Wayward Lad

Wayward Lad (1975-2003)[1] was an English Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the "Dickinson five". (Michael Dickinson trained all the horses which took the first five places at the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup). But there was far more than that to Wayward Lad's career, which ended in spring 1987 with an emotional second success in the Whitbread Gold Label Chase at Aintree. By then he had won 28 of his 55 races on 16 different tracks and that final success, at the 1987 Grand National meeting, brought his career earnings to £218,732, at the time a sum beaten only by Dawn Run. His best wins came in the Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase (now the Betfred Bowl) twice, the King George VI Chase, which he won for a third time in 1985, the Charlie Hall Chase and the Edward Hanmer Chase. A row between his owners resulted in him going to Doncaster sales, where Tony Dickinson (Michael's father) bought him for 42,000 Guineas and sent him to retirement with his son, who had begun a new career training in the USA.Where he spent a very happy retirement regularly scoffing Polo mints from Michael Dickinson’s pocket until the very end of his life.

Wayward Lad
SireRoyal Highway
GrandsireStraight Deal
DamLoughanmore
DamsireBargello
SexGelding
Foaled1975
CountryGreat Britain
ColourDark Bay or Brown
TrainerMichael Dickinson
Record55: 28 - 12 - 7
Earnings£218,732
Major wins
West of Scotland Novices' Chase (1981)
Peterborough Chase (1981, 1983)
Welsh Champion Chase (1981, 1982)
Timeform Chase (1982)
King George VI Chase (1982, 1983, 1985)
Charlie Hall Chase (1983, 1985)
Edward Hanmer Chase (1984)
Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase (1985, 1987)
Honours
Wayward Lad Novices' Chase at Kempton Park

Races
Date Finish Race Dist Going Jockey Margin Winner/Runner up Odds Track Ran Ref
19 November 1979 1st Stoughton Novices' Hurdle Div.II 162m 3Good C Tinkler 6 Rennuci 2.12585/40f Leicester 2626 [2][3]
29 November 1979 1st Garswood Pattern Hurdle 162m 3Good T Carmody n/a Abercata .51/2f Haydock 66 [4][5]
15 December 1979 1st Philip Cornes Novices' Hurdle Qualifier 222m6f 5Soft K Whyte 4 Three Bars .9110/11f Nottingham 2323 [6][7]
29 December 1979 2nd Panama Cigar Hurdle Qualifier 162m 5Soft T Carmody 2.5 Lumen 1.01Evsf Newbury 1616 [8][9]
21 February 1980 1st Lower Swell Novices Trial 212m5f 6Heavy T Carmody 3 Prelko 1.757/4f Warwick 2020 [10][11]
1 March 1980 2nd Philip Cornes Saddle Of Gold Hurdle Final 253m1f 4Good to Soft K Whyte 3 Woodford Prince .84/5f Newbury 1010 [12][13]
14 March 1980 1st Shamrock Novices Hurdle 202m4f 6Heavy T Carmody 1.5 Sable Pieces .272/7f Chepstow 1919 [14][15]
28 March 1980 1st Maghull Novices Hurdle 22.52m5½f 6Heavy T Carmody 6 Lavengro 1.8715/8f Aintree 1616 [16][17]
15 November 1980 2nd Lambert & Butler Premier Chase (Qualifier) 202m4f 6Heavy T Carmody 1.5 Raise A Bounty 1.757/4f Newcastle 77 [18][19]
12 December 1980 1st Heighington Novices Chase Div.II 202m4f 5Soft T Carmody 1.5 Loch Owen .222/9f Sedgefield 1010 [20][21]
19 December 1980 2nd Merryman II Novice Chase 25.53m½f 3Good T Carmody .5 Two Swallows .618/13f Doncaster 1515 [22][23]
23 January 1981 1st Stayers' Novices' Chase Div.II 253m1f 4Good to Soft T Carmody .5 Midnight Love .42/5f Catterick 1010 [24][25]
31 January 1981 1st West of Scotland Novices' Chase 202m4f 4Good to Soft T Carmody 91515 Royal Dipper 2.259/4 Ayr 88 [26][27]
7 March 1981 UR Timeform Chase 202m4f 6Heavy T Carmody n/a Little Owl 1.255/4 Haydock 44 [28][29]
18 March 1981 9th Sun Alliance Chase 243m 6Heavy T Carmody 930dist Lesley Ann 2.55/2 Cheltenham 1717 [30][31]
21 April 1981 1st Welsh Champion Chase 202m4f 1Firm T Carmody .2head Master Davenport .330/100f Chepstow 33 [32][33]
31 October 1981 1st Lambert & Butler Premier Chase (Qualifier) 21.52m4½f 2Good to Firm R Earnshaw 1.5 Princess Token .42/5f Wetherby 99 [34][35]
21 November 1981 1st Tote Silver Trophy Chase (Limited Handicap) 202m4f 3Good R Earnshaw 5 Silversmith 2.259/4f Ascot 88 [36][37]
1 December 1981 1st Peterborough Chase 202m4f 3Good R Earnshaw 930dist Snowtown Boy .51/2f Huntingdon 44 [38][39]
30 January 1982 3rd Tote Double Chase 253m1f 5Soft R Earnshaw 930dist Lesley Ann 1.206/5f Cheltenham 44 [40][41]
24 February 1982 1st Lambert & Butler Premier Chase Final 202m4f 3Good R Earnshaw 3 Earthstopper 1.6113/8f Ascot 77 [42][43]
6 March 1982 1st Timeform Chase 202m4f 4Good to Soft R Earnshaw 4 Bright Dream .42/5f Haydock 44 [44][45]
13 April 1982 1st Welsh Champion Chase 202m4f 2Good to Firm R Earnshaw 4 Straight Jocelyn .835/6f Chepstow 66 [46][47]
30 October 1982 1st Worcester Evening News Chase 202m4f 3Good R Earnshaw 91212 Night Nurse .364/11f Worcester 33 [48][49]
13 November 1982 3rd Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase 202m4f 4Good to Soft R Earnshaw 7 Fifty Dollars More 2.259/4f Cheltenham 1111 [50][51]
11 December 1982 2nd Kennedy Construction Gold Cup Handicap Chase 202m4f 6Heavy R Earnshaw 1.5 Observe 2.55/2f Cheltenham 1515 [52][53]
27 December 1982 1st King George VI Chase 243m 4Good to Soft J Francome 2 Fifty Dollars More 3.57/2 Kempton 66 [54][55]
17 March 1983 3rd Cheltenham Gold Cup 263m2f 5Soft J J O'Neill 6.5 Bregawn 66/1 Cheltenham 1111 [56][57]
29 October 1983 1st Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 25.53m½f 2Good to Firm R Earnshaw 91010 Ashley House .331/3f Wetherby 33 [58][59]
29 November 1983 1st Peterborough Chase 202m4f 1Firm R Earnshaw .1shd Fifty Dollars More .364/11f Huntingdon 44 [60][61]
27 December 1983 1st King George VI Chase 243m 1Firm R Earnshaw 5 Brown Chamberlain 1.3711/8f Kempton 55 [62][63]
11 February 1984 2nd Compton Chase 243m 3Good R Earnshaw 3 Brown Chamberlain 1.255/4 Newbury 22 [64][65]
25 February 1984 1st Pennine Chase 25.53m½f 2Good to Firm R Earnshaw 3 King Spruce .15No SP Doncaster 22 [66][67]
15 March 1984 PU Cheltenham Gold Cup 263m2f 3Good R Earnshaw n/a Burrough Hill Lad 1.56/4f Cheltenham 1212 [68][69]
1 November 1984 1st Terry Biddlecombe Challenge Trophy Chase 212m5f 3Good R Earnshaw n/a Romany Count .222/9f Wincanton 33 [70][71]
21 November 1984 1st Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase (Limited Handicap) 243m 4Good to Soft R Earnshaw 2.5 A Kinsman .538/15f Haydock 55 [72][73]
8 December 1984 2nd Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 25.53m½f 3Good R Earnshaw 91010 Burrough Hill Lad .9110/11jf Wetherby 44 [74][75]
26 December 1984 3rd King George VI Chase 243m 4Good to Soft R Earnshaw 930dist Burrough Hill Lad 2.55/2 Kempton 33 [76][77]
9 February 1985 2nd Mercedes-Benz Chase (Limited Handicap) 25.53m½f 3Good R Earnshaw 7 Earls Brig 2.259/4 Ayr 66 [78][79]
14 March 1985 8th Cheltenham Gold Cup 263m2f 3Good R Earnshaw n/a Forgive 'N Forget 88/1 Cheltenham 1515 [80][81]
28 March 1985 1st Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 253m1f 1Firm J Francome 3 Earls Brig 66/1 Aintree 66 [82][83]
2 November 1985 1st Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 25.53m½f 1Firm G Bradley 2.5 Allerlea 1.01Evsf Wetherby 44 [84][85]
20 November 1985 UR Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase (Limited Handicap) 243m 3Good G Bradley n/a Forgive 'N Forget .664/6f Haydock 33 [86][87]
30 November 1985 3rd Rehearsal Chase 243m 4Good to Soft G Bradley 3 Burrough Hill Lad 1.757/4f Chepstow 55 [88][89]
11 December 1985 2nd Tommy Whittle Chase 243m 5Soft G Bradley .5 Earls Brig 55/1 Haydock 44 [90][91]
26 December 1985 1st King George VI Chase 243m 6Heavy G Bradley .3nk Combs Ditch 91212/1 Kempton 55 [92][93]
13 March 1986 2nd Cheltenham Gold Cup 263m2f 2Good to Firm G Bradley 1 Dawn Run 88/1 Cheltenham 1111 [94][95]
3 April 1986 2nd Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 253m1f 3Good G Bradley 1.5 Beau Ranger 1.6113/8 Aintree 44 [96][97]
1 November 1986 3rd Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase 25.53m½f 3Good G Bradley 5.5 Forgive 'N Forget 1.206/5f Wetherby 66 [98][99]
29 November 1986 3rd Rehearsal Chase 243m 4Good to Soft G Bradley 91212 Cybrandian 1.3811/8f Chepstow 33 [100][101]
13 December 1986 2nd Sheila's Cottage Handicap Chase 263m2f 3Good G Bradley 1.5 Burnt Oak 1.56/4f Doncaster 55 [102][103]
26 December 1986 5th King George VI Chase 243m 5Soft G Bradley 92525 Desert Orchid 4.59/2 Kempton 99 [104][105]
14 February 1987 4th Elk Chase (Limited Handicap) 25.53m½f 5Soft T Dun n/a Peaty Sandy 1.757/4f Ayr 55 [106][107]
19 March 1987 5th Cheltenham Gold Cup 263m2f 4Good to Soft G Bradley 6.6 The Thinker 91111/1 Cheltenham 1212 [108][109]
2 April 1987 1st Whitbread Gold Label Cup Chase 253m1f 3Good G McCourt 7 Simon Legree 77/1 Aintree 66 [110][111]

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