| Owner: Richard Tattersall
Breeder: Sir Charles Bunbury
Won Grosvenor Stakes,Newmarket; Great Subscription Race,York. He was never beaten.
Painting attributed to John Best. Note from Christies of London catalog, "Highflyer, was foaled in 1774, and owned by Richard Tattersall. Unbeaten in twelve starts on the racecourse, Highflyer went on to sire three Derby winners at Highflyer Hall, Tattersall's home near Ely in Cambridgeshire." Richard Tattersall was founder of Tattersall's Auction house.
Leading sire 13 times, 1785-96,98.
Sire of Derby winners NOBLE(1786), SIR PETER TEAZLE(1787) & SKYSCRAPER(1789). Sired St. Leger winners OMPHALE (filly,1784), COWSLIP (filly,1785),SPADILLE(1787) & YOUNG FLORA (filly,1788). Also Oaks winner VOLANTE(1792). BMS of Derby winners SPREAD EAGLE, DIDELOT, & CHAMPION. His male line,sadly,went extinct in the 1980s.
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(GB) b. H, 1774
DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf 