Politologue, who was skilled by a number of champion coach Paul Nicholls and owned by John Hales, gained 12 of his races throughout his seven-year profession between Could 2015 and March 2022.
After profitable one race and ending second within the different in France, the place he was bred by Mme Henri Devin, the then four-year-old Politologue got here to England to Paul Nicholls’ yard. He gained two novice hurdle races within the 2015/16 season, earlier than shifting on to the larger fences the next yr.
Throughout the 2016/17 season he gained three chase races, together with the Noel Novices’ Chase, and the next season he turned a specialist chaser over two and two-and-a-half miles, recording victories within the Haldon Gold Cup, Tingle Creek Chase, Desert Orchid Chase and Melling Chase. He gained the 1965 Chase in November 2018 earlier than notching the most important win of his profession within the 2020 Queen Mom Champion Chase at Cheltenham Competition underneath Harry Skelton.
In December 2020 he gained the Tingle Creek Chase for a second time, which was additionally his last victory. He gained a complete of £1,038,065 throughout his illustrious 31-race profession.
His final race was in March 2022, when he completed fourth within the Queen Mom Champion Chase underneath Harry Cobden. His retirement was introduced shortly after and Paul Nicholls mentioned on the time: “I’m delighted with that and he’s run very well. He hasn’t fairly obtained the legs of the others now when coming down the hill, however he loved it as I knew it could.
“He’s been an excellent servant for us – he’s gained over one million quid and gained the Champion Chase so we’re actually pleased with him.”
So, now he’s now not seen on racecourses, what’s Politologue as much as?
The 11-year-old gelding returned to the Hales’ on the finish of the season, for his typical summer time vacation, earlier than shifting to Mike and Lucy Felton to get pleasure from an lively retirement.
He joined the four-time World Hurdle (Stayers’ Hurdle) winner Large Buck’s, who retired in 2014, on the Feltons’ Dorset base. He has since been having fun with some looking with Mike with the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale.
Updates on Politologue will be discovered on Mike and Lucy’s Locketts Farm Fb web page, the place he has been pictured having fun with a “spa day” and having fun with time within the discipline with Large Buck’s.
A latest Locketts Farm submit mentioned that Politologue “loves consideration”.
“He’s such a bonny horse who has fortunately settled into life at Locketts,” the submit continued.
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