Little Polveir
| Little Polveir | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Cantab |
| Grandsire | Cantaber |
| Dam | Blue Speedwell |
| Damsire | Escart |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1977 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | Mike Shone - 1989, Edward Harvey 1989 - 1999 |
| Trainer | Toby Balding 1989 - 1999 |
| Major wins | |
|
Scottish Grand National (1987) Grand National (1989) | |
| Last updated on August 23, 2007 | |
Little Polveir (1977 - 1999) 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 (where he fell at Valentine's Brook) 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 [2] by the Sheffield-based 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 Toby Balding, Little Polveir's trainer.[3]
References
- ↑ National dream ends too soon BBC Online 4 April 2003
- ↑ Monkey Swallows Little Polveir single Details about the single Little Polveir
- ↑ Little Polveir died in 1999.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/04/10/shdiar10.xml Marcus Armytage, Telegraph.co.uk 10/04/2007