as a foal, fiveforthree was offered for sale at the tattersalls ireland sale in november 2002 and was bought for €6,000 by kevin o'donnell of bramblestown stables, county kilkenny. three years later, fiveforthree, now a three-year-old gelding, was sent to the doncaster bloodstock sale in england but was not sold as he failed to reach his reserve price of 24,000 guineas. he subsequently entered the ownership of the olde crowbars syndicate and was sent into training with willie mullins in county carlow.