Celtic Jill (GB)

The 11-year-old Beat All mare Celtic Jill is available for auction. She is sold with the added bonus of a cover to the talented young sire Heeraat.

Celtic Jill was unraced but nonetheless hails from a very smart NH family. She is a sibling of seven winners including Pineapple Rush, who gained valuable black-type when placed in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham, Ace High, who was a 142-rated chaser at his peak, and Premier Bond, who won four times in total and was a narrow third in the Kim Muir at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival.

Their dam Celtic Native was a high-class mare who won 10 races in total over jumps - including eight of her first nine starts - and was good enough to finish third in the Grade-1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot behind the outstanding Champion staying hurdler Baracouda.

The extended pedigree can be traced back to the Grand National winner Red Marauder and the Grade-2 winning chasers Dunraven Storm and Red Striker.

Celtic Jill produced a filly to Multiplex in 2017 and has given a colt and two fillies by Yorgunnabelucky in the years since. Although yet to be represented by a runner, she is clearly the product of a first-rate family and there is little doubt that she retains a good deal of potential as a breeding mare.

Her sire Beat All is currently represented in the broodmare sire division by the 135-rated chaser Encore Champs and the 140-rated Freewheelin Dylan, despite very limited opportunities, whilst the promise of a foal by Heeraat adds significantly to Celtic Jill's appeal.

The Mickley Stud-based sire has enjoyed a stellar 2020, with his son Motakhayyel securing a first Royal Ascot success for the sire in Buckingham Palace Handicap, before following up in the Bunbury Cup. Furthermore, as a son of the extraordinarily versatile Dark Angel (sprinting two-year-old turned sire of Grade-1 horses over jumps) he is the sort of stallion that promises to suit any type of mare.

Celtic Jill is an attractive mare with a cracking page and bidding commences at a very realistic level.  Please get in touch for any further details.