JEN'S BOY

Race entries

We attended the Goffs UK store sale with our agents Highflyer, a combination that has provided countless winners in the last few seasons but notably Yanworth was purchased from here. We are delighted to secure this fantastic son of the prolific sire MALINAS, out of the high quality producing mare Friendly Craic. This gelding is a stunning looking individual, a fantastic mover and a pedigree to die for.

The most eye-catching aspect of this gelding has to be his pedigree; he is half-brother to not one but TWO Graded winning horses. A very high quality relative in Three Musketeers, (interestingly his trainer Dan Skelton was the under bidder), who won a Grade 2 over hurdles and was placed 3rd in a Grade 1 and also won The Grade 2 novice chase at Newbury. Another of his grade winning relatives, Royal Regatta was sold at this sale by the same vendors and went on to win his bumper, 2 hurdle races and secured 7 victories over fences including the Grade 2 Stella Artois Chase at Ascot and placing 3rd twice in the Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Chase. 

A strapping, loose moving type who simply oozes quality. At 16’1 ½ high “He will easily jump a fence in time but has enough quality about him to be a high-quality hurdler along the way” explains Highflyer's David Minton. "A better moving horse there was not at the sale, a lovely, easy, free way of going about his business and covering vast quantity of ground with each of his strides." The Racing Post reported in the post-sale report: "Highflyer’s first significant play came for the son of Malinas out of Friendly Craic, with a bid from David Minton to see off under bidder Ryan Mahon, stood with Dan Skelton. Skelton’s interest in this gelding looks noteworthy, as he trains one of his three winning half-brothers, the talented Three Musketeers". “He’s been bought for Middleham Park,” revealed Minton, who was accompanied by the syndicate’s Bloodstock and National Hunt manager Tom Palin.