Marie's Rock

Trainer: Nicky Henderson OBE	Race type: Jumps
Age: 9 yr old	Description: Bay/Brown Mare
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DUAL GRADE 1 WINNING MARE, at the 2022 CHELTENHAM and PUNCHESTOWN FESTIVALS

Her story: Goffs’ Land Rover Sale has been the best source of Cheltenham Festival winning store horses every year since 2014; most notably the Nicky Henderson trained Altior.

Since the BHA and the TBA have overhauled and vastly improved the mares’ programme, we have been keeping an eye out for the right mare to take advantage of these new races, better prize money and increased black type. As soon as we laid eyes on her we knew this 3 year old filly was the perfect addition to the Middleham Park and Seven Barrows’ string.

The Champion trainer NICKY HENDERSON was delighted that we secured her and asked if he could train her. There is arguably no finer trainer of mares than Nicky Henderson and this daughter of Milan was one he wanted to bring home. He said: “A wonderful looking mare who oozes quality. She has size and scope and will be effective in all three disciplines and looks like she will come to hand readily. She’s got a great black type pedigree and I couldn't be more delighted to train her.”

MILAN and FLEMENSFIRTH are two of the most influential active stallions (see the current Leading National Hunt stallion table in the 'Gallery') and you will note that their sire lines combine to produce this mare. She is out of the black type mare By The Hour (Flemensfirth) and is by Milan, the sire of Jezki, Darlan, Beat That, One For Arthur, Sizing Granite and the very exciting Santini, so he brings plenty of stamina to the party. Read about her sire here: https://coolmore.com/stallions/milan. By The Hour was a great race mare in her own right, winning 3 races and placing a further 5 times and was effective over both hurdles and fences. When her time comes, she will also be a very valuable addition to the paddocks as a broodmare providing her owners with a return on their investment.