LAST weekend saw notable firsts for a pair of European stallions, one of whom has been standing in Ireland for the past few years.

High-class sprinter Iffraaj (by Zafonic) is going to stand at Dalham Hall Stud in 2015, having spent the first eight years of his career at Kildangan Stud, and this relation to Cape Cross (by Green Desert) and Diktat (by Warning) notched up his first Group 1 classic winner last Saturday.