Golden Miller

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Golden Miller

Sire	Gold Court
Grandsire	Goldminer
Dam	Millers Pride
Damsire	Wavelets Pride
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1927
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	T K Geraghty
Owner	Philip W. Carr Dorothy Paget (1931)
Trainer	Basil Briscoe
Record	55: 29-7-6
Earnings	Not found
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Cheltenham Gold Cup (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936) Grand National (1934)
Infobox last updated on: March 16, 2007.

Golden Miller (1927-1957) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both of the United Kingdom's premier steeplechase races - the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National - in the same year (1934), setting a new course record for Aintree in the National. The 1934 win was the middle of five consecutive Gold Cup victories, a Gold Cup record. He was trained by Basil Briscoe in Longstowe, Cambridgeshire and retired in 1939 with a record of 28 wins from 52 races. He was owned by the very eccentric Dorothy Paget.

[edit] Trivia

A coach operator, Tellings-Golden Miller, operating in South West London, is so called because its founder, on the brink of bankruptcy, wagered his remaining savings on the horse and won. Many of the firm's coaches have a portrait of the horse on the front or side of the vehicle.

The village of Longstowe, Cambridgeshire used to have a public house called the Golden Miller, renamed from The Three Horseshoes in honour of the racehorse who was trained at Longstowe Hall. The pub closed in 2001.