Mick & David Easterby: Racing Syndicates and Racehorse Ownership






Bulmer Bank (GB)

Bulmer Bank (GB)



SireNational Defense
DamReadyandaway
Age 3
DOB 15 Mar 21
Sex gelding
Passport
Colour bay
Status In training
Owner Mr B Padgett
Breeder Highbank Stud LLP
Source
Goffs UK October HIT & Yearling Sale 2022 [135]
OR [F]F: 66
Gallery

A smart gelding by National Defense, he is a half brother to three winners including Kissoffire (by Elusive Quality) (3 wins in Canada and £44,357 and placed 8 times) and Lina's Star (by Lawman) who was a winner at 2 years old and also placed 4 times.

Sire National Defense was champion two-year-old colt in France after winning the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (a one mile Group 1 race for 2-year-olds). He was a successful sire, his progeny including the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Twilight Gleaming, a filly who was also second in the Queen Mary Stakes. National Defense died in September 2022 in Australia.

News

11Nov23
Two Best Turned Out winners at Newcastle
26Aug23
Promising runs from juveniles at York



Date Race





Passport details are here (staff only)



BULMER BANK

bay gelding

15 Mar 21
National Defense Invincible Spirit Green Desert
Rafha
Angel Falls Kingmambo
Anna Palariva
Readyandaway More Than Ready Southern Halo
Woodman's Girl
Staraway Star de Naskra
Iceaway



Inbreeding
Mr. Prospector: 4S X 5D
Northern Dancer: 5S X 5D
Naskra: 4D X 5D

Dosage
Dosage Profile: 3 1 6 2 0
Dosage Index: 1.40
Center of Distribution: +0.42


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NATIONAL DEFENSE (GB), Bay horse, 2014, by Invincible Spirit (IRE), out of Angel Falls (GB), by Kingmambo (USA). Jt 2nd top rated 2yr old colt in Europe in 2016. Champion 2yr old colt in France in 2016. Won 2 races, value £178,741, at 2, over 1 mile, Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Grand Crit, Chantilly, Gr.1, also placed second in Prix Djebel, Maisons-Laffitte, Gr.3, and third in Prix des Chenes, Chantilly, Gr.3. Retired to Stud in 2018. Died September 2022.