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Blue Spinnaker (IRE) Thirsk Hunt Cup and Zetland Gold Cup winner




Blue Spinnaker at Thirsk ridden by Terry Lucas





Blue Spinnaker

COLOUR: bay

GENDER: gelding

FOALED: 1999

SIRE: Bluebird
DAM: Suedoise

BREEDER: M3 Elevage And Haras D'Etreham

WINS: 9 2nd: 9 3rd: 8

PRIZEMONEY:£ 159,099


FLAT FORM:
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Blue Spinnaker


Blue Spinnaker arrived in 2002 after I bought him from John Hammond in France. He had had problems with his legs but I knew I could fix him up and I knew he would be good once I had!

He showed lots of promise on his debut at Pontefract where he was narrowly beaten by a head in a maiden race for older horses at odds of 100/1. At that point I knew I had a serious horse on my hands.

Spinnaker went on to win the Thirsk Hunt Cup and the Zetland Gold Cup along with seven other races in 92 outings. He earned a total of £160,000 in prizemoney. Blue Spinnaker liked Doncaster, winning there three times and he also won twice just up the road at York and twice at Thirsk as well as at Redcar and Haydock.

It was his fifth win, at York in 2006, that got me into trouble. I was interviewed about how I bought him and I got pulled up for what I said on the telly. I had no idea it was a forbidden word that I'd used, but I got a letter for me troubles and a slap on the hand.

Blue Spinnaker was retired in 2011. For years he was our babysitter, looking after the yearlings when they were out in the fields. However, he was tragically killed in October 2020 when he was driven out of his field by poachers. An awful end to one of the most memorable horses of my career.




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Blue Spinnaker: Three generation pedigree


Blue Spinnaker (IRE)
(1999)
bay gelding
Bluebird (USA) Storm Bird (CAN) Northern Dancer (CAN)
South Ocean (CAN)
Ivory Dawn (USA) Sir Ivor (USA)
Dusky Evening (USA)
Suedoise Kris Sharpen Up
Doubly Sure
Sunny Flower (FR) Dom Racine (FR)
Sunland





Race wins

Date Race Jockey Racecourse

28/03/10 AJA Gentleman Amateur Riders Handicap 1m 2f 110y Mr O Greenall Doncaster

12/07/08 John Smiths Fence Gate Inn Handicap 1m Bradley Roper York

18/04/08 Barrie Sullivan Handicap 1m Paul Mulrennan Thirsk

11/04/08 Amateur Jockeys Association Lady Amateur Riders Handicap 1m 2f 110y Miss J Coward Doncaster

17/05/06 Newton Investment Management Handicap 1m 2f 110y Paul Mulrennan York

31/05/04 Zetland Gold Cup 1m 2f Paul Mulrennan Redcar

01/05/04 Hygicare Thirsk Hunt Cup 1m Paul Mulrennan Thirsk

09/08/03 James Halstead Rated Stakes 1m Richard Quinn Haydock

07/06/03 doncaster-racecourse.com Maiden Stakes 5f Paul Mulrennan Doncaster





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