Twist Magic
| Twist Magic | |
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| Sire | Winged Love |
| Grandsire | In The Wings |
| Dam | Twist Scarlett |
| Damsire | Lagunas |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 20 April 2002 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Dr. Georg Hastrich and Co. |
| Owner | Guillaume Macaire Barry Fulton, Tony Hayward & Michael Lynch |
| Trainer | Paul Nicholls |
| Record | 30: 10-3-5 |
| Earnings | £579,969 |
| Major wins | |
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Maghull Novices' Chase (2007) Tingle Creek Chase (2007, 2009) Punchestown Champion Chase (2008) Celebration Chase (2009) Victor Chandler Chase (2010) |
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Twist Magic (20 April 2002 – 15 December 2010) was a French-bred, British-trained National Hunt horse trained by Paul Nicholls. He specialised as a two mile chaser, and recorded many top class wins such as the Tingle Creek in 2007 and 2009 and the Victor Chandler Chase in 2010. He suffered a fatal injury while racing in the rearranged Peterborough Chase at Newbury and had to be put down. He was a rather quirky character, although not at his best at Cheltenham, he was one of the best two mile chasers of his generation.
Twist Magic was bred by Dr. Georg Hastrich and Co. and initially trained by Guillaume Macaire. He was sired by Irish Derby winner Winged Love a son of Coronation Cup and Breeders Cup Turf winner In The Wings. His dam Twist Scarlett was a daughter of Deutsches Derby winner Lagunas.
Twist Magic made his debut at Auteuil in France as a three-year-old. Racing in a hurdle race over two miles seven furlongs, he finished third to Sasso Lungo. He filled the same position in another hurdle race behind Golden Silver, before winning at the third attempt in June. He was then sold to Barry Fulton, Tony Hayward and Michael Lynch, and relocated to Paul Nicholls’ yard in Somerset, England.
Twist Magic made his British debut in the Wensleydale Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Wetherby in October 2005. Sent off the 11/10 favourite, he was ridden by Paddy Brennan to finish sixth behind Aviation. He next ran in a similar event at Wincanton in December, and won by nine lengths from Pace Shot under Christian Williams. Stepped up in class to Grade 1 company in the Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow, Twist Magic finished fifth behind Blue Shark. He next finished a distant third to Kasbah Bliss in the Grade 2 Adonis Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown in February. Twist Magic rather underperformed in his next start in the Grade 1 Anniversary 4yo Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree, pulling up two flights from the finish behind Detroit City.
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