Aoife's Thunder (2022)

Foal Date

25-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Churchill

Dam

Lightning Thunder

Prize Money

$12729

Trainer

W Greatrex

Owners

Mr & Mrs S & D Turner

About

Aoife's Thunder is a 3yo bay colt trained by W Greatrex, based at Upper Lambourn. He is by the stallion Churchill out of Lightning Thunder. The horse has not yet secured a win, remaining a maiden after 11 attempts. In his latest race at Southwell on 17 Oct 2025, Edward Greatrex rode him to a seventh‑place finish, behind the winner Takteek.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Southwell 17-Oct-25 2230m SYNTHETIC R8 CL6 Hcp (of $6,100) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:26.270, SP: 10.00	E Greatrex 55.3kg 29.65L	7 (10)
Southwell 24-Sep-25 2430m SYNTHETIC R9 CL6 Hcp $190 (of $6,100) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:38.770, SP: 8.50	C Bishop 57.6kg 22.00L	5 (9)
Chelmsford City 28-Aug-25 2010m SYNTHETIC R6 CL6 $1,719 (of $6,886) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:05.320, SP: 5.00	S D Sousa 58.1kg 1.75L	2 (12)
Lingfield 12-Aug-25 2330m GOOD R5 CL6 (of $6,492) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:32.350, SP: 3.00	E Greatrex 56.7kg 6.50L	7 (10)
Windsor 05-Aug-25 2010m GOOD R5 CL6 $405 (of $6,492) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:08.660, SP: 2.38 Held up in last, headway when switched left and ridden over 2f out, 4th and no impression well inside final furlong	E Greatrex 57.6kg 2.70L	4 (6)
Bath 16-Jul-25 2340m FIRM R5 CL6 Hcp $1,621 (of $6,492) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:28.290, SP: 5.00 Wore red hood to post, chased leaders, went prominent halfway, pushed along in 3rd well over 2f out, ridden and pressed leader over 1f out, every chance inside last, always just held	S D Sousa 54kg 0.30L	2 (11)
Windsor 17-Jun-25 2300m GOOD R7 CL6 $2,210 (of $8,853) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:28.900, SP: 21.00 Towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden and went second, kept on	E Greatrex 55.3kg 3.75L	2 (13)
Ripon 29-May-25 1610m GOOD R2 CL6 Hcp (of $6,886) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:42.930, SP: 17.00 Wore red hood to post, tracked leaders, pushed along and gradually from over 3f out	E Jones 57.2kg, Cd 59.4kg 15.00L	6 (9)
Wolverhampton 27-Apr-25 1230m GOOD R3 CL5 Md (of $7,082) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:13.340, SP: 151.00 Always behind	W Fentiman 58.1kg, Cd 60.3kg 13.40L	10 (11)
Newcastle 11-Apr-25 1420m GOOD R3 CL5 Nv (of $13,969) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:28.590, SP: 29.00 Dwelt and hampered start, took keen hold in midfield, ridden along over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out	K Shoemark 55.8kg 12.75L	10 (12)
Wolverhampton 21-Dec-24 1440m GOOD R3 CL4 Nv (of $9,493) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:31.640, SP: 41.00 Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out	K Shoemark 58.1kg 10.20L	6 (9)