Synchronised (horse)

Synchronised
Sire	Sadler's Wells
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Mayasta
Damsire	Bob Back
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	7 March 2003
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Noreen McManus
Owner	J. P. McManus
Trainer	Jonjo O'Neill
Record	20:9-1-3
Earnings	£510,775
Major wins
Midlands Grand National (2010) Welsh National (2010) Lexus Chase (2011) Cheltenham Gold Cup (2012)

Synchronised (7 March 2003 – 14 April 2012) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist long-distance steeplechaser, he was best known for his performances in the 2011–2012 National Hunt season, when he won the Grade I Lexus Chase in Ireland before winning Britain's most prestigious steeplechase, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, on 17 March. He was euthanised after incurring a leg fracture in the Grand National on 14 April 2012.

Synchronised, considered a small horse by steeplechasing standards, was a bay gelding with a broad white blaze. He was bred at the Martinstown Stud, County Limerick, Ireland by Noreen McManus, the wife of his owner J. P. McManus. His sire, Sadler's Wells is best known for his success as a sire of flat racers, having been Champion sire on 14 occasions, but has also got notable jumpers including the three-time Champion Hurdler Istabraq, and is the sire of the leading National Hunt stallion Oscar. Synchronised's dam, Mayasta, was a successful racehorse, winning nine races, including five hurdle races and a steeplechase. McManus sent the horse into training with Jonjo O'Neill at Jackdaws Castle, near Cheltenham.

Between February 2008 and March 2009, Synchronised was campaigned over hurdles and won three times from six starts. His most important success came at Haydock Park in February 2009 when he won a three-mile qualifying race for the Pertemps Hurdle. In the final of the Pertemps series at the Cheltenham Festival a month later he started at odds of 9/1 in a field of twenty-two runners but seemed to be well beaten when falling at the last obstacle.

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