High Approval (2023) Horse

Foal Date

05-May-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Mehmas

Prize Money

10708

Owners

Wathnan Racing

About

High Approval ran in the Newmarket R4 AR Legal Collections Handicap, is a 3yo bay trained by H Al Jehani in GB. He is by the stallion Mehmas out of the dam Unsinkable Sam. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, remaining winless in five starts. In its latest race at Wolverhampton on 21 Oct 2025, James Doyle rode High Approval to a third‑place finish behind Return Of The Gods.

Raced At

Wolverhampton • Ffos Las • Goodwood • Yarmouth • Nottingham

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Wolverhampton 21-Oct-25 1230m SYNTHETIC R4 CL5 Md $862 (of $6,689) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:13.740, SP: 2.88 1st Return Of The Gods ( C Rodriguez 133 ) 2nd Noble Vow ( S M Levey 133 ) 0.00L 3rd High Approval ( J Doyle 133 ) 0.85L See full resultsJ Doyle 60.3kg 0.85L3 (9)
Ffos Las 28-Aug-25 1210m GOOD R1 CL5 Md (of $6,689) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:11.030, SP: 2.88 1st Art Lover ( C Fallon 133 ) 2nd Gouken ( G Downing 133 ) 2.25L 3rd Fullstop ( K T O'neill 133 ) 7.25L 6th High Approval ( F Bughenaim 133 ) 9.75L See full resultsF Bughenaim 60.3kg 9.75L6 (10)
GOODwood 29-Jul-25 1210m GOOD R6 CL2 Md $906 (of $59,022) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.470, SP: 8.50 1st Stellar Sunrise ( O Murphy 128 ) 2nd Naval Light ( J Doyle 128 ) 1.25L 3rd River Spey ( K Shoemark 128 ) 0.50L 6th High Approval ( C Soumillon 128 ) 6.25L See full resultsC Soumillon 58.1kg 6.25L6 (15)
Yarmouth 03-Jul-25 1210m GOOD R4 CL4 Md $2,522 (of $9,788) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.830, SP: 1.73 Wore red hood to post, handy, pushed along went 2nd well over 1f out, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, stayed on, no extra closing stages 1st Peel Park ( R L Moore 133 ) 2nd High Approval ( J Doyle 133 ) 1.25L 3rd Kodi Island ( D C Costello 133 ) 1.00L See full resultsJ Doyle 60.3kg 1.25L2 (6)
Nottingham 04-Jun-25 1220m GOOD R1 CL5 Nv $875 (of $6,786) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:13.480, SP: 2.00 Wore red hood to post, dwelt, mid-division, tracked leaders well over 2f out, pushed along 2f out and no impression, stayed on same pace 1st Reciprocated ( C Lee 133 ) 2nd Silent Applause ( R Ryan 133 ) 1.50L 3rd High Approval ( J Doyle 133 ) 3.25L See full resultsJ Doyle 60.3kg 3.25L3 (11)