Voy Por Ustedes (foaled 26 April 2001) is a French-bred chaser.

Background

Voy Por Ustedes is owned by Sir Robert Ogden and trained by

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. He was originally trained by Guillaume Macaire in France and was subsequently sold to the Million in Mind Partnership in December 2004.

Racing career

The horse made his French debut when unseating his rider in a 3-year-old hurdle at Compeigne in France in September 2004 and raced four more times in France. Voy Por Ustedes made his English debut at Lingfield on the 11 December 2004, when still trained by Guillaume Macaire and unseated his rider in a Grade 2 Novice Hurdle. Million in Mind then purchased the gelding as a replacement for Massac, who was trained for the Partnership by Alan King. Massac died in a fall at Cheltenham - the same day that Voy por Ustedes unseated his rider at Lingfield.. As with all Million in Mind Partnership horses, Voy por Ustedes was sold by auction at the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales at the end of the National Hunt Season in May 2005. He was purchased by Sir Robert Ogden for 106,000 guineas, and remained in training with Alan King at Burbury Castle until 2011 when he moved to the yard of Nicky Henderson.

Steeplechasing

Vor Por Ustedes made his chasing debut at Warwick on 5 November 2005 and won in impressive style and proceeded to win three more novice chases at Plumpton, Warwick and Wincanton before winning the

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at the 2006

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defeating Monets Garden. His final run of the season was at Aintree but lost his unbeaten record over fences when finishing 2nd to Foreman. His first run of the 2006–07 season was in the Grade 1

Tingle Creek Chase The Tingle Creek Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mil ...

at Sandown but he was easily brushed aside by Kauto Star but still ran well to finish a clear 2nd. He won his next race at Kempton in December before unseating his rider at Newbury but made up for that slip-up when winning the

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at the

. That was his last run of the 2006/07 season but was more aggressively trained in the 2007–08 season and finished 2nd in desperate conditions at Cheltenham in November 2007 before again finishing second to Twist Magic in the

at Sandown. He then went on to win the

Desert Orchid Chase The Desert Orchid Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during it ...

for the second time at Kempton then completing his preparation for the 2008

when a well beaten second to

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at Newbury. There wasn't to be a second victory in the

put up one of the most impressive performances of all time when slamming Voy Por Ustedes by 19 lengths though Voy Por Ustedes still finished 16 lengths ahead of the third horse and possibly put up a better performance than when winning in 2007. He gained his revenge over

when running away with the

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at Aintree in what was his first run over 2m 4f and the step-up in trip obviously brought out considerable improvement. This was his last run of the 2007–08 season. Voy Por Ustedes last ran in March 2011, after suffering a fracture to his ilium wing and pain in his lumbar region and left hind stifle in 2009 and has now retired.

References

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External links

pedigreequery.com
- ''Voy Por Ustedes's pedigree''
racingpost.com
- ''Voy Por Ustedes's race record'' 2001 racehorse births Cheltenham Festival winners National Hunt racehorses Racehorses bred in France Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 16-a