Thurloe 2015 Review
2015 was a fantastic year for Thurloe. We had some brilliant winners with some exciting horses young horses. Scrutinise and American Artist both won three times during the season and go into 2016 as progressive four year olds. Scrutinise gis currently sitting on an official rating of 93. We hope to see him in the big handicaps and potentially the Cup races next season! American Artist holds an official rating of 91 and we believe we have gotten the best out of him when he goes over 12 furlongs and on an easier surface. We will continue to find these races for him in 2016!
Last year’s two year olds took slightly longer to come to hand and we are excited to see how they will fare in 2016. The Roger Varian trained Cliff Edge and our French horse Simmantov are set to make their debut runs as three year olds this upcoming flat season. Our new two year olds are now in training with their respective trainers. You can read more about them on our ‘Two Year Old’ page.
Our jumper Val D’Arc has had a renaissance under his new trainer, Richard Hobson. He has had run some fantastic races this season and jumped really well. Out of six runs he has been placed five times!
It has also been a busy time for Thurloe breeding! Tante Sissi had a gorgeous colt foal by Midnight Legend in March and Pretty Flemingo is in foal to Canford Cliffs.
We also said farewell to some Thurloe favourites including the lovely Baltic Knight and Field of Fame. BK was a great servant to Thurloe having won some thrilling races over the years including the Listed Ganton Stakes at York as a three year old. Field of Fame struggled with his injuries as a younger horse but came back last season with some fantastic races including a wonderful win at Newmarket in August. We wish their new owners the best of luck with both of them.
Our INSTAGRAM page was launched this year which is used to share our favourite pictures. This collage includes some our most popular pictures and video screen grabs from the year.
Finally, we celebrated 20 years of Thurloe in 2015! It is a wonderful milestone to reach and the team at Thurloe are so pleased to look back on the great years we have had. To celebrate reaching 20 years we put together a video reel of our best wins from the last two decades. You can watch the video below –