Thistle Cross (2023) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Kodi Bear

Dam

Nabeyla

Trainer

M Rice

Owners

MGM Partnership

About

Leopardstown R2 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Thistle Cross is a 3yo b unknown from trained by M Rice, who is based at Louth, Ire. It is sired by the stallion Kodi Bear out of the dam Nabeyla. Thistle Cross is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 2 attempts. During its most recent race at Dundalk on 22nd Nov 2025, Thistle Cross was ridden by Wesley Joyce and finished 11th, behind the winner Evening Blues.

Raced At

Dundalk

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Dundalk 22-Nov-25 1610m SYNTHETIC R4 Md (of $18,001) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:38.600, SP: 201.00 1st Evening Blues ( J Kearney 131 ) 2nd Minella Rockett ( S Heffernan 131 ) 0.15L 3rd Golden Trigger ( W Lordan 131 ) 0.50L 11th Thistle Cross ( W Joyce 131 , Cd 134 ) 44.55L See full results	W Joyce 59.4kg, Cd 60.8kg 44.55L	11 (13)
Dundalk 20-Sep-25 1210m SYNTHETIC R2 Md (of $18,001) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:14.350, SP: 81.00 1st Strait And Narrow ( C Keane 127 ) 2nd Nazario ( S Heffernan 128 ) 0.75L 3rd Vidmiyr ( B Coen 130 ) 2.50L 11th Thistle Cross ( G Carroll 132 ) 10.15L See full results	G Carroll 59.9kg 10.15L	11 (14)