Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Rather Be (IRE)

Rather Be (IRE) b g 10th Apr 2011

Track Horse HorseTracker

Rather Be (IRE) b g 10th Apr 2011

Sire

Oscar (IRE)

Dam

Irish Wedding (IRE)

Dam's Sire

Boyne Valley

Owner

Matt & Lauren Morgan

Trainer

Nicky Henderson

Breeder

John Hore

Last Win

Fakenham Fri, 16th Feb, 18 2/7Fav, Jeremiah McGrath (2457 days)

Last Run

Cheltenham Wed, 17th Apr, 19 p.u., 8/1, J McGrath (2032 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Hurdle GB

43%

£49,766

7.00

Chase GB

29%

£32,529

-3.99

NHF GB

25%

£4,569

-1.50

Under Rules Total

33%

1.51

Form Figures

U1-2911-2U181-U12B5-9P/

Form Timeline

Form Figures - U1-2911-2U181-U12B5-9P/

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

May 2019

Spring Hit P2p Sale (Goffs UK)

Seven Barrows (Nicky Henderson)

Purchaser: Highflyer/Events Master Racing

£18,000

Lots Sold: 405

Prices

Avg: £22,700

Median: £10,000

Maximum: £620,000

17Apr19 Che 20f Good 4y+ HcapHdl(25K)

11-6[8/1]ts¹srpulled up in race won by Le Patriote

Jeremiah McGrath

Rated 140 2

9/18/1

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

May 2019

Spring Hit P2p Sale (Goffs UK)

Seven Barrows (Nicky Henderson)

Purchaser: Highflyer/Events Master Racing

£18,000

Lots Sold: 405

Prices

Avg: £22,700

Median: £10,000

Maximum: £620,000

Reports in which Rather Be (IRE) was mentioned

Hughes excels as Whitaker lands Cheltenham finale

Brian Hughes delivered Mister Whitaker in the final strides to beat Rather Be in a thrilling finish to the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Tue 13th Mar

Henderson and McGrath win Aintree opener

Rather Be atoned for his early departure at the Cheltenham Festival with a battling success in the Alder Hey Children's Charity Handicap Hurdle at Aintree. Fri 07th Apr

Elliott top trainer after Classic win

Champagne Classic gave Gordon Elliott his sixth winner of the Cheltenham Festival when taking the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle under JJ Slevin. Fri 17th Mar

After race at Aintree Fri, 7th Apr, 2017 (1st)

He deserved that as he was brought down early at Cheltenham when I couldn't split him and Thomas Campbell. It was the same this time as they've finished first and fourth. It's great for Matt (Morgan, owner) after what happened at Cheltenham. Some might see what happened there as a blessing but it was annoying at the time, I can tell you.

Nicky Henderson