Lord Windermere
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Lord Windermere at Leopardstown in February 2013.
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| Sire | Oscar |
| Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Dam | Satellite Dancer |
| Damsire | Satco |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 11 March 2006 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Edmond Coleman |
| Owner | Ronan Lambe |
| Trainer | Jim Culloty |
| Record | 22:6-4-3 |
| Earnings | £490,395 |
| Major wins | |
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RSA Chase (2013) Cheltenham Gold Cup (2014) |
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Lord Windermere (foaled 11 March 2006) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing. He is a successful steeplechaser, winning the RSA Chase in 2013 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2014.
Lord Windermere is a bay gelding with a white blaze and three white socks bred in Ireland by Edmond Coleman. He was sired by Oscar, a horse who finished second to Peintre Celebre in the Prix du Jockey Club before becoming a leading sire of National Hunt horses. His other major winners have included Big Zeb (Queen Mother Champion Chase), Rock On Ruby (Champion Hurdle), Oscar Whisky (Aintree Hurdle), Peddlers Cross (Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle), Black Jack Ketchum (Sefton Novices' Hurdle) and At Fishers Cross (Spa Novices' Hurdle). Lord Windermere's name is a reference to the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan. His dam, Satellite Dancer, showed no signs of racing ability when being well beaten in all three of her races in 1999. As a descendant of the broodmare Nantua, she was distantly related to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Nikellora.
As a colt foal, Lord Windermere was sent to the Tattersalls Ireland in November 2006 and was bought for €30,000 by the County Kildare-based Kennycourt Stud. As a three-year-old gelding, Lord Windermere was offered for sale at Tattersalls Ireland in June and at Doncaster in August, but failed to find a buyer. In December 2010, the gelding was offered for sale for the fourth time when he was sent to the Cheltenham Breeze-Up sale and was bought for £75,000 by the trainer and former jockey Jim Culloty. The horse entered the ownership of Ronan Lambe and was sent into training with Culloty at Mallow, County Cork.
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