Wayward Lad

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Wayward Lad
Sire Royal Highway
Grandsire Straight Deal
DamLoughanmore
Damsire Bargello
Sex Gelding
Foaled1975
Country Great Britain
Colour Dark Bay or Brown
Trainer Michael Dickinson
Record55: 28 - 12 - 7
Earnings£218,732
Major wins
West of Scotland Novices' Chase (1981)
Peterborough Chase (1981, 1983)
Welsh Champion Chase (1981, 1982)
Timeform Chase (1982)
King George VI Chase (1982, 1983, 1985)
Charlie Hall Chase (1983, 1985)
Edward Hanmer Chase (1984)
Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase (1985, 1987)
Honours
Wayward Lad Novices' Chase at Kempton Park

Wayward Lad (1975-2003) [1] was a successful English Thoroughbred National Hunt racehorse. He was one of the "Dickinson five" (Michael Dickinson-trained horses that took the first five places at the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup). The horse's career ended in spring 1987 with a second success in the Whitbread Gold Label Chase at Aintree. By then he had won 28 of his 55 races on 16 different tracks. That final success, at the 1987 Grand National meeting, brought his career earnings to £218,732, at the time a sum beaten only by Dawn Run. His most prestigious wins came in the King George VI Chase, which he won for a third time in 1985. A row between his owners resulted in the horse going to the Doncaster sales, where Tony Dickinson (Michael's father) bought him for 42,000 Guineas. He was then sent into retirement with his son, who had begun a new career training in the USA.

Races

DateFinishRaceDistGoingJockeyMarginWinner/Runner up OddsTrackRanRef
19 November 19791stStoughton Novices' Hurdle Div.II2mGoodC Tinkler6Rennuci85/40f Leicester 26 [2] [3]
29 November 19791stGarswood Pattern Hurdle2mGoodT Carmodyn/aAbercata1/2f Haydock 6 [4] [5]
15 December 19791stPhilip Cornes Novices' Hurdle Qualifier2m6fSoftK Whyte4Three Bars10/11f Nottingham 23 [6] [7]
29 December 19792ndPanama Cigar Hurdle Qualifier2mSoftT Carmody2.5LumenEvsf Newbury 16 [8] [9]
21 February 19801stLower Swell Novices Trial2m5fHeavyT Carmody3Prelko7/4f Warwick 20 [10] [11]
1 March 19802nd Philip Cornes Saddle Of Gold Hurdle Final 3m1fGood to SoftK Whyte3Woodford Prince4/5f Newbury 10 [12] [13]
14 March 19801stShamrock Novices Hurdle2m4fHeavyT Carmody1.5Sable Pieces2/7f Chepstow 19 [14] [15]
28 March 19801st Maghull Novices Hurdle 2m5½fHeavyT Carmody6Lavengro15/8f Aintree 16 [16] [17]
15 November 19802ndLambert & Butler Premier Chase (Qualifier)2m4fHeavyT Carmody1.5Raise A Bounty7/4f Newcastle 7 [18] [19]
12 December 19801stHeighington Novices Chase Div.II2m4fSoftT Carmody1.5Loch Owen2/9f Sedgefield 10 [20] [21]
19 December 19802ndMerryman II Novice Chase3m½fGoodT Carmody.5Two Swallows8/13f Doncaster 15 [22] [23]
23 January 19811stStayers' Novices' Chase Div.II3m1fGood to SoftT Carmody.5Midnight Love2/5f Catterick 10 [24] [25]
31 January 19811stWest of Scotland Novices' Chase2m4fGood to SoftT Carmody15Royal Dipper9/4 Ayr 8 [26] [27]
7 March 1981UR Timeform Chase 2m4fHeavyT Carmodyn/a Little Owl 5/4 Haydock 4 [28] [29]
18 March 19819th Sun Alliance Chase 3mHeavyT CarmodydistLesley Ann5/2 Cheltenham 17 [30] [31]
21 April 19811stWelsh Champion Chase2m4fFirmT CarmodyheadMaster Davenport30/100f Chepstow 3 [32] [33]
31 October 19811stLambert & Butler Premier Chase (Qualifier)2m4½fGood to FirmR Earnshaw1.5Princess Token2/5f Wetherby 9 [34] [35]
21 November 19811stTote Silver Trophy Chase (Limited Handicap)2m4fGoodR Earnshaw5Silversmith9/4f Ascot 8 [36] [37]
1 December 19811st Peterborough Chase 2m4fGoodR EarnshawdistSnowtown Boy1/2f Huntingdon 4 [38] [39]
30 January 19823rd Tote Double Chase 3m1fSoftR EarnshawdistLesley Ann6/5f Cheltenham 4 [40] [41]
24 February 19821stLambert & Butler Premier Chase Final2m4fGoodR Earnshaw3Earthstopper13/8f Ascot 7 [42] [43]
6 March 19821st Timeform Chase 2m4fGood to SoftR Earnshaw4Bright Dream2/5f Haydock 4 [44] [45]
13 April 19821stWelsh Champion Chase2m4fGood to FirmR Earnshaw4Straight Jocelyn5/6f Chepstow 6 [46] [47]
30 October 19821stWorcester Evening News Chase2m4fGoodR Earnshaw12Night Nurse4/11f Worcester 3 [48] [49]
13 November 19823rd Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase 2m4fGood to SoftR Earnshaw7Fifty Dollars More9/4f Cheltenham 11 [50] [51]
11 December 19822nd Kennedy Construction Gold Cup Handicap Chase 2m4fHeavyR Earnshaw1.5Observe5/2f Cheltenham 15 [52] [53]
27 December 19821st King George VI Chase 3mGood to Soft J Francome 2Fifty Dollars More7/2 Kempton 6 [54] [55]
17 March 19833rd Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m2fSoft J J O'Neill 6.5Bregawn6/1 Cheltenham 11 [56] [57]
29 October 19831st Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 3m½fGood to FirmR Earnshaw10Ashley House1/3f Wetherby 3 [58] [59]
29 November 19831st Peterborough Chase 2m4fFirmR EarnshawshdFifty Dollars More4/11f Huntingdon 4 [60] [61]
27 December 19831st King George VI Chase 3mFirmR Earnshaw5Brown Chamberlain11/8f Kempton 5 [62] [63]
11 February 19842nd Compton Chase 3mGoodR Earnshaw3Brown Chamberlain5/4 Newbury 2 [64] [65]
25 February 19841stPennine Chase3m½fGood to FirmR Earnshaw3King SpruceNo SP Doncaster 2 [66] [67]
15 March 1984PU Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m2fGoodR Earnshawn/a Burrough Hill Lad 6/4f Cheltenham 12 [68] [69]
1 November 19841st Terry Biddlecombe Challenge Trophy Chase 2m5fGoodR Earnshawn/aRomany Count2/9f Wincanton 3 [70] [71]
21 November 19841stEdward Hanmer Memorial Chase (Limited Handicap)3mGood to SoftR Earnshaw2.5A Kinsman8/15f Haydock 5 [72] [73]
8 December 19842nd Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 3m½fGoodR Earnshaw10 Burrough Hill Lad 10/11jf Wetherby 4 [74] [75]
26 December 19843rd King George VI Chase 3mGood to SoftR Earnshawdist Burrough Hill Lad 5/2 Kempton 3 [76] [77]
9 February 19852ndMercedes-Benz Chase (Limited Handicap)3m½fGoodR Earnshaw7Earls Brig9/4 Ayr 6 [78] [79]
14 March 19858th Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m2fGoodR Earnshawn/aForgive 'N Forget8/1 Cheltenham 15 [80] [81]
28 March 19851st Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 3m1fFirm J Francome 3Earls Brig6/1 Aintree 6 [82] [83]
2 November 19851st Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 3m½fFirm G Bradley 2.5AllerleaEvsf Wetherby 4 [84] [85]
20 November 1985UREdward Hanmer Memorial Chase (Limited Handicap)3mGoodG Bradleyn/aForgive 'N Forget4/6f Haydock 3 [86] [87]
30 November 19853rd Rehearsal Chase 3mGood to SoftG Bradley3 Burrough Hill Lad 7/4f Chepstow 5 [88] [89]
11 December 19852nd Tommy Whittle Chase 3mSoftG Bradley.5Earls Brig5/1 Haydock 4 [90] [91]
26 December 19851st King George VI Chase 3mHeavyG BradleynkCombs Ditch12/1 Kempton 5 [92] [93]
13 March 19862nd Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m2fGood to FirmG Bradley1 Dawn Run 8/1 Cheltenham 11 [94] [95]
3 April 19862nd Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 3m1fGoodG Bradley1.5Beau Ranger13/8 Aintree 4 [96] [97]
1 November 19863rd Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 3m½fGoodG Bradley5.5Forgive 'N Forget6/5f Wetherby 6 [98] [99]
29 November 19863rd Rehearsal Chase 3mGood to SoftG Bradley12Cybrandian11/8f Chepstow 3 [100] [101]
13 December 19862ndSheila's Cottage Handicap Chase3m2fGoodG Bradley1.5Burnt Oak6/4f Doncaster 5 [102] [103]
26 December 19865th King George VI Chase 3mSoftG Bradley25 Desert Orchid 9/2 Kempton 9 [104] [105]
14 February 19874thElk Chase (Limited Handicap)3m½fSoftT Dunn/aPeaty Sandy7/4f Ayr 5 [106] [107]
19 March 19875th Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m2fGood to SoftG Bradley6.6The Thinker11/1 Cheltenham 12 [108] [109]
2 April 19871st Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 3m1fGoodG McCourt7Simon Legree7/1 Aintree 6 [110] [111]

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