Friday 25th July 2008 

Young Victorian shuttle sire Denon (USA) has joined the ranks of Leading First Season European Sires with his fifth individual winner in Italy at the weekend.

His record now stands at five winners and three others placed from just 13 starters, which is an outstanding result by a sire that was not expected to find such early form.

“To this stage Denon has just 15 named two year olds so he is doing a terrific job with very little fire power against his main rivals, many of whom have already had over 30, and up to 45, runners,” said Mike Becker of Independent Stallions, which stands Denon in Victoria.