Owner : Donald Whillans Racing
Pedigree
Sadler's WellsDoyen
Moon Cactus
Neigh Botha (IRE)
2017 bay gelding
Exit To Nowhere
Holmshill Gill
Native Mo
The family
The dam of Neigh Botha,
Holmshill Gill was unraced but is from an excellent National Hunt
family.
A daughter of the unraced Native Mo, she is a half sister to 3
black type performers in Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Native River,
Grade 1 chase winner Orpheus Valley and Rendlesham Hurdle 3rd Night
In Milan.
In all, her siblings have won 23 races over jumps.
Native Mo is also a half sister to Milford Run who is the grand dam
of several more black type horses in Misty Whisky, Air Horse One and
One for Rosie.
Neigh Botha is the 3rd foal of Holmshill Gill and his elder brother
are already winners in the NH field. Arthur Fonzarelli has won over
hurdles and Scorpion's Revenge won a bumper on debut in 2021.
Holmshill Gill had a bay colt by Workforce in 2019 and was covered by Milan in 2020.
About the sire
The
value of sons of Sadler's Wells to National Hunt breeders grows each
year and shows no sign of abating into the 2020s. One of the very
best is the tall, rangy
Doyen (bay horse, born 2000) who was bred by Sheik Mohammed and raced
for Godolphin from 2 to 5.
A
high-class middle-distance colt, his victories at 4 included the Hardwicke Stakes
& King George. This was his best racing year, high class form as
evidenced by a Timeform Rating of 132.
Doyen is extremely well bred. His dam was second in the French Oaks
and he is a sibling to several black type winners including full sister Moonshell who won the Epsom Oaks.
With that background, Doyen started life as a Flat Sire in
2006 at Dalham Hall Stud but was moved to Germany for 3 seasons in
2009. He then relocated to Sunnyhill Stud in Ireland where he has
stood since.
The sire of over 50 winners on the Flat, he has bred over 200 NH
winners with more to come for sure. His best have been
Battleoverdoyen (Grade 1 hurdler/chaser), Grade 2 hurdler Beacon
Edge and Grade 2 chaser Valdez.
Season 2021-22 outlook
Roughed off towards the end of Spring '21 and after a couple of months enjoying summer grass, he came back into training at the end of July for a 2021-22 campaign. Early stages but he is working well.
Neigh Botha, a good looking gelding as befits a grandson of Sadler's Wells, is very promising - one to look forward to in 2021-22.
His debut may not be too far away and really dependent upon the easing of ground towards the end of October.
Previously....
When Neigh Botha was sold at the 2020 Goffs UK Store Sale, the catalogue showed him as the 3rd foal of an unraced dam who was yet to produce a winner. Though the family boasted several Grade 1 winners - such as Native River - Holmshill Gill's close-up page was looking a bit bare in comparison.
Fast forward 18 months and it's a completely different story.
First
foal out of Holmshill Gill by Masterofthehorse named Arthur Fonzarelli ("Eyy!") is in
training with Henry de Bromhead and won a hurdle as a 5 year old,
while the Keri Brion trained Scorpion gelding Scorpion's Revenge ran
out an impressive winner on bumper debut, also as a 5 year old in
April 2021 at Cork.
Neigh Botha joined Dodlands Steading in February 2021.
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| Season | win | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | other | |
| 2021-22 | NH Flat | 1 | ||||
