Thrush (racehorse)

Thrush
Sire	Missel Thrush
Grandsire	Orme
Dam	Chemistry
Damsire	Charibert
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1902
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Captain J. Orr-Ewing
Owner	Captain J. Orr-Ewing
Trainer	E. Robson
Record	22: 15-2-3
Major wins
Great Foal Plate (1904) Hurst Park Foal Plate (1904) Challenge Stakes (1905) Sussex Stakes (1905) King's Stand Stakes (1906) July Cup (1906)

Thrush (1902–13 December 1925) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained by E. Robson and won fifteen of his twenty-two starts. His wins included the Great Foal Plate, Sussex Stakes, King's Stand Stakes and July Cup. Thrush was owned by Captain J. Orr-Ewing.

Thrush was a bay colt bred by Captain J. Orr-Ewing and foaled in 1902. His sire Missel Thrush was a son of dual Eclipse Stakes winner Orme, but was not a top class racehorse himself. Thrush's dam Chemistry was a daughter of Charibert.

Thrust made his racecourse debut on 4 April 1904 in the five-furlong Gosforth Park Juvenile Stakes at Newcastle. He started as the 4/7 favourite and won easily by four lengths from Choirmaster. At the end of the month he started as the favourite for the May Plate at Newmarket. He faced twelve opponents and finished in third place, three and a half lengths behind winner Grandiflora. He then won the five-furlong Salisbury Foal Stakes by a length and a half from Eugenia Colt, followed by the Hurst Park Foal Plate, beating twelve rivals over the same distance at Hurst Park.

On 5 July he easily won the five-furlong Bibury Club Junior Home-bred Stakes at Salisbury, starting as the 12/100 favourite and beating his only rival Amphinome by two lengths. Four days later he ran in the valuable five-furlong Great Foal Stakes at Lingfield Park. Starting as the 4/9 favourite, he took the lead after the field had run one furlong and ran on to win easily by three lengths from Padrone.

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