*2024 Harry Angel ex Heavenly Snow
Ed Walker
2024 Grey filly by Harry Angel ex Heavenly Snow - Ed Walker
The Swallow Syndicate - Ed Walker
We bought this beautiful daughter of Harry Angel for £55,000 at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale in Doncaster. This means she is eligible for the Goffs UK ‘Harry’s Harry Million’ Race at York Ebor’s meeting which we won two years ago with Dragon Leader and which we were sixth in this year with Golden Brown.
Harry Angel was a supremely tough son of the leading sire Dark Angel who won both the July Cup and the Haydock Sprint Cup, earning him the accolade of Champion Sprinter. Whilst a superstar on the track, he probably didn’t wow breeders physically himself or with his first crop of foals when he first went to stud. As such I feel his early successes at stud went a little under the radar. However, the likes of Marshman and Arisaig have cemented his reputation as an exciting young sire that is capable of upgrading his mares. Interestingly, the two I mention above are out of mares by Galileo and this filly is by a son of Galileo in Australia.
The dam, Heavenly Snow, was a winner herself in Ireland but, for whatever reason, never got the chance to race on after an impressive win on her handicap debut. Her shrewd trainer was convinced there was much more improvement in her so her rating of 75 probably underestimated her true ability. Heavenly Snow has had one winner from one runner to hit the track to date and she hails from the Group 1 family of French 1,000 Guineas heroine Matiara and the Criterium De St Cloud winner Epicuris.
Luke Lillingston commented: “Sam has been telling me for some time that Harry Angel is a useful stallion and that we need to give his stock plenty of attention. This filly was therefore on our list and it was love at first sight when I had the pleasure of inspecting her. She is beautifully balanced, with the proverbial head of a princess and the bottom of a washer woman! She quickly became our nap of the day and I’m very excited to have secured her Her beautifully-bred broodmare sire, Australia, is starting to really kick goals in that respect and indeed the Sadler’s Wells sire line in general has worked extremely well with Harry Angel, including in Australia (the continent ).’
Shares are on sale on a first come first serve basis – for more information please get in touch now…
sam@kvsyndicates.com
The share price includes all costs relating to the horse for the first year. This includes the purchase price, training fees, vets fees, budgeted racing/entry costs, insurance, buyer commission, and a management fee.
The management fee includes all administration, guaranteed badges when the horse runs, additional racecourse hospitality where possible, communication and event management, hospitality at the various trainer open mornings, and invitations to various other Kennet Valley events during the year. We always try to go the extra mile to give our owners the best possible experience!
ED WALKER
LAMBOURN, BERKSHIRE
GOLDEN BROWN & MOLLIE FOSTER
Ed Walker is based at the beautiful Kingsdown Stables in Upper Lambourn and has become a highly respected figure within British racing. Over recent seasons, he has built a reputation as one of the most progressive and capable trainers in the country. So far in 2025, Ed and his team have enjoyed an exceptional run of form, including multiple Group-level successes and a scintillating Royal Ascot double. Ed currently trains our much-loved Mollie Foster, who provided her Kennet Valley owners with some unforgettable moments last season. Her year culminated in a superb performance at the Curragh, where she finished second in the €500,000 Goffs Sales Race, collecting just shy of €100,000 in prize money. True to her ‘pocket rocket’ nickname, she continues to run with great heart this season, and we remain confident that a return to the winner’s enclosure is close at hand. Ed also trains our exciting two-year-old Golden Brown, who has shown plenty of promise and run with great credit despite being narrowly denied a win. Recently gelded and still learning his trade, he has big targets ahead in valuable sales races later this season - and we are looking forward to seeing how he progresses in the coming months.
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