The Thyestes Chase is a National Hunt handicap steeplechase run in Ireland. It takes place at Gowran Park, Gowran, County Kilkenny in January, over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (5,029 metres) and during the race there are 17 fences to be jumped. The race is usually contested by horses who go on to run in the Grand National and has been won in recent years by two horses who have gone on to win the Grand National, in Hedgehunter and Numbersixvalverde. The most famous winners of the race were Arkle (1964) and Flyingbolt (1966). It currently has a maximum field of 18 runners. The race is sponsored by bloodstock auctioneers Goffs.
The ThyestesChase is a National Hunt handicap steeplechase run in Ireland. It takes place at Gowran Park, Gowran, County Kilkenny in January, over a distance...
winner Bindaree in the Welsh National, before winning the prestigious Thyesteschase at Gowran Park. His first run in the Grand National was in 2004. He...
at Navan, the Thyestes at Gowran Park, the Leopardstown Chase and the Irish National at Fairyhouse. Flyingbolt ran in the 1966 Thyestes and he won it...
quality fixtures spread evenly throughout the year starting with the Thyestes Handicap Chase in January. "Speech by Minister O'Donoghue at the opening of the...
the racecourse hosts 16 race days throughout the year including the ThyestesChase (The Grand National of the South), one of the prestigious steeplechases...
On 22 January 2015 Djakadam carried top weight of 164 pounds in the ThyestesChase over three miles and a furlong on heavy ground at Gowran Park. In a...
Gowran. Gowran is known for its racecourse, Gowran Park, which hosts the ThyestesChase (The Grand National of the South), a steeplechase in Ireland which has...
Trainer Martin Brassil Record 36: 5-8-5 Earnings £590,054 Major wins ThyestesChase (2005) Irish Grand National (2005) Grand National (2006) Last updated...
Stoicism. As a tragedian, he is best known for plays such as his Medea, Thyestes, and Phaedra. Seneca had an immense influence on later generations—during...
well-beaten second. Wylde Hide was a ten-year-old, two-times winner of the ThyestesChase at Gowran Park who was carrying much of the Irish support to break a...
Champion Hurdle, in a chase over two miles three furlongs while conceding 19 lbs. He then finished fifth in the ThyestesChase to Hunter's Breeze (who...
Condon rode Homer Wells to significant wins in the ThyestesChase at Gowran Park and the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse. However, perhaps Condon’s most notable...
Among those were 2012 ThyestesChase winner On His Own, and West End Rocker who finished a comfortable first in the Becher Chase in December 2011. Other...
(Lexus Chase), Champagne West (ThyestesChase), Bristol de Mai (Scilly Isles Novices' Chase, Peter Marsh Chase), Saphir du Rheu (Mildmay Novices' Chase), Smad...
Arkle in Ireland, in the Christmas Handicap Chase, the Thyestes Handicap Chase and the Leopardstown Handicap Chase, before another meeting with Mill House...
wife Aerope had given Thyestes the ram, and thus Thyestes became king. Zeus sent Hermes to Atreus, telling Atreus to get Thyestes to agree that should...
significantly Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, who was seduced by Aegisthus, son of Thyestes. Near the end of the ninth year since the landing, the Achaean army, tired...
Clytemnestra (Helen's sister) was having an affair with Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, Agamemnon's cousin who had conquered Argos before Agamemnon himself retook...
Company in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival) 2011: Thyestes (Malthouse Theatre / The Hayloft Project) 2012: Ganesh Versus the Third...
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