Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Fridtjof Nansen (GB)

Fridtjof Nansen (GB) b g 2015

Track Horse HorseTracker

Fridtjof Nansen (GB) b g 2015

Sire

Kyllachy (GB)

Dam

Thankful (GB)

Dam's Sire

Diesis

Owner

Francis O'Carroll

Trainer

Kieran P Cotter

Breeder

T J Cooper

Last Win

Curragh Fri, 23rd Aug, 19 16/1, C T Keane (1952 days)

Last Run

Dundalk Fri, 24th Sep, 21 10th, 9/1, C J MacRedmond (1189 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Flat IRE

€39,310

-26.00

Under Rules Total

-26.00

Form Figures

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Form Timeline

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Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

Change of Trainer John M Oxx to Kieran P Cotter

Oct 2018

Autumn Horses in Training Sale (Tattersalls (UK))

Currabeg Stables, Ireland (J. Oxx)

Purchaser: James Mescall / Danny Murphy

£24,000

Lots Sold: 1049

Prices

Avg: £25,599

Median: £12,000

Maximum: £1,000,000

Oct 2016

October Yearling Sale Book 2 (Tattersalls (UK))

Cooneen Stud, Ireland

Purchaser: SackvilleDonald

£100,000

Lots Sold: 594

Prices

Avg: £65,359

Median: £50,000

Maximum: £380,000

Nov 2015

December Foal Sale (Tattersalls (UK))

Nuthurst Farm Stud

Purchaser: Abbey Farm

£82,000

Lots Sold: 803

Prices

Avg: £41,800

Median: £20,000

Maximum: £800,000

Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

Date Course

Conditions

Race

Jockey Weight

OR Class

Date

Sale

Consignor

Purchaser

Price

Oct 2018

Autumn Horses in Training Sale (Tattersalls (UK))

Currabeg Stables, Ireland (J. Oxx)

Purchaser: James Mescall / Danny Murphy

£24,000

Lots Sold: 1049

Prices

Avg: £25,599

Median: £12,000

Maximum: £1,000,000

Oct 2016

October Yearling Sale Book 2 (Tattersalls (UK))

Cooneen Stud, Ireland

Purchaser: SackvilleDonald

£100,000

Lots Sold: 594

Prices

Avg: £65,359

Median: £50,000

Maximum: £380,000

Nov 2015

December Foal Sale (Tattersalls (UK))

Nuthurst Farm Stud

Purchaser: Abbey Farm

£82,000

Lots Sold: 803

Prices

Avg: £41,800

Median: £20,000

Maximum: £800,000

Reports in which Fridtjof Nansen (GB) was mentioned

Imposing Supreme doubles up for Gibney

The 2/1 favourite Imposing Supreme, who got into the race as third reserve, landed the Ardilaun Hotel Handicap to gain his second win of the Festival. Sun 01st Aug

Rain comes at the right time for Ramiro

Ramiro enjoyed the bit of cut in the round at Limerick and won the Dooradoyle Handicap at odds of 15/2. Sun 04th Jul

Musalsal loving life on the summer circuit

Musalsal (11/4 favourite) put a third career success on the board, gaining reward for consistency in the Leopardstown Golf Course & Driving Range Handicap. Thu 17th Jun

"Spa at home every day" has Togoville humming on to 14th Dundalk win

Incredibly at the age of eleven record-holder at Dundalk Togoville has triumphed for three weeks in succession, and his score on the polytrack now stands at 14 wins, the latest of which came in tonight’s finale, the Join Us On Instagram @dundalk_stadium Handicap. Fri 26th Feb

Whatharm "not finished yet" like trainer Flynn

On the night when an enjoyable Pat Flynn feature went to air on Racing TV, the inimitable Ballingara Stables operator appropriately struck with the likeable Whatharm in the Follow Us On Twitter @DundalkStadium Handicap. Fri 29th Jan

Acclaim now two from three for O'Brien

Irish Acclaim edged ahead in the closing stages to record his second win at Dundalk since joining Richard O'Brien. Fri 08th Jan

Whelan double to wrap up at Dundalk

Ronan Whelan finished with a flourish at Dundalk this evening to ride the closing couple of winners on the card, topped off by Too Hard To Hold in the Follow Us On Twitter @DundalkStadium Handicap. Fri 20th Nov

Whatharm as the barren spell is at an end now

A lengthy fruitless spell was brought to an end for the Pat Flynn stable when Whatharm (13/2) triumphed in the Follow Us On Twitter @DundalkStadium Handicap. Wed 04th Nov

In-foal mare makes winning start for Condon

In-foal Maid of Spirit made a winning start for her new trainer Ken Condon when landing the Equine MediRecord Handicap at the Curragh today, scoring under jockey Chris Hayes. Fri 12th Jun

Abstraction comes home best in Dundalk

Abstraction won an eventful five-furlong handicap as racing returned to Dundalk for the winter series. Fri 20th Sep

Blairmayne gets up late to land spoils

Blairmayne lunged late to land the spoils in a bunch finish to the TRM Stride Handicap at the Curragh. Fri 30th Aug

Fridtjof Nansen skates in for Cotter and Keane

Placed six times from seventeen starts was the race record of Kieran Cotter’s maiden Fridtjof Nansen (16/1) before the concluding TRM Calphormin Handicap at the Curragh, and he made the breakthrough in good style under Colin Keane to win by a length and a half from the well-fancied Blacklooks (4/1 fav, from 8s in the morning). Fri 23rd Aug

Blairmayne gives his connections a big day out

Eighth in the race last year Blairmayne (10/1) stepped up nicely on an encouraging comeback run at Naas on May 11th, to take the Heritage Hotel & Spa Handicap at the Curragh under Killian Leonard. Sat 25th May

Astronomer brings up double for O'Briens

Astronomer finished off strongly to give Aidan and Donnacha O'Brien a quick-fire double in Galway. Sat 04th Aug

Conclusion puts his best foot forward for O'Briens

The father and son team of Aidan and Donnacha O’Brien successfully combined as Conclusion gained a deserved win in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Limerick. Sat 16th Jun

Saxon impresses as Robin flops

Newcomer Saxon Warrior ran out an impressive winner of the opener at the Curragh, the Irish Times Irish EBF Maiden. Sun 27th Aug

After race at Curragh Fri, 23rd Aug, 2019 (1st)

It's great to be back here again. We've been listening all year to people telling us that this horse is a mile or mile-and-a-quarter horse but we thought he had plenty of boot and six was his trip,. Ronan rode him here the last day, when he was fourth in a five-furlong maiden, and said 'lads go to six'. He was committed today and couldn't ride him. Colin just dropped him in and everything went to plan. He's come down the ratings a bit which he probably needed to as he paid the price for having a few decent runs in maidens last year for Mr Oxx. Hopefully he'll win another one and we'll see how far he can go. I think it's taken him a while to come to himself. He hadn't been showing it on the track for us and then there were question marks asked of him but he proved it today. He was in front, I thought, maybe a bit too soon but he got towed there and in fairness he galloped all the way to the line.

Kieran P Cotter