Cue Card (horse)

Cue Card
Cue Card at Sandown in April 2013
Sire	King's Theatre
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Wicked Crack (IRE)
Damsire	King's Ride (GB)
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	30 April 2006
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	R T Crellin
Owner	Mrs Jean R Bishop
Trainer	Colin Tizzard
Record	33:15-7-2 23: 10-5-1 (Chases) 5: 2-2-0 (Hurdles) 2: 2-0-0 (Bumpers)
Earnings	£1,208,057
Major wins
Champion Bumper (2010) Haldon Gold Cup (2012) Ascot Chase (2013, 2017) Ryanair Chase (2013) Betfair Chase (2013, 2015, 2016) Charlie Hall Chase (2015) King George VI Chase (2015) Betfred Bowl (2016)
Last updated on 7 April 2016

Cue Card (foaled 30 April 2006) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist steeplechaser, he has won fifteen of his thirty-three races, including nine at Grade I level.

He was a leading performer in National Hunt flat races, winning the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. He was less successful over hurdles but emerged as a top-class performer when tried over larger obstacles. He won the Haldon Gold Cup, Ascot Chase and Ryanair Chase in the 2012/2013 National Hunt season and the Betfair Chase in the 2013/2014 season.

He went through the 2014/2015 campaign winless but after a wind-operation over the 2015 summer, he returned in the following season to record his second win in the Betfair Chase and won the King George VI Chase at the fourth attempt. He fell when in contention in the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup but returned to winning form with victory on his next start in the Betfred Bowl.

Cue Card is a bay gelding with a white star bred by Roland Crellin at Brookfarm, Penhow. He is one of many successful National Hunt horses sired by the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner King's Theatre.

As a yearling, Cue Card was sent to the sales in February 2007 and was bought for €75,000 by Aiden Murphy. He returned to the sales as a gelding in June 2009, and was sold to Aidan Kennedy for €52,000.