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Revealed - the sires, mares, breeders and consignors honoured in the 2024 Racing Post bloodstock awards
Martin Stevens with the heroines and heroes from the past 12 months
![Dark Angel: sire of 2024 for the Racing Post Bloodstock awards](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com%2Fprod-media-racingpost%2Fprod%2Fimages%2F169_1008%2F627a11453543-103320.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Dark Angel at Yeomanstown Stud.ITM Stallion Trail.Photo: Patrick McCann/Racing Post14.01.2022Credit: Patrick McCann
Sire of the year
Dark Angel is an obvious choice in the year that he will be crowned champion sire in Britain and Ireland, becoming the first title-holder not owned by the superpowers of Coolmore, Darley or Juddmonte since 1989.
It cannot be overstated what an outstanding feat the son of Acclamation’s rise to the summit of the stallion ranks has been for his owners, the O’Callaghan family of Yeomanstown Stud in County Kildare.
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