Thistlecrack
British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thistlecrack (foaled 29 March 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt races. Unraced until he was five years old, he recorded his first win in a National Hunt Flat race in 2014. In the 2014/15 National Hunt season he won two minor hurdle races before improving when tried over long distances and winning the Grade 1 Sefton Novices' Hurdle. In the following season he established himself as the best staying hurdler in Britain with wins in the Long Distance Hurdle, Long Walk Hurdle, Cleeve Hurdle, World Hurdle and Liverpool Hurdle. When switched to steeplechasing in the following season he made an immediate impact, taking the Worcester Novices' Chase before beating more experienced horses in the King George VI Chase. His later career was beset by injury problems and he never won again, being retired from racing in March 2021 at the age of thirteen.
Thistlecrack | |
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Sire | Kayf Tara |
Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
Dam | Ardstown |
Damsire | Ardross |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 29 March 2008[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | R. F. and S. D. Knipe |
Owner | John and Heather Snook |
Trainer | Colin Tizzard |
Record | 25: 13-4-2 |
Earnings | £743,651 |
Major wins | |
Sefton Novices' Hurdle (2015) Long Distance Hurdle (2015) Long Walk Hurdle (2015) Cleeve Hurdle (2016) World Hurdle (2016) Liverpool Hurdle (2016) Worcester Novices' Chase (2016) King George VI Chase (2016) | |
Awards | |
British National Hunt Horse of the Year (2016) |