340:. The race was delayed by two false starts. Pineau de Re took the lead approaching the last of the thirty fences and drew away on the run-in to win by five lengths from Balthazar King, with the joint-favourite Double Seven in third place. After the race Aspell said "It's a wonderful day, this is what we do it for. I've been watching the National since I was a very young boy. As much as you enjoy sharing everyone's success, you crave a bit too. To get a chance to ride in the National is a great thing, and to get on one with a chance is even better".
371:. He was assigned a weight of 142 pounds for the 2016 Grand National but did not qualify to run: the race was restricted to forty runners and Pineau de Re was rated forty-sixth in the handicap. Newland was unhappy at the exclusion, stating "The Grand National is the public's race and the public surely want to see a previous winner" before pointing out that many of the horses rated above Pineau de Re had earned their handicap marks over much shorter distances.
596:
606:
31:
343:
In the following season, Pineau de Re was again aimed at the
National, but his form was poor. He finished towards the rear in hurdle races at Cheltenham in November and Exeter in February and was pulled up at Carlisle in December. He again ran in the Pertemps Final in March, but on this occasion he
374:
Pineau is now a successful ROR horse and has been retrained as an eventer. He is on loan to and ridden by Lizzie
Doolittle, who rides out at the Newlands as well as running her own event yard near Worcester with head girl Jojo Glanvill. Pineau has successfully completed several events at BE90 and
266:. He made little initial impact, being well beaten in his first four attempts over the larger obstacles before winning a minor event at Thurles on 3 January 2013. After two further defeats he was matched against more experienced opponent in the three and a half-mile Ulster Grand National at
864:
206:
ancestry. In July 2005 the gelding was consigned by the Ecurie Bayard to the Goffs France sale where he was bought for €20,000 by Seamus Murphy. The gelding was sent into training with Philip Fenton at
874:
202:
bred in France by Michel Hardy. His sire
Maresca Sorrento was a winning hurdler in France and has had some success as a sire of jumpers. His dam, Elfe du Perche was not a Thoroughbred, being of
351:
Pineau de Re returned in
October 2015 and finished unplaced in a veteran's chase at Chepstow and then ran second to Vino Grigio at Sandown in November. The gelding fell at the second in the
786:
243:
hurdler. He won on his debut over obstacles at
Limerick on 17 November 2010. He was beaten in four subsequent starts but showed good form when finishing second in both the Grade I
359:
he took the led at the second last and won by four lengths under a weight of 162 pounds. His victory was notable as no Grand
National winner had gone on to win another race since
325:, a two-mile, five furlong handicap hurdle. Starting a 33/1 outsider, he finished strongly to take third place, beaten a nose and a neck by Fingal Bay and Southfield Theatre.
344:
finished eleventh of the twenty-three runners behind Call The Cops. In the Grand
National he started at odds of 25/1 and finished twelfth of the nineteen finishers behind
939:
317:
he started the 11/4 favourite and won by five lengths from
Tullamore Dew. On his final appearance before the Grand National, Pineau de Re ran for the first time at the
383:
In July 2014 the sign welcoming visitors to the village of
Claines was redesigned to read "Welcome to Claines, Home of 2014 Grand National winner Pineau De Re".
888:
232:
races in the 2007/2008 National Hunt season. He ran five times, finishing second on his debut at
Limerick and recording his only success when winning at
839:
301:
and then fell in the Becher Chase on his first run at Aintree in December. Later that month he returned to handicap hurdling, finishing second at
760:
934:
248:
556:
3 Ă— 4 to the French stallion Carmarthen, meaning that this stallion appear in both the third and fourth generation of his pedigree.
949:
929:
251:. The gelding continued to compete over hurdles in the 2011/2012 season recording his only success in six attempts when winning a
944:
924:
812:
294:
in Worcestershire. Racing for his new connections, Pineau de Re ran four times without success in the summer of 2013.
263:
309:. He recorded his first victory in England in a Veterans' Steeplechase (restricted to horses aged 10 or over) at
367:
in 2003. He was pulled up in a hurdle at Chepstow in February and then finished seventh in a veterans' chase at
356:
287:
286:
After his win in the Ulster National Pineau de Re was sold to John Provan and sent to be trained in England by
244:
130:
252:
849:
158:
267:
298:
716:
628:
404:
650:
694:
672:
574:
329:
318:
302:
187:
167:
738:
368:
314:
256:
240:
229:
909:
487:
310:
203:
417:
212:
505:
355:
and then started at odds of 7/1 in a handicap hurdle at Carlisle on 13 December. Ridden by
333:
271:
208:
364:
322:
199:
163:
918:
412:
352:
306:
275:
183:
869:
844:
601:
345:
100:
297:
Pineau de Re began the 2013/2014 season by finishing fifth in a hurdle race at
553:
233:
337:
239:
After missing the whole of the next two seasons, Pineau de Re returned as a
30:
360:
787:"Grand National 2014 results: Pineau De Re's beano proves small miracle"
291:
274:
second favourite in a field of fifteen runners and won by twenty-three
262:
In the following season, Pineau de Re was moved up to compete in
813:"Leighton Aspell wins Grand National on Pineau De Re at Aintree"
180:
889:"Grand National winner sets Claines apart with new signs"
336:
as Sam Twiston-Davies had opted to ride the more fancied
328:
On 5 April, Pineau de Re started at odds of 25/1 for the
179:(foaled 8 May 2003) is a French-bred, British-trained
270:
on 3 April. Ridden by Danny Mullins, he started the
152:
144:
136:
124:
114:
106:
96:
88:
80:
72:
64:
56:
48:
40:
23:
392:Pedigree of Pineau de Re (FR), bay gelding, 2003
739:"32RedPoker.com Veterans' Handicap Chase result"
332:at Aintree. He was ridden by the veteran jockey
840:"Pineau De Re triumphs in 2014 Grand National"
761:"Pineau De Re triumphs in 2014 Grand National"
375:BE100 level with aims to go Novice this year.
8:
198:Pineau de Re is a bay gelding with no white
29:
20:
865:"Pineau De Re ends Grand National hoodoo"
651:"Christmas Festival Maiden Hurdle result"
940:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
390:
228:Pineau de Re began his racing career in
566:
249:Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle
35:Pineau De Re at Sandown in April 2014.
7:
695:"Devil's Bit Beginners Chase result"
14:
653:. Racing Post. 17 November 2010
631:. Racing Post. 23 February 2008
577:. Racing Post. 15 February 2012
741:. Racing Post. 14 January 2014
717:"Ulster Grand National result"
675:. Racing Post. 20 October 2011
673:"Premier County Hurdle result"
575:"Maresca Sorrento Stud Record"
1:
935:Racehorses trained in Ireland
697:. Racing Post. 3 January 2013
950:Non-Thoroughbred racehorses
719:. Racing Post. 3 April 2013
186:best known for winning the
966:
629:"Rockview INH Race result"
597:"Goffs France Summer Sale"
930:Racehorses bred in France
838:Tom Kerr (5 April 2014).
536:
521:
516:
501:
486:
481:
474:
461:
446:
441:
428:
411:
403:
396:
313:on 14 January. Ridden by
157:
28:
545:Loyola (Selle Français)
245:Royal Bond Novice Hurdle
945:Grand National winners
321:when he contested the
268:Downpatrick Racecourse
925:2003 racehorse births
893:Bromsgrove Advertiser
442:French Free Star (FR)
399:Maresca Sorrento (FR)
299:Cheltenham Racecourse
236:on 23 February 2008.
159:Ulster Grand National
16:French-bred racehorse
910:Racing Post Profile
477:Elfe du Perche (FR)
393:
330:2014 Grand National
319:Cheltenham Festival
303:Carlisle Racecourse
188:2014 Grand National
391:
315:Sam Twiston-Davies
257:Thurles Racecourse
230:National Hunt Flat
877:on 22 April 2016.
852:on 16 April 2015.
549:
548:
517:Ut de Perche (FR)
311:Exeter Racecourse
247:and the Grade II
174:
173:
957:
897:
896:
885:
879:
878:
873:. Archived from
860:
854:
853:
848:. Archived from
835:
829:
828:
826:
824:
809:
803:
802:
800:
798:
783:
777:
776:
774:
772:
757:
751:
750:
748:
746:
735:
729:
728:
726:
724:
713:
707:
706:
704:
702:
691:
685:
684:
682:
680:
669:
663:
662:
660:
658:
647:
641:
640:
638:
636:
625:
619:
618:
616:
614:
605:. Archived from
593:
587:
586:
584:
582:
571:
552:Pineau de Re is
394:
213:County Tipperary
44:Maresca Sorrento
33:
21:
965:
964:
960:
959:
958:
956:
955:
954:
915:
914:
906:
901:
900:
887:
886:
882:
862:
861:
857:
837:
836:
832:
822:
820:
811:
810:
806:
796:
794:
791:The Independent
785:
784:
780:
770:
768:
759:
758:
754:
744:
742:
737:
736:
732:
722:
720:
715:
714:
710:
700:
698:
693:
692:
688:
678:
676:
671:
670:
666:
656:
654:
649:
648:
644:
634:
632:
627:
626:
622:
612:
610:
609:on 7 April 2014
595:
594:
590:
580:
578:
573:
572:
568:
563:
518:
483:
478:
476:
443:
408:
400:
398:
389:
381:
357:Richard Johnson
334:Leighton Aspell
305:and seventh at
288:Richard Newland
284:
226:
221:
209:Carrick-on-Suir
196:
162:
131:Richard Newland
129:
119:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
963:
961:
953:
952:
947:
942:
937:
932:
927:
917:
916:
913:
912:
905:
904:External links
902:
899:
898:
880:
855:
830:
819:. 5 April 2014
804:
793:. 5 April 2014
778:
767:. 5 April 2014
752:
730:
708:
686:
664:
642:
620:
588:
565:
564:
562:
559:
558:
557:
547:
546:
542:
541:
540:Vieux Chateau
538:
534:
533:
529:
528:
523:
520:
514:
513:
509:
508:
503:
499:
498:
494:
493:
490:
485:
480:
472:
471:
467:
466:
463:
459:
458:
454:
453:
450:
445:
439:
438:
434:
433:
430:
426:
425:
421:
420:
415:
410:
402:
388:
385:
380:
377:
365:Welsh National
323:Pertemps Final
283:
282:British career
280:
225:
222:
220:
217:
204:Selle Français
195:
192:
172:
171:
164:Grand National
155:
154:
150:
149:
146:
142:
141:
138:
134:
133:
126:
122:
121:
116:
112:
111:
108:
104:
103:
98:
94:
93:
90:
86:
85:
82:
78:
77:
74:
70:
69:
66:
62:
61:
60:Elfe du Perche
58:
54:
53:
50:
46:
45:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
962:
951:
948:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
933:
931:
928:
926:
923:
922:
920:
911:
908:
907:
903:
894:
890:
884:
881:
876:
872:
871:
866:
863:Jack Haynes.
859:
856:
851:
847:
846:
841:
834:
831:
818:
814:
808:
805:
792:
788:
782:
779:
766:
762:
756:
753:
740:
734:
731:
718:
712:
709:
696:
690:
687:
674:
668:
665:
652:
646:
643:
630:
624:
621:
608:
604:
603:
598:
592:
589:
576:
570:
567:
560:
555:
551:
550:
544:
543:
539:
535:
531:
530:
527:
524:
515:
511:
510:
507:
504:
500:
496:
495:
491:
489:
482:Abdonski (FR)
473:
469:
468:
464:
460:
456:
455:
451:
449:
440:
436:
435:
431:
427:
424:Green Valley
423:
422:
419:
416:
414:
406:
395:
386:
384:
378:
376:
372:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
349:
347:
341:
339:
335:
331:
326:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
300:
295:
293:
289:
281:
279:
277:
273:
269:
265:
264:steeplechases
260:
258:
254:
253:handicap race
250:
246:
242:
237:
235:
231:
223:
219:Racing career
218:
216:
214:
210:
205:
201:
193:
191:
189:
185:
182:
178:
169:
165:
160:
156:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
132:
128:Philip Fenton
127:
123:
118:Barry Connell
117:
113:
109:
105:
102:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
39:
32:
27:
22:
19:
892:
883:
875:the original
868:
858:
850:the original
843:
833:
821:. Retrieved
816:
807:
795:. Retrieved
790:
781:
769:. Retrieved
764:
755:
743:. Retrieved
733:
721:. Retrieved
711:
699:. Retrieved
689:
677:. Retrieved
667:
655:. Retrieved
645:
633:. Retrieved
623:
611:. Retrieved
607:the original
600:
591:
579:. Retrieved
569:
525:
447:
429:Come To Sea
413:Green Dancer
382:
373:
353:Becher Chase
350:
342:
327:
307:Haydock Park
296:
285:
261:
259:in October.
238:
227:
224:Irish career
197:
177:Pineau de Re
176:
175:
110:Michel Hardy
24:Pineau de Re
18:
870:Racing Post
845:Racing Post
765:Racing Post
602:Racing Post
346:Many Clouds
120:John Provan
919:Categories
561:References
526:Carmarthen
497:Perennial
448:Carmarthen
437:Camarilla
234:Fairyhouse
194:Background
153:Major wins
84:8 May 2003
532:Montagne
488:Bolkonski
432:Sea Hawk
338:Tidal Bay
184:racehorse
140:44: 8-7-4
49:Grandsire
817:Guardian
522:Carmont
512:Strelka
502:Abdecka
492:Balidar
470:Peditao
465:Tombeur
418:Nijinsky
405:Cadoudal
387:Pedigree
363:won the
361:Bindaree
200:markings
148:ÂŁ677,271
145:Earnings
68:Abdonski
52:Cadoudal
823:8 April
797:8 April
771:8 April
745:5 April
723:5 April
701:5 April
679:5 April
657:5 April
635:5 April
613:5 April
581:5 April
537:Djoumi
457:Kuwait
379:Honours
369:Newbury
292:Claines
276:lengths
125:Trainer
107:Breeder
89:Country
76:Gelding
65:Damsire
554:inbred
484:1980
462:Varga
452:Devon
241:Novice
161:(2013)
137:Record
97:Colour
92:France
81:Foaled
519:1986
506:Abdos
479:1992
444:1981
409:1979
401:1995
115:Owner
825:2014
799:2014
773:2014
747:2014
725:2014
703:2014
681:2014
659:2014
637:2014
615:2014
583:2014
407:(FR)
397:Sire
272:13/2
181:AQPS
168:2014
41:Sire
475:Dam
290:at
255:at
101:Bay
73:Sex
57:Dam
921::
891:.
867:.
842:.
815:.
789:.
763:.
599:.
348:.
278:.
215:.
211:,
190:.
895:.
827:.
801:.
775:.
749:.
727:.
705:.
683:.
661:.
639:.
617:.
585:.
170:)
166:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
