Breeding
He was by the unraced, Goldcourt, who stood at a stud fee of five guineas, but he did sire two Irish Grand National winners. His dam, Miller's Pride, was an ex-hunter who was placed and the dam of the good steeplechaser, May Crescent. Her sire, Wavelet's Pride, won the Great Metropolitan Stakes, a hurdle race and other races before he became a top jumper sire.
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