ACQUIRED for €130,000 as a four-year-old through Highflyer Bloodstock at Arqana, Ma Filleule was already a prolific winner, landing a hat-trick which culminated with a victory at Auteuil.

Moved to Nicky Henderson’s yard, she went on to add five more successes to her record, and she was unlucky not to land a Grade 1 race. Her most important victory over hurdles came in the Grade 2 OLBG.com Mares’ Hurdle at Warwick, the only time that AP McCoy rode her. Over fences her biggest success came over the Grand National fences when she was a comprehensive winner of the Grade 3 Topham Chase.