THE high-class sprinter Markaz raced for three seasons, winning in each of them, including group races at Newmarket and Newcastle, and he was never out of the first six in 19 starts. Inheriting his grey colour from his sire Dark Angel, he is a good looking full-brother to the dual champion sprint filly Mecca’s Angel. Retired to Derrinstown in 2017, his first foals made some good prices last autumn, with 60,000gns and 40,000gns for colts at Newmarket, while another fetched €65,000 at Goffs.