Cue Card illness: What disease did Cue Card have?

Cue Card was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who lived from 30 April 2006 to 23 December 2022. Cue Card was a bay gelding with a white star bred by Roland Crellin at Brookfarm, Penhow.

He was one of many successful National Hunt horses sired by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner King’s Theatre. Cue Card was trained by Colin Tizzard at Milborne Port in Dorset.

He was a specialist in the steeplechase and won fifteen of his thirty-three contests, nine of which were Grade I competitions.

At the Cheltenham Festival, he won the Champion Bumper and was a standout in National Hunt flat events. He had less success when faced with barriers but excelled when faced with bigger challenges. In the 2012–13 National Hunt season, he won the Haldon Gold Cup, the Ascot Chase, the Ryanair Chase, and the Betfair Chase. In the 2013–14 season, he won the Betfair Chase.

Cue Card made his season debut on October 29, 2016, when he entered the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby as the clear favorite. He disappointingly finished third behind Irish Cavalier, who took first place at 16/1. In his second appearance, Cue Card defeated Coneygree by a commanding 15 lengths in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on November 19.

Cue Card illness: What disease did Cue Card have?

Cue Card was stopped on March 15, 2018, during the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. There would not be a quick decision on the horse’s future, according to trainer Colin Tizzard.

Cue Card passed away on December 23, 2022, at the age of 16, from a heart attack.