We thought it was an abscess, but it might be a bit more than that. Thistlecrack followers hoping for a boxing day miracle in king. Find everything you need to know about horse racing at. Check for thistlecrack latest racing results, form statistics, historic data and horse details. E asily the most popular winner of boxing days king george vi chase would be thistlecrack. The problem we had just before christmas hasnt corrected itself yet and hes still not sound so are just going to hang fire for a while. Thistlecrack was crowned horse of the national hunt season, but misses the.
Thistlecrack can be a thorn in bites side independent. Thistlecrack was favourite for the gold cup before injuring a tendon last week trainer colin tizzard has ended all speculation about thistlecrack running in the timico cheltenham gold cup by. Thistlecrack horse profile sky sports horse racing. Get horse racing news, video replays, racecards, results, form, tips, features and odds comparison. Thistlecrack odds 2017 cheltenham festival ante post bets. Thistlecrack was not really respecting one or two of his hurdles at cheltenham, so if he does go novice chasing next term and he has reportedly schooled well the gold cup has got to be the target and the 101 currently available looks fair, for what may be a mouthwatering clash with vautour, don cossack, coneygree and djakadam. Thistlecrack has managed to win races in its career so far. The forums are a wonderful source of information and support for members of the horse community. Racecourses horses jockeys head 2 head race results trends. Thistlecrack will have a racecourse gallop at exeter on wednesday as the tizzard team continue his buildup towards a fourth run in the ladbrokes king george vi chase at kempton. Thistlecracks odds for the king george vi chase have been pushed out after a length defeat behind surprise 401 winner beer goggles in the long distance hurdle at newbury.
Thistlecrack wins at cheltenham, will be invited to. Thistlecracks odds rise for king george vi chase daily. They have an 8 year old and the race is cutting up. Thistlecrack produced an incredible performance to run out. Racing fans were left reeling by the news thistlecrack will miss cheltenham and the rest of the season due to injury. Very few who watched thistlecrack destroy a decent field in last years king george could have imagined colin tizzards charge wouldnt start as favourite. Step forward tizzard, the man to stem this growing green tide. Surely they cant be swayed by cue card being on for the million bonus.
Cheltenham festival fans could finally get some much welcome good news. Cheltenham gold cup favourite thistlecrack ruled out of. The colin tizzardtrained 10yearold was expected to become one of racing. Thistlecrack has taken his form to a new level this season and looks a worthy favourite to land the feature race on day three of the cheltenham festival, the world hurdle 15. Thistlecrack wins world hurdle at cheltenham festival. The bruised foot which caused thistlecrack to miss the king george vi. Sent off a long oddson favourite for that contest because of a string of classy displays first at newbury, then ascot and twice at cheltenham, including his world hurdle romp. Welcome to, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. Thistlecrack form guide dog racing greyhound results. Unraced until he was five years old, he recorded his first win in a national hunt flat race in 2014. How bad is it to have thistle in hay chronicle forums. Thistlecrack thoroughbred horse profile, next race, formguide, stats, breeding, news, jockey and trainer information for race horse thistlecrack from racing and. The 11yearold won the boxing day feature as a novice in 2016 and while he has had his injury problems in the interim, he also finished fourth in the 2017 renewal.
Thistlecrack came out of the middle of a field of 12 and galloped home to win the u. Thistlecrack won the king george chase in a manner that recalled desert orchid and dotted his round with leaps that left the crowd and opponents, including cue card, gasping published. The thistle is a mare born in 2006 november 9 by umatilla out of all black symphony. All the latest horse racing form, betting odds, news, breeding, jockey and trainer information for the thistle. Thistlecrack will not run in the timico cheltenham gold cup after sustaining a leg injury, leaving the door open for the festival showcase in a few weeks time 17 march the colin tizzard. In the 201415 national hunt season he won two minor hurdle races before improving when tried over long distances and winning the grade 1 sefton novices hurdle.
Gold cup favourite thistlecrack out for the season. Thistlecrack followers hoping for a boxing day miracle in. Thistlecrack will miss the cheltenham gold cup for the second year in a row after suffering a stress fracture in his leg. Return is the theme of jack thistledowns 2018 race meet that opens monday, april 30, as thoroughbreds and horsemen come back for live racing and a celebrated racing series makes a stop in. Tizzard, who had moved his horses to a new training facility away from his dairy farm. View results and future entries as well as statistics by.
Thistlecrack foaled 29 march 2008 is a british thoroughbred racehorse who competes in national hunt races. Colin tizzard keeping all options open for electric thistlecrack updated wednesday, 26 oct 2016 15. Equibase company is the official supplier of racing information and statistics to americas best racing, breeders cup, daily racing form, ntra, the jockey club, tra, tvg and xpressbet. When he won the 2016 race, he tore around kempton in the manner of a child ripping open presents.
Thistlecrack produced an incredible performance to run out a brilliant winner of the 32red king george vi chase at kempton. Includes date entered, race time and latest betting odds. If you had backed thistlecrack throughout its career youd have achieved a 163% return on investment. The thistle racehorse profile, stats, form guide, news. Thistlecrack won the world hurdle at cheltenham by seven lengths prerace favourite beat alpha des obeaux and bobs worth to title winning jockey tom scudamore calls horse the best i have ever sat on. Cheltenham needed a hero after various highprofile absentees over recent weeks were. The lightlyraced eightyearold was reasonably promising in younger. Im not going to say he wont run again because he might. Horse racing football greyhounds golf darts rugby union cricket snooker tennis. Colin tizzards star novice had topped the gold cup betting since his fabulous king george victory on boxing day last year but will now miss out on the opportunity to become the second novice to win the race in the last three years. Thistledown racing season opens april 30 bloodhorse. All previous runs for horse thistlecrack gb all runs, wins, entries and declarations. Thistlecrack finished fifth in the championship standard open nh flat race at ascot racecourse. Thistlecrack beats cue card in king george vi chase victory.
Mrs rose boyd is of course partowner of hurricane fly, with george creighton, and she has much to look forward to with another willie mullins horse, killultagh vic, now a grade 1 winner, courtesy of his irish daily mirror novice hurdle success at punchestown under paul townend. Thistlecrack can cap a tremendous season by taking the ryanair world hurdle for trainer colin tizzard and jockey tom scudamore. Big mistake when lion injure a hyena clan of hyenas punish lion to rescue their comrades duration. The dominant force in the staying hurdle division last season and unbeate. David thiselton opened this fan page in honour of a potential great before the season of his attempt at. Thistlecrack beats cue card to king george vi chase. Lambourn open day renamed in honour of many clouds written by tony millett. Ive heard that thistlecrack out of gold cup betfair. It has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. Although the current score, time elapsed, video and other data provided on this site is sourced from live feeds provided by third parties, you should be aware that this data may be subject to a time delay andor be inaccurate. Thistlecrack thoroughbred horse profile next race, form, stats. Horse racing football greyhounds golf darts rugby union cricket snooker tennis boxing mma nfl other sports.
The 2017 lambourn open day is being renamed in honour of the racehorse many clouds who was trained at oliver sherwoods lambourn yard. Thistlecrack followers hoping for a boxing day miracle in king george. The list of highprofile list of casualties who will not feature during. Thistlecrack is the latest big name to miss the cheltenham festival. Lambourn open day renamed in honour of many clouds horsebox. The event on good friday april 14 will be known as the many clouds lambourn open day. Thistlecrack foaled 29 march 2008 is a british thoroughbred racehorse who competes in. Thistlecrack ruled out of cheltenham gold cup for second. While it s understandably tempting to share information or search for input on other topics upon which members might have a similar level of knowledge, members must maintain the focus on. Thistlecrack owners must be itching to run in the kg. Please also be aware that other betfair customers may have access to data that is faster andor more accurate than the data shown. Conversations in horserelated forums should be horserelated. The current race record for the thistle is 0 wins from 7 starts.