Little Polveir
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| Little Polveir | |
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| Sire | Cantab |
| Dam | Blue Speedwell |
| Damsire | L'Escargot |
| Sex | |
| Foaled | 1977-1999 |
| Country | |
| Colour | |
| Owner | Mike Shone -1989, Edward Harvey 1989- |
| Trainer | Toby Balding 1989- |
| Record | |
| Earnings | |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Scottish Grand National (1987) Grand National (1989) |
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| Infobox last updated on: August 23, 2007. | |
Little Polveir was a race horse. He won the 1989 Grand National steeplechase ridden by Jimmy Frost, beating West Tip by seven lengths. The horse had previously finished ninth in 1986 and did not finish in 1987 and 1988 while owned by Mike Shone, after which he was sold as a 12 yr-old for 15,000gns in February 1989 [1]
The track Little Polveir by the band Monkey Swallows the Universe is named after the horse. After the track was written, the band signed to Loose Records, which coincidentally is owned by Tom Bridgewater, the son-in-law of Balding.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ National dream ends too soon BBC Online 4 April, 2003
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/04/10/shdiar10.xml Marcus Armytage, Telegraph.co.uk 10/04/2007
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