Yeomanstown Stud in Co Kildare will stand Gutaifan, a dual Group 2 winning son of Dark Angel, next year.

A tough, high class two-year-old, Gutaifan won the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffitte (beating the subsequent Gimcrack winner) before running a close second to Shalaa in the Group 1 Prix Morny. He followed these runs with a scorching win in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes, in a track record time.

The striking grey shares many of the same attributes as his sire Dark Angel, winning four times over five and six furlongs on all types of ground from good/firm to soft. He is the top rated two year old son of leading sire Dark Angel.

Commenting on the latest addition, Gay O’Callaghan said: "We are excited to have acquired Gutaifan. He’s a great looking horse with tremendous action and a high class two-year-old. Precocious, tough and sound, he reminds me a lot of his father.”

His stud fee will be announced in the coming weeks.