Fiveforthree

Fiveforthree
Fiveforthree at Punchestown in April 2013.
Sire	Arzanni
Grandsire	Darshaan
Dam	What A Queen
Damsire	King's Ride
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	12 May 2002
Country	Ireland
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Peter and Ann Downes
Owner	Olde Crowbars Syndicate
Trainer	Willie Mullins
Record	14:6-2-3
Earnings	£292,659
Major wins
Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle (2008) World Series Hurdle (2009)

Fiveforthree (foaled 12 May 2002) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing. In a racing career which was frequently interrupted by injury, he won six of his fourteen races between February 2007 and April 2013. After showing promise in National Hunt Flat races in Ireland, he recorded his first major success when winning the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival. In the following season he made only three starts but won the Grade I World Series Hurdle at Punchestown Racecourse. Plans to campaign the horse in steeplechases never came to fruition as training problems restricted him to four races in the next four years.

Fiveforthree is a grey horse bred at the Rusellstown stud near Mullingar in County Westmeath by Peter and Ann Downes. He was sired by Arzanni (1987–2002) who won the Yorkshire Cup and took second place in Ascot Gold Cup for his owner and breeder the Aga Khan in 1991. Apart from Fiveforthree, his best runner was probably Eskleybrook, a successful steeplechaser. Fiveforthree's dam What A Queen had previously produced Celestial Gold, a very successful chaser who won the Paddy Power Gold Cup and the Hennessy Gold Cup in 2004. What A Queen was a descendant of Lady Sunderlin, a half-sister of the Grand National winner Mr What.