Lisnagar Oscar
Lisnagar Oscar (foaled 9 May 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained racehorse. A bay gelding, he was bred by Denis Fitzgerald and named after his Lisnagar residence near Fermoy in County Cork. He is by Oscar, out of Asta Belle, and was gelded before racing. He began on the amateur Point-to-point circuit and was later bought privately for £105,000 by trainer Rebecca Curtis for the Racing For Fun syndicate.
In the 2018/19 National Hunt season he established himself in novice hurdles, winning the Grade 2 Prestige Novices' Hurdle at Haydock and finishing second in the Bristol Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham and third in the Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree. He spent the 2019/20 season chasing briefly but then returned to hurdles, finishing third in the Cleeve Hurdle before recording his big moment in March 2020 when he won the Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham by two lengths.
After the Stayers' Hurdle success he underwent surgery to correct a breathing problem. In the 2020/21 season he failed to win, finishing fourth at Wetherby, seventh in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury, and second in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock before attempting to defend his Cheltenham crown but falling at the seventh hurdle.
Career statistics: 17 starts, 3 wins, 4 seconds, 4 thirds. Earnings £245,027. Major wins: Prestige Novices' Hurdle (2019), Stayers' Hurdle (2020).
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