Highflyer Horse Pedigree

Owner: 1) Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke 2) Richard Tattersall
Breeder: Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet
Winnings: 12 Starts: 12 - 0 - 0, Ł9,336

One of the greatest racehorses of the 18th century, undefeated in 12 starts, and a magnificent stallion, 13 times Champion Sire

Principal victories, all at Newmarket:- 1778:- 8 Jul - Grosvenor Stakes (1/4, from Stormer and Satellite); 28 Sep - 1400 Guineas Stakes (1/9, from Il'mio, Firm and Jupiter); 1779:- 10 Apr - 900gns stakes (1/4, from Magog); 1 May - 800gns stakes (1/4, from Dorimant and Dictator); 26 Aug - Great Subscription Purse [6yo+ division] York (1/20, from Venetian)

Champion Sire 1785 to 1796 and 1798, sire of 470 winners of over Ł170,000

Sire of Derby winners Noble (1786), Sir Peter Teazle (1787, 10 times Champion Sire), Skyscraper (1789),

St. Leger winners Omphale (1784), Cowslip (1785), Spadille (1787), Young Flora (1788), Oaks winner Volante (1792)

Died October 1793 aged 19, and had inscribed on his gravestone: "Here lieth the perfect and beautiful symmetry of the much lamented Highflyer, by whom and his wonderful offspring the celebrated [Richard] Tattersall acquired a noble fortune, but was not ashamed to acknowledge it"

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