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14-537: Highflyer , highflier or high flyer may refer to: Highflyer (horse) , a British Thoroughbred racehorse High flyer (fishing) , a vertical floating pole used to locate fishing lines HMS Highflyer , various Royal Navy ships Yamhill High Flyers , a first-year International Basketball League team based in McMinnville, Oregon the Univox Hi-Flier ,

28-503: A model of electric guitar manufactured from 1968 to 1978 SS High Flyer , a ship that exploded in the Texas City disaster "High Flyer", a song by Status Quo from Whatever You Want High-Flyer (company) , a China-based quantitative hedge fund and AI company Insects [ edit ] Aphnaeus hutchinsonii , or Hutchinson's high-flier, a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae Hydriomena furcata , or July highflyer,

42-615: A moth of the family Geometridate Hydriomena ruberata , or ruddy highflyer, a moth of the family Geometridate Indianmeal moth , or North American high-flyer ( Plodia interpunctella ) a moth of the family Pyralidae May highflyer ( Hydriomena impluviata ) a moth of the family Geometridate Domestic pigeon breeds [ edit ] Budapest Highflier Danzig Highflyer Nis' White-Tail Highflyer Serbian Highflier Stralsunder Highflier Szegediner Highflier Vienna Highflier See also [ edit ] High Flyers (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

56-567: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Highflyer (horse) Bred by Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet , the colt was foaled at Great Barton , in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk , England , in 1774. Highflyer's sire was the important Herod , one of the foundation stallions for the classic Thoroughbred, and himself an excellent racehorse and stud, producing Florizel (b. 1768) and Woodpecker (b. 1773). His dam, Rachel (1763)

70-509: The Derby and a great sire in the US, producing Sir Archy ), Ulysses , Moustrap, and Admiral. Important daughters included Leveret (dam of Lilliput), Fancy (dam of Rattle), Lucy (dam of Skylark), and the dam of Clifden. Florizel died in 1791. 'Florizel' is on the permanent list, of The International List of Protected Names. Lester Piggott , retired jockey, named his house 'Florizel'. * Florizel

84-413: The blood of Herod and Eclipse to produce some excellent racehorses who would form the basis of the modern Thoroughbred . Estimates have found that Tattersall made at least 15,000 pounds each year off of Highflyer breedings, from which he built a mansion aptly named Highflyer Hall. However, Tattersall was quick to credit the stallion with his financial success. When Highflyer died on 18 October 1793, he

98-721: The colt for 2,500 pounds. Highflyer continued to race, winning with a walk over at Nottingham and in York at the Great Subscription Stakes. He then won the Great Subscription Stakes for a second time, before winning the King's Purse at Lichfield. He finished his racing career undefeated in 14 race starts. Tattersall's grand plan for Highflyer was built to make him rich, and it certainly accomplished its task. It rested on two main points. First, Tattersall would breed Highflyer to as many mares as possible, bringing in income from

112-478: The dams of Meteora, Coelia, N.M.B.O., Dick Andrews, Orville, Paulowitz, Cervantes, Sancho, Oscar, and Bedford. The Highflyer-Eclipse combination produced Skyscraper, Lambinos, St. George, Volante, and Oberon. Note: b. = Bay , blk. = Black , br. = Brown , ch. = Chestnut * Highflyer is inbred 3D × 4D to the stallion Godolphin Arabian , meaning that he appears twice on the dam side of his pedigree, once in

126-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Highflyer . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highflyer&oldid=1142985848 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

140-463: The stud fee (a practice for which he was criticised, as many thought he was over-breeding the animal and later pointed to Highflyer's death at 19 to be proof of that fact). To help accomplish this, he stood his stallion at his Red Barns farm for the initial fee of 15 guineas, eventually raising the fee to 50 guineas. His second tactic was to buy up as many daughters of Eclipse as he could, breed them to Highflyer, and sell them on in-foal. This combined

154-401: The third generation and once in the fourth generation. Florizel Florizel (1768–1791) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a bay son of Herod foaled in 1768. As a sire, he produced 175 winners who won a total of 75,901 pounds. Offspring included Eager (winner of the 1791 Derby ), Tartar (St. Leger), Ninety-three (St. Leger), Brilliant, Diomed (winner of

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168-603: The younger age of 3. His maiden race was in October 1777, in a 2-mile event for 3-year-olds at Newmarket, which he won. He returned to Newmarket the following year in 1778, beating out the 4-year-olds in both the July and October meet, before winning an open stakes, as well as a match against the Matchem son, Dictator. In 1779, he won an additional two races before Lord Bolingbroke accepted an offer from Richard Tattersall, who bought

182-650: Was buried in his paddock, and his owner gave the great horse the epitaph: "Here lieth the perfect and beautiful symmetry of the much lamented Highflyer, by whom and his wonderful offspring the celebrated Tattersall acquired a noble fortune, but was not ashamed to acknowledge it." Highflyer was the Leading Sire for 15 years (1785–1796, 1798), during which time he produced 469 winners, including three Derby winners, three St. Leger winners, and an Epsom Oaks winner. Other sons of Highflyer include Pharamond, Slope, Walnut, Sourcrout, and St. George. His daughters also became

196-566: Was by Blank , and out of a mare by Regulus , both stallions by the Godolphin Arabian , making Rachel inbred 2x3 to the great stallion. Blank also sired Pacolet (1763). Highflyer was a half-brother to Mark Anthony (b c 1767 Spectator) who sired the Epsom Derby winner Aimwell. Highflyer began his racing career at a time when the trend was shifting from starting Thoroughbreds at the track at age 5, to instead begin racing them at

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