Oscar Whisky
| Oscar Whisky | |
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| Sire | Oscar |
| Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Dam | Ash Baloo |
| Damsire | Phardante |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 10 February 2005 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Stephanie Hanly |
| Owner | Walters Plant Hire Ltd |
| Trainer | Nicky Henderson |
| Record | 28:16-3-1 |
| Earnings | £500,606 |
| Major wins | |
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Welsh Champion Hurdle (2011) Aintree Hurdle (2011, 2012) Relkeel Hurdle (2011, 2012) Ascot Hurdle (2012) Dipper Novices' Chase (2014) Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (2014) |
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Oscar Whisky (10 February 2005 – 6 December 2014) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing. In his early career he showed promise, winning two National Hunt Flat races and two novice hurdles. In the 2010/2011 National Hunt season he emerged as one of the leading hurdlers in the British Isles, winning the Welsh Champion Hurdle and the Aintree Hurdle as well as finishing third behind Hurricane Fly in the Champion Hurdle. In the following season he won the Relkeel Hurdle and a second Aintree Hurdle. He won the Ascot Hurdle and a second Relkeel Hurdle in 2012/2013 before being moved up to compete in steeplechases in the following season when he won the Dipper Novices' Chase and the Scilly Isles Novices' Chase. Oscar Whisky was fatally injured in a fall at Sandown Park Racecourse on 6 December 2014.
Oscar Whisky was a bay gelding with a white star and snip bred by Stephanie Hanly at Grange Hill Stud in Nenagh, County Tipperary. Hanly remembered Oscar Whisky as "a very taking, lovely, really strong foal". 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), Lord Windermere (Cheltenham Gold Cup), Peddlers Cross (Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle), Black Jack Ketchum (Sefton Novices' Hurdle) and At Fishers Cross (Spa Novices' Hurdle). Oscar Whisky's dam, Ash Baloo won once from nine starts in National Hunt races in 1998 and 1999. She was a direct female-line descendant of Fifinella, a filly who won the Derby and the Oaks in 1916.
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