Cool Ground is a former

National Hunt In horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Republic of Ireland, National Hunt racing requires horses to jump fences and ditches. National Hunt racing in the UK is informally known as "jumps" and is divided into two major distinct branches: ...

racehorse. He won the

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ( ...

in 1992, as well as the Kim Muir in 1989, the

Anthony Mildmay, Peter Cazalet Memorial Chase The Anthony Mildmay, Peter Cazalet Memorial Chase was a National Hunt handicap chase in England which was open to horses aged five years and older. It was run at Sandown Park over a distance of 3 miles and 5½ furlongs (5,934 m ...

in 1990 and 1991, the

Welsh National The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, Wales, over a distance of about ...

in 1990, and the Greenalls Gold Cup (now called the

Grand National Trial The Grand National Trial is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 3 miles and 4� ...

) in 1991.

Adrian Maguire Adrian Maguire, born 29 April 1971 in Kilmessan, County Meath, Ireland, is a racehorse trainer and former jockey. Maguire began his career in Irish pony racing at the age of nine, in which he rode more than 200 winners. In 1990 he rode his first w ...

rode him in his Gold Cup win where he won by a short-head over

The Fellow The Fellow (1985–2008) was an AQPS top-class National Hunt racehorse in the early 1990s. He won the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup and narrowly lost the 1991 and 1992 renewals. He also won the 1991 and 1992 King George VI Chase and the 1991 Grand Ste ...

with Docklands Express back in a close third. His victory was a shock at 25/1 (he'd been 40/1 earlier in the day).

Toby Balding Gerald Barnard Balding Jr. OBE (23 September 1936 – 25 September 2014), known as Toby Balding, was a British racehorse trainer, one of the few to have won the "big three" British jump races—the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Ch ...

trained him to win the 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cup, and he was looked after by Kim Tierney. Cool Ground's only subsequent win was just over three years later.

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