Sprinter Sacre

Sprinter Sacre
Sprinter Sacre at Sandown in April 2012.
Sire	Network
Grandsire	Monsun
Dam	Fatima III
Damsire	Bayolidaan
Sex	Colt
Foaled	23 April 2006
Country	France
Colour	Bay or Brown
Breeder	Christophe Masle
Owner	Caroline Mould
Trainer	Nicky Henderson
Record	24: 18-3-1
Earnings	£1,136,883
Major wins
Wayward Lad Novices' Chase (2011) Game Spirit Chase (2012) Arkle Challenge Trophy (2012) Maghull Novices' Chase (2012) Tingle Creek Chase (2012) Victor Chandler Chase (2013) Queen Mother Champion Chase (2013, 2016) Melling Chase (2013) Punchestown Champion Chase (2013) Shloer Chase (2015) Desert Orchid Chase (2015) Celebration Chase (2016)

Sprinter Sacre (foaled 23 April 2006), is a French-bred, British-trained Selle Francais racehorse. He currently has the third highest ever Timeform steeplechase rating of 192p, behind only Arkle on 212 and Flyingbolt on 210 as their highest in the modern era.

After being imported from France, Sprinter Sacre won two National Hunt flat races in 2010 and two hurdle races in 2011. In the 2011/2012 National Hunt season he was campaigned in Novice steeplechases and was unbeaten in five races including the Wayward Lad Novices' Chase, Game Spirit Chase, Arkle Challenge Trophy and Maghull Novices' Chase. In the following season he proved himself an outstanding two-mile chaser, recording emphatic wins in the Tingle Creek Chase, Victor Chandler Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Melling Chase and Punchestown Champion Chase.

Sprinter Sacre then suffered from a series of health and injury problems and failed to win in the next two seasons, during which he made only four racecourse appearances. In the 2015/16 season, he made a return to form and was unbeaten in four chases. He won the Shloer Chase and the Desert Orchid Chase before taking a second Queen Mother Champion Chase and then ended his season with a victory in the Celebration Chase. He was retired from racing in November 2016 having won eighteen of his twenty-four races.