Jack Horner (foaled 1917 by Cyllius out of Meltons Guide) was a British
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
race horse
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...
who won the 1926
Grand National
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap ...
.
Background
A week before the Grand National Mr. A.C. Schwartz bought Jack Horner for 5,000
guineas
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.
He had previously finished seventh in the 1925 running of the race when ridden by the American amateur Morgan de Witt Blair.
Grand National
In 1926, ridden by the
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William Watkinson, Jack Horner started at odds of
25/1 in a field of thirty runners. The gelding took the lead in the closing stages and won by three lengths from Old Tay Bridge.
Watkinson, who received £4,000 from the winning owner, was killed in a fall at
Bogside Racecourse
Bogside Racecourse was a horse racing track situated in Irvine, Scotland, on the banks of the River Irvine. Its first meeting was held on 7 June 1808, and its last on 10 April 1965, although there is evidence of an event known as the Irvine M ...
three weeks later.
Retirement
Jack Horner sustained a serious injury in training shortly afterwards and was retired without competing again.
References
External links
Jack Horner's pedigree and partial racing stats
1917 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
Thoroughbred family 15-a
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