jezki is a bay horse with a white star and snip bred in ireland by gerard m. mcgrath. he is one of the best horses sired by milan who won the st leger stakes and finished second in the breeders' cup turf in 2001. his other progeny include darlan, who won the christmas hurdle in 2012, but was killed in his next race. jezki' dam la noire had previously produced jered, who won the evening herald champion novice hurdle in 2008.