Yahoo (horse)

Yahoo
Sire Trombone
Grandsire Hornbeam
Dam Coolroe Aga
Damsire Laurence O.
Sex Gelding
Foaled 1981
Country Ireland
Colour Bay
Breeder T. Conway
Owner Alan Parker
Trainer John Edwards
Major wins
Rowland Meyrick Chase (1987)
Greenall Whitley Gold Cup (1988)
Martell Cup (1989)

Yahoo (foaled 1981) was a National Hunt racehorse, who is best remembered for finishing second in the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup to Desert Orchid.

Yahoo was successful on the amateur Point-to-Point circuit, winning at least eleven races. His biggest wins under National Hunt rules included the Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby in 1987, and the Martell Cup at Aintree in 1989. His last race was a second place at Worcester in May 1994.

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