CATHAL Ennis bred the Grade 1 winner Identity Thief, and it was therefore a proven formula he was following when he sent his winning Flemensfirth (Alleged) mare Raise You Five to the leading British National Hunt stallion Kayf Tara (Sadler’s Wells).

Identity Thief won the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the Grade 1 Stayers’ Hurdle at Aintree, and later went on to taste success at Grade 2 level over fences. While he is the only blacktype-winning performer by Kayf Tara out of a daughter of Flemensfirth, it is probably a near certainty that Wingmen will join him at some stage.