Master Minded
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| Master Minded | |
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| Sire | Nikos |
| Grandsire | Nonoalco |
| Dam | Haute Tension |
| Damsire | Garde Royale |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 2003 |
| Country | France  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Marie-Christine Gabeur |
| Owner | Mrs Benoît Gabeur Clive D. Smith (2007-) |
| Trainer | Guillaume Macaire Paul Nicholls (2007-) |
| Record | 13: 6-2-0 |
| Earnings | £374,099 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Game Spirit Chase (2008) Queen Mother Champion Chase (2008) |
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| Infobox last updated on: April 5, 2008. | |
Master Minded (foaled April 14, 2003) is a French bred National Hunt racehorse presently trained in Great Britain by Paul Nicholls.
In 2008 as a five-year-old he became the youngest horse to win the prestigious Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival since the race was established in 1959. Ridden by Ruby Walsh, Master Minded comfortably defeated the previous year's winner, Voy Por Ustedes, by a margin of 19 lengths.
Prior to the 2007/08 National Hunt season Master Minded was trained in France by Guillaume Macaire, for whom he finished runner-up in the 2007 Prix Ferdinand Dufaure at Auteuil. Macaire had also previously trained both Voy Por Ustedes and another of the 2008 Champion Chase runners, Twist Magic.
[edit] References
- Independent article - "Master's supremacy steals the show"
- pedigreequery.com - Master Minded's pedigree
- racingpost.co.uk - Master Minded's race record
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