Pineau de Re
Pineau de Re | |
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Richard Newland | |
Record | 44: 8-7-4 |
Earnings | £677,271 |
Major wins | |
Ulster Grand National (2013) Grand National (2014) |
Pineau de Re (foaled 8 May 2003) is a French-bred, British-trained AQPS racehorse best known for winning the 2014 Grand National.
Background
Pineau de Re is a bay gelding with no white markings bred in France by Michel Hardy. His sire Maresca Sorrento was a winning hurdler in France and has had some success as a sire of jumpers.[1] His dam, Elfe du Perche was not a Thoroughbred, being of Selle Français ancestry. In July 2005 the gelding was consigned by the Ecurie Bayard to the Goffs France sale where he was bought for €20,000 by Seamus Murphy.[2] The gelding was sent into training with Philip Fenton at Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary.
Racing career
Irish career
Pineau de Re began his racing career in
After missing the whole of the next two seasons, Pineau de Re returned as a Novice hurdler. He won on his debut over obstacles at Limerick on 17 November 2010.[4] He was beaten in four subsequent starts but showed good form when finishing second in both the Grade I Royal Bond Novice Hurdle and the Grade II Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle. The gelding continued to compete over hurdles in the 2011/2012 season recording his only success in six attempts when winning a handicap race at Thurles Racecourse in October.[5]
In the following season, Pineau de Re was moved up to compete in
British career
After his win in the Ulster National Pineau de Re was sold to John Provan and sent to be trained in England by
Pineau de Re began the 2013/2014 season by finishing fifth in a hurdle race at
On 5 April, Pineau de Re started at odds of 25/1 for the 2014 Grand National at Aintree.[9] He was ridden by the veteran jockey Leighton Aspell as Sam Twiston-Davies had opted to ride the more fancied Tidal Bay.[10] The race was delayed by two false starts. Pineau de Re took the lead approaching the last of the thirty fences and drew away on the run-in to win by five lengths from Balthazar King, with the joint-favourite Double Seven in third place.[11] After the race Aspell said "It's a wonderful day, this is what we do it for. I've been watching the National since I was a very young boy. As much as you enjoy sharing everyone's success, you crave a bit too. To get a chance to ride in the National is a great thing, and to get on one with a chance is even better".[12]
In the following season, Pineau de Re was again aimed at the National, but his form was poor. He finished towards the rear in hurdle races at Cheltenham in November and Exeter in February and was pulled up at Carlisle in December. He again ran in the Pertemps Final in March, but on this occasion he finished eleventh of the twenty-three runners behind Call The Cops. In the Grand National he started at odds of 25/1 and finished twelfth of the nineteen finishers behind Many Clouds.
Pineau de Re returned in October 2015 and finished unplaced in a veteran's chase at Chepstow and then ran second to Vino Grigio at Sandown in November. The gelding fell at the second in the
Pineau is now a successful ROR horse and has been retrained as an eventer. He is on loan to and ridden by Lizzie Doolittle, who rides out at the Newlands as well as running her own event yard near Worcester with head girl Jojo Glanvill. Pineau has successfully completed several events at BE90 and BE100 level with aims to go Novice this year.
Honours
In July 2014 the sign welcoming visitors to the village of Claines was redesigned to read "Welcome to Claines, Home of 2014 Grand National winner Pineau De Re".[14]
Pedigree
Sire Maresca Sorrento (FR) 1995 |
Cadoudal (FR) 1979 |
Green Dancer | Nijinsky |
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Green Valley | |||
Come To Sea | Sea Hawk | ||
Camarilla | |||
French Free Star (FR) 1981 |
Carmarthen | Devon | |
Kuwait | |||
Varga | Tombeur | ||
Peditao | |||
Dam Elfe du Perche (FR) 1992 |
Abdonski (FR) 1980 |
Bolkonski | Balidar |
Perennial | |||
Abdecka | Abdos | ||
Strelka | |||
Ut de Perche (FR) 1986 |
Carmont | Carmarthen | |
Montagne | |||
Djoumi | Vieux Chateau | ||
Loyola (Selle Français) |
- Pineau de Re is inbred 3 × 4 to the French stallion Carmarthen, meaning that this stallion appear in both the third and fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ "Maresca Sorrento Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Goffs France Summer Sale". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Rockview INH Race result". Racing Post. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Christmas Festival Maiden Hurdle result". Racing Post. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Premier County Hurdle result". Racing Post. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Devil's Bit Beginners Chase result". Racing Post. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Ulster Grand National result". Racing Post. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "32RedPoker.com Veterans' Handicap Chase result". Racing Post. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Pineau De Re triumphs in 2014 Grand National". Racing Post. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Grand National 2014 results: Pineau De Re's beano proves small miracle". The Independent. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Leighton Aspell wins Grand National on Pineau De Re at Aintree". Guardian. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Tom Kerr (5 April 2014). "Pineau De Re triumphs in 2014 Grand National". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015.
- ^ Jack Haynes. "Pineau De Re ends Grand National hoodoo". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Grand National winner sets Claines apart with new signs". Bromsgrove Advertiser.