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Group I winning colts Sepoy and Helmet will shuttle to Europe for Darley at the
end of the Australian breeding season with Sepoy headed for Dalham Hall in the
UK and Helmet to Kildangan Stud in Ireland.
This time last year the colts were starring at the Melbourne Spring Carnival
where Helmet captured the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas and Sepoy the Group I
VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes.
Sepoy(pictured) is currently covering his first book of mares at Darley headquarters in
the Hunter Valley at a fee of $66,000, while Helmet is doing likewise at Darley
Northwood Park in Victoria at a fee of $33,000.
"Sepoy was the best two-year-old Australia
had seen for twenty years and he was the world champion three-year-old
sprinter," said Sam Bullard, Darley's director of stallions.
"He is the most popular stallion on our roster in Australia this year
where he stands at a fee of AUD$66,000. We already stand Raven's Pass, another
son of Elusive Quality, and it's a sireline that is excelling in Europe."
Mick Buckley, Darley's Nominations Manager in Ireland said: "Had it not
been for Sepoy, Helmet would have been the champion two-year-old. He won two
Group One's at two, was a Guineas winner at three, is gorgeous looking and will
suit European breeders down to the ground."
Helmet's sire Exceed and Excel is one of the few Australian bred reverse
shuttle sires that have proven successful in both hemispheres and has a big
European pedigree on his female side so may well find a niche in the market.
Fees for the pair have yet to be set.
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