OUR APPROACH
Each year we aim to keep a small number of filly foals in the hope that they will prove good enough to breed from, having shown significant ability on the racecourse. These fillies are selected largely on the grounds that we would like to retain daughters of particular broodmares in the stud. When we select them we have no idea if they will prove better or worse racehorses than the ones we sell.
The fillies we keep are usually raised by us at home, then Michael Moore at Ballincurrig House Stud in Ireland, then are broken and pre-trained by Denis Leahy before coming to England to race. In order to offset some of the costs of training we aim to offer ‘free leases’ on these horses for a three or four year period, with lessees sharing all prize money won according to the proportion of the horse leased by them.
Since our fillies are all fully nominated to the Great British Bonus, there is a significant possibility of offsetting all costs – but lessees are advised to treat their involvement as a means of having fun, regarding any income from wins as a bonus – Great British or other!
Fillies leased or in pre-training at the present time, some of which can still be leased subject to guidelines given at the bottom of this page, are shown below. To discuss a potential lease, please contact Bryan Mayoh on 01691 682822, 07740 306112 or bryanmayoh@btinternet.com.
Fillies Leased / For Lease
| Colour / Sex | Date of Birth | Sire | Dam | Name | Lessee |
| Bay filly | 23/02/2020 | Telescope | La Perrotine | Visions of Johana | Foxtrot Racing, Beese, Clarke & Mayoh |
| Bay filly | 31/03/2020 | Telescope | Feathard Lady | Pretty Flamingo | Foxtrot Racing, Hockenhull & Mayoh. |
| Bay filly | 22/02/2021 | Dartmouth | Deadringerforlove | Livingonaprayer | Foxtrot Racing, Beese & Mayoh |
| Bay filly | 17/03/2022 | Telescope | Down Ace | ‘Psychologicaldrama’ | Having A Mare Syndicate |
| Bay filly | 03/05/2022 | Dartmouth | J’y Vole | ‘Madeforlovingyou’ | Foxtrot Racing, Beese & Mayoh |
| Bay filly | 07/05/2023 | Dartmouth | Midnight Target | ‘Missyoulikecrazy’ | Contact To Discuss |
| Grey filly | 25/05/2023 | Logician | Lifeboat Mona | ‘Letsdothetimewarp’ | Contact to Discuss |
Details of fillies leased / for lease
LA PERROTINE: winner of a NH Flat race & 3 hurdle races; dam of 4 winners including SIZING JOHN, winner of 9 races and placed 8 times from 21 starts for earnings of £776,806 , including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Irish Gold Cup, Punchestown Gold Cup, John Durkan Chase and Paddy Power Novices Hurdle, all Grade 1s; Grade 2 winner ANYTHINGFORLOVE; and and Listed-placed Scholastica. Winner of the TBA Dudgeon Cup in 2017. Visons of Johana, her last foal, was injured when running very promisingly first time out. She hasd been covered by LOGICIAN, with the intention of putting her back into training once she has raised her foal.
FEATHARD LADY: unbeaten in two NH Flat races & five hurdles, and rated 158 after winning the G1 Christmas Hurdle by 12 lengths and a Grade C hurdle at Fairyhouse under top-weight. One of very few mares to be both a Grade 1 winner and producer of a Grade 1 winner, this being the mare AUGUSTA KATE, also dam of NH Flat LW BABY KATE, also a winner over hurdles; and another promising Bumper winner, Amen Kate. Pretty Flamingo, co-owned by Peter Hockenhull, was her last foal.
DEADRINGERFORLOVE, a winning Black Sam Bellamy out of La Perrotine, and so half-sister to SIZING JOHN and Listed-placed Scholastica, and full-sister to Grade 2 winner ANYTHINGFORLOVE. Her first foal, Livingonaprayer, a 2021 filly by Dartmouth, ran very promisingly on her first race for Jamie Snowden. .
DOWN ACE; a TBA Elite mare with a rating of 135 from her win in the Listed Mares Novices Hurdle at Taunton. Won under all NH disciplines, comprising a Point-to-Point, 2 NH Flat races, 3 hurdles and a chase, and was placed 5 times. Her dam won 2 hurdle races and over £50,000 and has also produced Grade 2-winning chaser DO YOUR JOB (also a Grade 1-placed hurdler and three times Grade 2-placed over hurdles and fences); Grade 3-winning hurdler HIGHLAND CHARGE; Listed-winning hurdler HUNTER’S YARN; 4-time winner Ballytober and dual hurdles winner Draytonian, all rated 130+.
By the outstanding racehorse Generous, Cheltenham Gold Cup and dual King George VI Chase winner LONG RUN and another of our mares, J’Y VOLE, are also close-up in her family. Down Ace’s early foals include the multiple winning hurdler / chaser Brandy McQueen, winner of the Class 2 Scottish County Hurdle in 2023, and Minella Diamond, an impressive winner of a Killarney bumper on his second run under Rules.
Filly 2022 Telescope – Down Ace by Generous
J’Y VOLE: an outstanding race-mare who was rated 161 after winning a Grade 1 Chase (beating subsequent 2 mile Champion Chase winner, Big Zeb) and placing in three others; also won two Grade 2 chases and a Grade 3 hurdle, for earnings of over £300,000. By a very successful French NH sire out of the dam of another Listed hurdle winner, JEANQUIRI (who subsequently produced Grade 3 winner and dual Grade 1-placed chaser LIFETIME AMBITION), from the family that has produced Cheltenham Gold Cup winner LONG RUN and numerous other successful Jumps horses, including our own DOWN ACE (and so DO YOUR JOB, HIGHLAND CHARGE, HUNTER’S YARN).
J’y Vole’s 2020 gelding by Yeats, Banter At The Bar, was an impressive winner of a 4YO Maiden Point-to-Point in Ireland on his debut.
Filly 2022 Dartmouth – J’y Vole by Mansonnien
LIFEBOAT MONA: A 144 rated hurdler who won 7 of her 11 races including a Listed Hurdle over 2½ miles in which she beat another of our mares, Midnight Jazz, and a Listed Mares NH Flat race. In all, she won a Point-to-Point, two NH Flat races and four hurdle races. She also placed third in a Listed Bumper after being knocked sideways by a loose horse, giving 10lb to the winner. By the multiple Champion British NH Sire Kayf Tara, she was the third and last foal from an unraced half-sister to the French Grade 1 Hurdles winner, GREAT LOVE, who also won two Grade 2 hurdles and placed in three further Grade 1s to win over €500,000.
Lifeboat Mona’s second foal, Thirtyfour Thirty has to date won a NH Flat race and a Novice Hurdle.
MIDNIGHT TARGET has a TBA Elite Mares rating of 130 based on her win in the TBA Mares Novices Hcp Chase at Cheltenham, a race in which she made all the running to beat The Bay Birch (later rated 152) by a length, receiving only 2lb. She also won another chase and a hurdle race and placed 8 times, to earn almost £50,000. Her sire is the outstanding stallion Midnight Legend and her dam, by another outstanding NH broodmare sire, Presenting, produced three other winners from four foals. She was a half-sister to Black-Type-Placed Rathowen from the family of CAB ON TARGET, GLENELLY GALE, EVERETT and LIVELOVELAUGH.
Sires of horses offered for lease
LOGICIAN, Grey 2016 by Frankel – Scuffle, Daylami. Dam a Listed-placed winner of 3 races, producer of 7 winners from 7 runners, all rated 90+, including Group 3 winner OKEECHOBEE, triple Grade 3 winner SUFFUSED, Listed winner COLLIDE and Listed-placed Battlement. Winner of his first 6 starts including the Great Voltiguer S (G2) and St Leger (G1), in which he easily defeated dual Group 2 winner SIR RON PRIESTLEY, dual Group 3 winner NAYEF ROAD and Cox Plate (G1) winner SIR DRAGONET. His career was then effectively ended by a severe illness late in his 3YO year. A magnificent grey horse standing 16.2+, with a deep body, tremendous limbs and a great walk – the epitomy of what a NH stallion should look like! Also has an excellent temperament. His first foals were born in 2023 and are likely to debut in the 2025/26 NH season.
DARTMOUTH, Bay 2012 by Dubawi – Galatee, Galileo. Dam a G3W & LW; producer of two other Black-Type Winners incl. dual G2W MANITEE and LW GATERIE, also dam of G3W WARREN POINT. Winner of 8 races & placed six times from 20 starts, including Hardwicke S (G2, 12f, beating six-time G1W HIGHLAND REEL) and Yorkshire Cup (G2, 14f, beating St Leger winner SIMPLE VERSE), Ormonde S (G3, 13.5f, beating Irish St Leger winner WICKLOW BRAVE) and John Porter S (G3,13.5f). Also placed 2nd in Canadian International (G1, 12f) & Lonsdale Cup (G2, 16f); 3rd in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S (G3, 12f). A strong, dark bay standing 16.1 h.h.. with a good walk, excellent limbs and great temperament. His oldest crop are only just 6YOs but already these include dual Australian Black-Type Winner NAVAL COLLEGE along with several useful chasers and hurdlers.
TELESCOPE: Bay, 2008, by Galileo – Velouette, Darshaan. Dam an unraced half-sister to Dubai World Cup (G1) winner, Moon Ballad; producer of four other winners incl. one of 4 hurdle races. Winner of 5 races & placed 8 times in 14 races, including Hardwicke S (G2, 12f) beating Hillstar & Pether’s Moon by 7 lengths, Great Voltiguer S (G2, 12f). Also 2nd in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S (G1, 12f, beaten 3 lengths by Taghrooda giving her 15lb), Jockey Club S (G2, 12f), Huxley S (G3, 10f), Gordon Richards s (G3, 10f); 3rd in Juddmonte International (G1, 10.5f); 4th in Breeders Cup Turf (G1, 12f). Best TFR 127, Best RPR 125, Best OR 123. Earnings: £763,293.
A scopey stallion exuding quality, standing 16.2 h.h. and with a great walk. His early crops include Cheltenham Supreme Novices Hurdle (G1) winner SLADE STEEL, also winner of a Grade 2 Novices Hurdle and placed in two other Grade 1s; Listed Mares Chase winner TELEPATHIQUE (winner of 6 of her 10 races and earning an RPR of 151); dual Listed Hurdles winner HARVARD GUY; Listed-placed hurdler I Spy A Diva; multiple Hunter Chase & Point-to-Point winner Ferns Lock, awarded an RPR of 155 as a 6YO; and other good winners over both hurdles and fences including Some Scope, Seeyouinmydreams, Martha Divine, Telecon, and Leissieres Express. Two recent Bumper horses trained by Henry de Bromhead, Global Submission & Scope To Improve, have shown particular promise.
The Principles of our Leases are as follows:
Shares in Lease: The lease will typically involve shares of 25% or 50% of the horse. The Lessor may take a lease in each horse on the same basis as all other Lessees.
Term of Lease: The lease will normally commence at the beginning of the last three months of pre-training with Denis Leahy. The Lessor commits to maintain the lease up to the end of April of the year in which the horse (usually a mare) becomes seven years old (at which time she is likely to be used for breeding).
Distribution of Expenses and Income: All training, veterinary and racing expenses incurred during the period of the lease will be paid by Lessees pro-rata to their share of the lease. All prize money, bonuses and expenses payable to the owner of a horse on the basis of its racing results will be allocated to Lessees on the same basis. N.B. This includes Great British Bonus payments accruing to the owner but not those for the breeder, trainer, stable staff and jockey.
Insurance of horse: The horse will be insured against all risks of mortality for a sum specified by the Lessor before commencement of the lease, reflecting its value as an untried racehorse with breeding potential. Typically the value will be between £30,000 and £50,000. This value may be increased during the lease should the horse win or place in Class 1 (‘black-type’) races. A placing in a Class 1 race might be expected to increase the insured value by 50%; a win in a Class 1 race below Grade 1 level by 100%; and a Grade 1 win by 200%, e.g. a horse intially insured for £30,000 would then be valued at £45,000 after a Class 1 placing, £60,000 after a Class 1 win and £90,000 after a Grade 1 win.
Training and Racing Activities: Potential trainers for the horse will be specified by the Lessor prior to commencement of the lease, with the final choice agreed by Lessor and Lessees (the latter based on share of the lease if necessary). The trainer may only be changed during the course of the lease via a similar agreement of both parties. The racing programme for the horse and the choice of jockey will be proposed by the trainer, but the Lessor will have the right to reject such recommendations and propose alternatives, should he believe these are in the best interests of the horse. Any such possibility will first be discussed with all Lessees and their views taken into account.
Rest Periods: During breaks from training the horse will be returned to the premises of the Lessor and kept there, at a cost of £300 per month plus any veterinary charges, payable by Lessees to the Lessor. Should the Lessor be unable to provide this service, he will agree alternative facilities on a reasonable commercial basis, again payable by the Lessees.
Termination of Lease: A Lessee has the right to terminate the lease at any time that the horse is certified by the trainer as being unable to race within the next three months on the grounds of injury or illness. In addition, a Lessee may terminate his participation in the lease at the end of April in each year should this no longer suit his purposes. Should a Lessee wish to invoke either of the above options, other Lessees will be offered the right to take over his share of the lease. Should none wish to do so, then the Lessor will attempt to find an alternative Lessee. Should this not prove possible, then the Lessor has the right to terminate the lease without any compensation being payable to the remaining Lessees.
Potential Extension of Lease: Should the Lessor wish to continue to race the horse after the beginning of April in the year it becomes 7 years-old, he may only do so if he first offers to extend the lease on the same terms as apply before that date, so that Lessees may participate in the extended racing programme.
Potential Sale of the Horse: Should, during the term of the lease, the Lessor wish to sell a majority interest in the horse, he may do so only if he ensures that the lease is taken over by the new owner on the same terms; or, if not, that compensation is paid to Lessees for termination of the lease to the sum of one-quarter of the value attached to the horse by the transaction, with the total payments made to Lessees being a minimum of £25,000. N.B. It is not a possibility expected by the Lessor, but, should a potential purchaser value the horse considerably more highly than he does, it is an option that must be available to him. For example, in the case that a £200,000 offer is made for a horse he values at £100,000, it would generate payment of £150,000 to him and £50,000 compensation to the Lessees.