Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by color family {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}} Not many horses achieve that! But more than that, with his ability and striking dark colouring - trainer Nicky Henderson nicknamed him an 'equine James Bond' - Sprinter Sacre gained a vast following amongst the racing public. Sprinter Sacre made his first appearance of the new season on 8 December in the Grade I Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown, in which he was opposed by the Paul Nicholls-trained Sanctuaire, who had won all three of his steeplechases including the Celebration Chase. Read about our approach to external linking. It'll be a while before we see the likes of him again. He completed what turned out to be his final season unbeaten with further wins at Kempton, at the showpiece Cheltenham Festival - when he regained the Champion Chase crown - and at Sandown, when Henderson believes he was back to his best. Free bets valid for 30 days, x1 … Sprinter Sacre now has to make that climb back to the top of the tree. In the 2011/2012 National Hunt season he was campaigned in Novice steeplechases and was unbeaten in five races including the Wayward Lad Novices' Chase, Game Spirit Chase, Arkle Challenge Trophy and Maghull Novices' Chase. HOWEVER, no one could know how even greater Sprinter Sacre - now relishing retirement as a 12yo, could of got, and likewise, Altior is still an 8yo and has plenty of time yet to reach the heights of a horse that once roamed the yard he now calls home. He banked more than £1.1m from 18 wins, nine at the highest level - Grade One. Henderson, who will give Sprinter Sacre one more outing before the Arkle, for which he is now as short as 2-1, said: “As Barry said, he’s frighteningly good. Totally ban this brutal horse-suffering barbarian game, just like the Spanish bullfighting that needs to be banned. A truly wonderous horse for whom a fabulously spoilt retirement beckons and and one that he deserves in spades. Taking the lead four fences from the finish, he was never in danger and won by 7 lengths despite being eased in the closing stages. In the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on 13 March, Sprinter Sacre started at odds of 1/4, the shortest price at the Cheltenham festival since Arkle won his third Cheltenham Gold Cup at 1/10 in 1966. And a 19-length Champion Chase win in 2013 was one of many career highlights. [14] Only three horses appeared to challenge Sprinter Sacre in the Maghull Novices' Chase at Aintree a month later. Nicky Henderson’s horse shot to super-stardom, brushing aside all before him. He was paraded by his lad Sarwah Mohammed in the paddock at Cheltenham racecourse before the Shloer Chase. Sprinter Sacre led from the start and drew clear in the closing stages to win by 16 lengths. He currently has the third highest ever Timeform steeplechase rating of 192p, behind only Arkle on 212 and Flyingbolt on 210 as their highest in the modern era. Sprinter Sacre made his first appearance in a steeplechase at Doncaster in December 2011. Fantastically patient trainer. Speaking before the Open meeting at Cheltenham got under way on Friday, Henderson acknowledged the vast public affection for Sprinter Sacre. After an absence of over a year, the gelding returned in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot on 17 January. A real champion and superstar. He started 6/5 favourite and finished second to the six-year-old Frascati Park. [12] Geraghty described the race as the equivalent of a "schooling session" and described the horse as "the special one". This came after he placed third in the Supreme Novices’ the year before, in 2011. Ridden by Barry Geraghty, he took the lead a furlong from the finish and held the late challenge of King of the Night to win by a nose. Ridden by Barry Geraghty, he took the lead at half way and recorded a 6-length win from French Opera at odds of 2/5. Quite simply the best since the mighty Arkle. On 23 April, he extended his unbeaten chase record to 10 as he defeated Sizing Europe by five lengths in the Punchestown Champion Chase. Great horse & brilliant training performance to bring him back after his previous set back. After racing in fourth place, he took the lead at the last fence and held off the sustained challenge of Sire de Grugy to win by three-quarters of a length. After a break of three months, he reappeared in a two-mile novices' hurdle at Ffos Las and won by 10 lengths. The next season, Henderson was giving encouraging reports that Sprinter Sacre was "giving us good vibes"[25] and on 15 November, Sprinter Sacre confirmed it in his seasonal debut by taking the Grade 2 Shloer Chase by 15 lengths from his old rival Somersby, the runner-up of the 2015 Champion Chase. Sprinter Sacre won the Racing Post Arkle Challenge in 2012. Like Sprinter Sacre Altior's previous dominance has faded and he has not run since finishing a distant second in late … Just watched Sprinter Sacre parade at Cheltenham bought a tear to the eye. Dual Cheltenham Festival winner and all-time great chaser Sprinter Sacre is spending his retirement in the Cotswolds. Shishkin bids to join Henderson’s elite band of Arkle Trophy winners which include Remittance Man, Sprinter Sacre and Altior. Despite a mistake three fences from home, Sprinter Sacre made rapid progress to take the lead approaching the second last and quickly went several lengths clear. [4] Two months later, he was sent to Ayr, where he won a similar event by 4 lengths without being extended.[5]. Number 5: Sprinter Sacre Have you ever seen a horse with as much swagger as Sprinter Sacre? Special Tiara and Un de Sceaux set a very fast pace with Nico de Boinville settling Sprinter Sacre behind the leaders. He currently has the third highest ever Timeform steeplechase rating of 192p, behind only Arkle on 212 and Flyingbolt on 210 as their highest in the modern era. Henderson added: "Sprinter Sacre's retirement was not a funeral, but a celebration of life, but now we've got the funeral and the tears all of a sudden go the other way. at all three of the major spring festivals - at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown in 2013. [6] Two weeks later he won a hurdle race at Ascot by 7 lengths "on the bridle"[7] and was then sent to the Cheltenham Festival for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. His next run was scheduled to take place in the Grade I Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot on 19 January, but the race meeting was abandoned and rescheduled for Cheltenham a week later. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. [26] After Sprinter Sacre had recorded his first win in two and a half years, his rider, Nico de Boinville, commented, "He was jumping and travelling like his old self and he did that well in the end, even kicking clear after the last and putting them to the sword. “It’s amazing how this race has gone from about three or four weeks ago, when Shishkin was odds on and everybody said it was going to be boring,” he said. He has proved to be one for the long haul. They had to be very brave at the last, but he's that sort of horse – he's got the class but sometimes you have to tough it out as well. [27] On 27 December, Sprinter Sacre was matched against Sire de Grugy, Somersby, and Vibrato Valtat (Henry VIII Novices' Chase, Haldon Gold Cup) in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton on 27 December. Henderson said: “We are going to miss him. That only grew when a heart condition was diagnosed and, though successfully treated, the horse spent nearly two years out of form and written off by many. Sprinter Sacre took Grade One honours in the Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham with his now-customary panache. Grade One’s are not won by horses that are a former shadow of themselves and it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to climb back to the top of the tree once you have fallen off. [11] Sprinter Sacre was then sent to Cheltenham for the Arkle Challenge Trophy where his rivals included Al Ferof, Menorah and Cue Card. Like Sprinter Sacre Altior 's previous dominance has faded and he has not run since finishing a distant second in late … He then went on to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase in both 2013 and 2016. Sprinter Sacre (foaled 23 April 2006), is a French-bred, British-trained Selle Français racehorse. [13] The Guardian called the performance "scintillating" and described the winner as being "simply in a league of his own". To those who loath the nobel sport I feel sorry for you.Your missing out on the majesty of horses leaping out of their jockeys hands giving their all.In return they are given the best care imaginable. "I've never sat on a horse over fences like him - he was electric. In the following season he proved himself an outstanding two-mile chaser, recording emphatic wins in the Tingle Creek Chase, Victor Chandler Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Melling Chase and Punchestown Champion Chase. "It is not fair for the team more than anything. The plan had been for Sprinter Sacre to race three times this season - in Sandown's Tingle Creek Chase in December, in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot, and in the Champion Chase. [22], On his first appearance of the next season, Sprinter Sacre started 2/9 favourite for Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse on 27 December. GET THE FULL PICTURE: Don't miss out on FREE video replays and our fantastic My Stable tracker. "It's very humbling to think that he gave, and he gives, so many people in national hunt racing, which is a great big family affair really, so much pleasure.". Latest updates and video from the world of equestrian sports. A smooth success in the Shloer Chase on his reappearance suggested that Sprinter Sacre may still have been capable of … [23] On 23 February 2014, Henderson announced that the gelding had recovered from his heart problems but would miss the rest of the season as he was "not working with his usual brilliance".[24]. Watching him win the last of his Champion Chases litreally brought tears to my eyes. Sprinter Sacre missed a planned run in the Tingle Creek Trophy but performed well in a racecourse gallop at Newbury in late December. I wouldn't recommend an HYS on this topic. - and at Sandown, when Henderson believes he was back to his best. What a horse! However, it is the other one to have reclaimed the title Sprinter Sacre (won in 2013 & 2016) which gives those who still believe in Altior encouragement for he is trained by the same handler Nicky Henderson. After racing in fourth place for most of the way, he moved up to take the lead in the straight but was overtaken approaching the final fence and finished second to Dodging Bullets. He cruised for 12 furlongs and then, 4 out, joined the front-running Sizing Europe, who had set a fast pace throughout. It was a year to the day before his retirement was announced at Cheltenham's Open fixture that Sprinter Sacre returned to the big time on the track with an emotional success in the course's Shloer Chase. [17] At this present time, you would have to hand it to Sprinter Sacre on the … May he have a long and happy retirement. Where are the articles and discussions on the manslaughter of hundreds of horses at race events each year who are put down after injuring themselves in racing for the entertainment of man. On 23 April, Sprinter Sacre ended his season in the Celebration Chase at Sandown Park on 23 April. Sprinter Sacre will parade on the second day of next month’s Cheltenham Festival.. Nicky Henderson’s former superstar won at the meeting three times, the Arkle in 2012, the Queen Mother Champion Chase the following year and then he reclaimed his title in 2016 after a couple of injury-ravaged seasons.. Now … [8] At the end of December, he was moved up to Grade II class for the Wayward Lad Novices' Chase at Kempton in which he was matched against Peddlers Cross, the runner-up in the 2011 Champion Hurdle. With Geraghty sitting motionless, he won by 19 lengths from Sizing Europe without ever being ridden out to claim his 8th win in 8 attempts over fences. Sanctuaire set a strong pace and opened up a long lead, but Sprinter Sacre took up the lead four fences from home and drew steadily clear to win by 15 lengths. At the Cheltenham Festival 11 March 2015, Sprinter Sacre started favourite for the Queen Mother Champion Chase but faded by the last two jumps and pulled up in a race won by Dodging Bullets. RPTV caught up with Vicki Robertson, who is now … Retirement. Back in third place, beaten a further 19 lengths, was crack Irish contender Flemenstar. The Nicky Henderson-trained ten-year-old won 14 of 18 races including … Now ridden by Nico de Boinville, regular work rider and stable jockey to Henderson, Sprinter Sacre remarkably went unbeaten in his final season and regained his Champion Chase crown. During his time at Upper Lambourn, he has been lodged in what Henderson described as "a funny old barn at the back of the yard in the dark", adding that "he likes his little corner and likes doing his own thing". Sprinter Sacre. Henderson added: "Sprinter Sacre's retirement was not a funeral, but a celebration of life, but now we've got the funeral and the tears all of a sudden go the other way. "He's something special and he is to be celebrated," he said. "[29], On 16 March 2016, Sprinter Sacre contested his third Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. what a poor miserable horse, worked for the greedy owner for nothing but some food until the last min being considered as a useless thing to be freed finally. [2], Throughout his racing career, he has been owned by Caroline Mould and trained by Nicky Henderson at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire. [18][19][20] Jockey Barry Geraghty, who rode the horse 17 times, winning on 13 occasions, said the horse was "just unbelievable". Later in the day, another Henderson-trained horse. [21], He became the first horse since Istabraq in 1999 to win at all three major spring jumping Festivals, Punchestown, Cheltenham and Aintree. With an expected return in the Tingle Creek, Sprinter Sacre’s retirement was confirmed in November 2016. Nico de Boinville settled Sprinter Sacre behind the leaders, Un de Sceaux and Sire de Grugy, before making rapid progress to take the lead at the third last. I haven't got a clue what the plans are – I'm just enjoying the moment". Ridden by Tony McCoy, Sprinter Sacre took the lead three hurdles from the finish but hit the last obstacle and faded to finish third to Al Ferof and stablemate Spirit Son, who never raced again. Now she must confront last year's champion and also a mare the Nicky Henderson-trained Epatante bidding to give owner JP McManus a fifth successive win and 10th overall. SPRINTER SACRE (FR) entries, wins and results. If you do like racing, may pay more attention on Lewis Hamilton F1 instead of a real horse. Sprinter Sacre is visually spectacular, but on this occasion the stats also do him justice. After suffering heart fibrillations, many doubted whether Sprinter Sacre would ever return to his imperious best. It has been such an emotional time over the last five or six years but I have loved every minute of it. "[10], In February 2012, Sprinter Sacre moved out of novice company to take on more experienced chasers in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. He started the 11/10 favourite ahead of Un de Sceaux with the best fancied of the other four runners being Sire de Grugy and Dodging Bullets. Listen: Emotional Nicky Henderson on "peerless" Sprinter Sacre, He completed what turned out to be his final season unbeaten with further wins at Kempton, at the showpiece Cheltenham Festival - when he regained the. How to get into horse riding, whether you want to work with horses at the stables or become a fully fledged jockey. It has been a great journey. Speaking before the Open meeting at Cheltenham got under way on Friday, Henderson acknowledged the. vast public affection for Sprinter Sacre. [30] Commenting on the ten-year-old's return to form, Henderson said, "He's just been so feisty and aggressive all season... I’ve been looking at him every night for the last three weeks and I just knew that it was still there, and his whole body said that it was. However, it is the other one to have reclaimed the title Sprinter Sacre (won in 2013 & 2016) which gives those who still believe in Altior encouragement for he is trained by the same handler Nicky Henderson. Video from Racing Post. After being imported from France, Sprinter Sacre won two National Hunt flat races in 2010 and two hurdle races in 2011. Sprinter Sacre still has to prove all three to me. Arguably the most popular winner in this race’s history, Sprinter Sacre became the first horse to win the race THREE years after his maiden victory. Sprinter Sacre Un De Sceaux Special Tiara 2015 Dodging Bullets Somersby Special Tiara 2014 Sire De Grugy Somersby Module 2013 Sprinter Sacre Sizing Europe Wishfull Thinking ... the race is now known as the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. I hope the horse would deserve a decent rest alive for a full retirement rather than the story yesterday that reported an ederly dog was being given a last walk that turned out to be 'before being put down' possibly in a gas chamber? He won the race by seven lengths beating Cue Card comfortably. Comment posted by darlo50, at 13:40 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by Berbear, at 12:49 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by blueboy1967, at 12:43 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by bluerunner, at 12:42 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by Baron_Blues_Legend_OBE, at 13:05 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by AndSleep, at 14:20 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by lazy farmer, at 14:10 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by phil easton, at 13:50 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by Boom, at 14:24 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by sorrysorrysorry, at 14:05 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by Old Father Thames, at 13:29 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by sorrysorrysorry, at 13:28 13 Nov 2016, Comment posted by U16619069, at 12:43 13 Nov 2016. Sprinter Sacre then suffered from a series of health and injury problems and failed to win in the next two seasons, during which he made only four racecourse appearances. Sprinter Sacre is now a 10-year-old, two years older than Un De Sceaux, and no horse over the age of nine has won this race since Moscow Flyer prevailed as an 11-year-old in 2005. He won the Shloer Chase and the Desert Orchid Chase before taking a second Queen Mother Champion Chase and then ended his season with a runaway victory in the Celebration Chase. 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"We are the curators of this beautiful, very special racehorse," he said. One of the greatest two-mile chasers of all time, Sprinter Sacre won two Queen Mother Champion Chases and achieved a Racing Post Rating of 190 during a glittering career. Fabulous horse who climbed back to the top of the tree after two years in the second division. He was just unbelievable.". after breaking a leg during the Shloer Chase. [16] After the race, Henderson was effusive in his praise, calling him "frightening... extraordinary... he has this aura about him."[15]. A Superstar, breathtakingly good at his best. Now she must confront last year's champion and also a mare the Nicky Henderson-trained Epatante bidding to give owner JP McManus a fifth successive win and 10th overall. He drew away from his rivals over the last two fences and won by fifteen lengths from Un de Sceaux. Sprinter Sacre was being prepared for a return to the racecourse in the Tingle Creek Chase when he sustained a leg tendon injury in training. Min stake £10, min odds 2.0 (Evs). On 5 April 2013, he lined up against four rivals in the John Smiths Melling Chase in his first attempt over fences at 2 1/2 miles. The 10-year-old was bought by owners Raymond and Caroline Mould as part of a job lot of 22 horses in France that cost a total of 300,000 euros. He was retired from racing in November 2016 having won eighteen of his twenty-four races. The gelding was treated for a back problem following the race and returned to contest the Celebration Chase at Sandown on 25 April, finishing second of the seven runners behind Special Tiara. Please, please do not let him end up like Kauto Star. He's sure to be a star turn on the racehorse retirement circuit - do they still open supermarkets as Red Rum did? Sprinter Sacre was sent off 1/3 favourite and won by 4 1/2 lengths from Ryanair Chase winner Cue Card. He stayed on up the run-in to win the race by three and a half lengths and a nose from Un de Sceaux and Special Tiara. The total included a rare hat-trick of success at all three of the major spring festivals - at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown in 2013. awful. [9] ESPN described his jumping as "sublime" and quoted his jockey, Barry Geraghty, as saying: "He's one of the best I've ever sat on – he is frighteningly good. It's just talent, isn’t it?"[31]. Sprinter Sacre must be made of sterling stuff as he has been through plenty and had the temperament, tenacity and toughness to tread a hard road. Three years on, Sprinter Sacre wins a second Champion Chase. Starting at odds of 1/5, Sprinter Sacre took the lead at the seventh fence, drew clear from his six opponents, and won by 14 lengths from the 50/1 outsider Mad Moose. Official page for the Greatest Ever 2 mile chaser, now enjoying retirement! A wonderful, wonderful horse. Now ridden by Nico de Boinville, regular work rider and stable jockey to Henderson, Sprinter Sacre remarkably went unbeaten in his final season and regained his Champion Chase crown. Follow horse racing with Alex Hammond on Sky Sports - get live racing results, racecards, news, videos, photos, stats (horses & jockeys), plus daily tips. [3], Sprinter Sacre made his first appearance in a National Hunt Flat race at Ascot in February 2010. Sprinter Sacre is a brown gelding sired by the German Thoroughbred stallion Network, whose progeny also include the French steeplechaser Rubi Ball (Prix La Haye Jousselin) and the Irish-trained Rubi Light (John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase). Top was greeted with cheers and tears, and some of the major spring -... 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