Shadow Of Light, outstanding champion two-year-old and only the third horse to complete the Middle Park/ Darley Dewhurst Group 1 double since the Pattern began, has been retired from racing and will stand at Kildangan Stud next year.

He joins the Darley roster as the best juvenile colt by Shamardal’s Lope De Vega, following a two-year-old campaign that began with two impressive victories on his first two starts, including a very comfortable win at Newmarket. Shadow Of Light lost little in defeat in the Gimcrack next time out, running on all the way to finish second by less than a length.