El pensador
In the following season The Thinker failed to win in four starts but finished second in the Edward Hanmer Chase, the Tommy Whittle Chase and the Greenall Whitley Gold Cup. In December 1990, The Thinker returned after a nine-month break to finish third in the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby Racecourse. The Thinker was being prepared for a run in the 1991 Grand National when he broke his left hind leg when cantering at Aintree two days before the race and was euthanised at the age of thirteen.