Horse Racing

Prudent Honour – 8th May 2002 to 9th April 2010

Just as it seemed Prudent Honour was getting back on top of his game, a devastating accident cut short the life of an equine athlete who still had some great races ahead of him.

Prudent Honour may not have been the most successful horse on the scene, but he was one of the most persistent fighters on the track. Although he only won two of his twenty-one career starts, the eight-year-old showed tenacity and determination by recording four second places and four third places. When the going got tough and it was clear that he would not win a race, Prudent Honour never surrendered to a hopeless situation. The gelding was famous for keeping on battling until he crossed the line, no matter in which position.

From the first days of his professional career Prudent Honour trained under Thomas Cooper, whose outstanding capabilities as a trainer of race horses helped to launch this hard working contender onto the racing scene. Although he did not always finish in the money, Prudent Honour never failed to finish a single race he started.
However, the Topham Chase at Aintree on Friday 9th April – the race which also took the life of Plaisir D’Estruval – was to be the first race that Prudent Honour failed to finish. Tragically it was also the last race of the eight-year-old’s career. At the thirteenth fence the gelding took such a brutal fall that his connections decided with heavy hearts that it would be best to put their charge out of his misery.

Prudent Honour was an stand-out on the track, if not for his penchant to win but for his iron will and refusal to give in to stronger contenders. Our thoughts are with Thomas Cooper and the members of the Humble Syndicate.