Baulking Green
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Baulking Green | |
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Sire | Coup De Myth |
Grandsire | Coup De Lion |
Dam | Nicotine Nelly |
Damsire | Irish Trout |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1952 |
Country | Great Britain |
Colour | Chestnut (coat) |
Owner | J. Reade |
Trainer | Tim Forster |
Record | |
Earnings | |
Infobox last updated on: January 18, 2008. |
Baulking Green was a chestnut gelding by Coup de Myth out of Nicotine Nelly by Irish Trout. He was foaled in 1952 and throughout his racing career he was owned by Jim Reade. He was usually ridden by George Small and after the 1962 season he was trained by Tim Forster. He raced in point-to-points and hunter chases, to be eligible for these races the horse was qualified with the Old Berkshire Hunt.
Career record: 1961 2213 10-3lb: 1962 f1f1(disq)111 11-10lb 3rd top rated hunter chaser: 1964 b11112 11-13lb 2nd top rated hunter chaser: 1965 1111 12-2lb champion hunter chaser: 1966 1u111 12-0lb champion hunter chaser: 1967 11f1f 12-0lb joint champion hunter chaser: 1968 2 11-7lb 6th top rated hunter chaser: 1969 7 11-1st. Geoffrey Sale (from whose annual publication Hunter Chasers & Point-to-Pointer the above is taken) wrote in the 1968 annual that Baulking Green was “just about the most gallant animal that ever looked through a bridle”.[1]