SUMBE I Charyn

CHAMPION MILER - CARTIER OLDER HORSE OF 2024

• Achieved an unprecedented Group 1 treble
• Carries the speed of a top-class sprinter over a mile

• The only sub-01:34 Group winner in Europe in 2024

• Highly competitive across 3 full seasons, on a variety of tracks and goings
• 100% of the in-foal mares sold at Tattersalls and Arqana were sold at an average price equivalent to four times the stud fee.

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DARK ANGEL x FUTOON I 16.00 hh I €35 ,000 Stands & Nurses

Ancre 1

I Race record

Won from 6 to 8 furlongs

At 2

1st Gr.2 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte vidéo
1st EBF Maiden Stakes

At 3 & 4

1st Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
1st Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes
1st Gr.1 Prix Jacques le Marois vidéo
1st Gr.2 Bet365 Mile
2nd Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes
2nd Gr.1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
3rd Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes
3rd Gr.1 Sussex Stakes

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Bred for speed

Bred from a 5 furlongs winning mare whose first foal Wings Of War became the second Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes scorer within his first three removes, Charyn was clearly bred with a speed pattern in mind.

“With Angel Bleu and Golden Horde standing alongside Charyn, the farm offers breeders patronizing this unique and specialist line of Dark Angel a number of options. It traces to Northern Dancer through a series of sires of specialist sprinter-milers that goes like this: Acclamation / Royal Applause / Wajib / Try My Best / Northern Dancer. It’s a sire line built on type that’s stayed consistent through five generations, and that is very much a part of its appeal and reason for its success.”

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Quotes

" His stretch drives are testament to an above-average class and to a merciless ability to post fast, sustained closing fractions."

Bruno Barbereau

" Charyn is the type of horse that we should all be breeding to - sound, tough, and very, very good."

Roger Varian

" When you’re riding a good horse it makes it look very easy."

Silvestre de Sousa

" Dark Angel really does seem to be a force for good in a pedigree, especially as his progeny are often so durable. With only a handful of his sons at stud in Europe, Sumbe could be left holding all the aces."

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SUMBE expands into Australia with a promising acquisition

"Last night at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, I was delighted to secure an exciting filly, marking an important step in my continued expansion into international racing. Following my experience in Australia in 2024 with Lazzat, when he competed in the Golden Eagle, I was deeply impressed by the atmosphere, the quality of racing, and the exceptional prize money on offer. It was at that moment that I began seriously considering the opportunity to embark on an Australian ventu

4 days ago

Young gun throwing 'top-notch' offspring among the exciting sires lined up in Sumbe's blue-chip mating plans

Sumbe is once again throwing its weight behind its roster of young sires by sending them a stack of blue-chip mares. Nurlan Bizakov’s Normandy based operation is supporting its champion miler Charyn in his second season as a stallion with some particularly dazzling names. For the second year in succession, the son of Dark Angel will cover Bee Queen, a Makfi mare who is the dam of Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero and Sumbe studmate Belbek; Providenciales, an unraced Australia half

Feb 9

'We hope the future is going to be bright' - first arrivals for Charyn as Sumbe gears up for major year

Tom Peacock speaks to Mario Gussago from the Normandy operation about Nurlan Bizakov's roster Charyn arrived at the gates of Haras de Montfort & Preaux as the subject of great anticipation. The standout miler of 2024, a son of Dark Angel with three Group 1 wins under his belt, was the shiny new name joining Nurlan Bizakov's Sumbe operation in its own blue and yellow livery. There seems to have been no change on that score, with his first foals appearing around some very famo

Feb 9

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