MIDNIGHTS LEGACY - ONE NOMINATION FOR THE 2024 BREEDING SEASON  

Standing at: Alne Park Stud (GB)

He won five times on the level, including in back-to-back renewals of the Northern Dancer Handicap at Epsom on Derby Day, for a peak Flat rating of 101, while he scored three times over jumps, most recently by seven lengths in a Fontwell handicap hurdle that saw his jumps mark rise to 130 and delivered promise for the future.

The Holmeses, who had bought Midnights Legacy's sire (Midnight Legend) for buttons before he became famous, hit the jackpot as they subsequently covered big books of better mares with him at their Pitchall Stud in Warwickshire.

Midnight Legend’s long roll of honour as a jumps sire is now headed by Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Sizing John, but it also includes stars such as Crosspark, Mac Tottie, Midnight Chase, Midnight Shadow, My Petra, Seeyouatmidnight and Sky Pirate, and it could grow further with his final crop aged only 6. 

Midnights Legacy, who hails from that last generation, is also well bred on the maternal side, being a full-brother to Listed winning hurdler Midnights’ Gift and a half-brother to two more black-type hurdlers in Giving Glances and Forgiving Glance, both of whom are by Passing Glance, another fairytale stallion for the Holmeses. The siblings are out of Giving, a winning Generous half-sister to high-class Flat racemares Burn The Breeze and Lethals Lady, as well as to the dam of Champion Hurdle victor Katchit.

Midnights Legacy will stand at Alne Park Stud, which is being converted from Robin Dickin’s old yard, alongside Spanish recruit Dink, the sire of top two-mile chaser Nube Negra, and recent addition Ocovango.
 

NB All successful bidders must pay for their Lots no later than close of business on 18th January 2024.

_{The Nomination will entitle the Purchaser to have one approved mare covered by the stallion in the 2024 Northern Hemisphere breeding season. The purchaser shall be entitled to a free return to the stallion for the 2025 covering season for the mare covered in 2024 or another approved mare provided that the stallion is still standing at the same farm and is available to cover mares and only if, following the end of the 2024 covering season:-a) the purchaser produces a certificate stating the mare is barren and signed by a qualified veterinary surgeon relating to an examination carried out at least 40 days from the mare's last service by the stallion, OR b) the purchaser produces a veterinary certificate to the effect that the mare either failed to give birth to a live foal or gave birth to a foal which died within 48 hours of birth other than by reason of accident.}  

Approx. Height: - Hands - Inches

Consigned by: Alne Park Stud

Owned by: Thanks to David and Kathleen Holmes for the donation