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Wheatclose (GB)Wheatclose (GB) | ||
| Sire | Highland Melody | |
| Dam | Lucky Maid | |
| DOB | 1971 | |
| Sex | gelding | |
| Colour | bay | |
| Owner | Mr G Newsome | |
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Wheatclose's career began with four unplaced runs before he was given a breathing operation. However, the operation had been meant for another horse in the yard, but after a mix up the career of this three year old gelding was transformed.
In 1974/5 Wheatclose reeled off five flat wins in a row. He launched the career of apprentice Tommy Walsh who rode him on four of the wins. wheatclose also ran in the 1975 Triumph Hurdle. He won his first two starts over hurdles and in February 1975 finished second to Night Nurse at Wetherby. His final two career wins came in the space of two days. He won at Ayr and then on the way home stopped off at Hamilton to win again. He was entered for the 1976 Lincoln but missed the cut, running instead in the Crown Plus Two Apprentice Championship where he was unplaced. Wheatclose left the yard in 1976. | ||
| Date | Race |
| 08Apr75 | Auchinrath Apprentice Handicap | Hamilton |
Tommy Walsh
1m
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| 07Apr75 | Castlehill Apprentice Handicap | Ayr |
Tommy Walsh
1m 2f
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| 04Apr75 | Mandale Apprentice Handicap | Teesside Park |
Tommy Walsh
1m 2f
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| 28Mar75 | Easter Apprentice Handicap | Doncaster |
K Lewis
1m 2f
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| 03Jan75 | Trabboch Novices Hurdle | Ayr |
Tommy Stack
2m
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| 16Nov74 | Thorp Arch Novices Hurdle | Wetherby |
G Griffin
2m
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| 07Nov74 | Durham Plate | Teesside Park |
Eddie Hide
1m 2f
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