'As with Dubawi, Cracksman could be proving all the big judges wrong again'
Kitty Trice speaks to Darley's Sam Bullard about Cracksman's fine start at stud
It is just as well Cracksman can't read, otherwise the son of Frankel might feel the weight of expectation on him as there has been on his sire, grandsire and great grandsire in years gone by.
There is no denying there is growing buzz about Darley's four-time Group 1 winner now too, as his first crop of runners have not only hit the track but left a red-hot trail in their wake.
Cracksman has sired eight individual winners from fewer than 20 runners, five of them in Britain including the unbeaten Dance In The Grass. A chestnut who followed in the footsteps of Inspiral in landing the Star Stakes at Sandown last month, she now looks a bargain having sold from Willie Carson's Minster Stud to Mark and Charlie Johnston for 57,000gns at Tattersalls Book 1.
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