strategy One
Mares from the Green Desert and Danehill branches of the Danzig line have crossed well with both Harry Angel and his sire Dark Angel. Mares by I Am Invincible, Redoute’s Choice, Exceed And Excel and Choisir (or their sons) look great candidates to produce Stakes winners by Harry Angel.

Strategy Two
The Mr Prospector line has also crossed well with both Harry Angel and Dark Angel generally so mares by Machiavellian, Street Boss, Dubawi, Elusive Quality or Pride Of Dubai (just to name a few) look like favourable options. 

Strategy Three
The Giant’s Causeway line, particularly via Shamardal has crossed well with Harry Angel’s sire Dark Angel. Mares by Shamardal, Lope De Vega or Belardo would replicate this strong nick.