Silver Birch (horse)

Silver Birch (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Silver Birch


caption =
sire = Clearly Bust
grandsire =
dam = All Gone
damsire = Giolla Mear
sex = Gelding
foaled = 1997
country = Ireland
colour = Bay
breeder = J Power and Mrs Power
owner = Brian Walsh
trainer = Gordon Elliott
record = 21: 7-3-2
earnings = ₤537,504
race = Becher Handicap Chase (2004)
Welsh National (2004)
Grand National (2007)
awards =
honours =
updated= April 16, 2007

Silver Birch (born 10 April 1997) is an Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse, owned by Brian Walsh of County Kildare. Ridden by Robbie Power and trained by 29 year-old Gordon Elliott, [cite web |title= Runner Preview |url= http://www.grand-national-world.co.uk/gnw/the_race/1988_to_date/2006gnat/2006gnpreview.html |work= Grand National World |accessdate= 2007-04-14 ] Silver Birch was the winner of the 2007 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on Saturday 14th April 2007. [cite news |title= Grand National 2007 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6500317.stm |work= BBC News |date= 2007-04-14 |accessdate= 2007-04-14] He was Walsh and Elliott's first runner in the race. [cite news |last= Palmer |first= Justin |title= Silver Birch wins Grand National thriller |url= http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6557577,00.html |work= Guardian Unlimited |date= 2007-04-14 |accessdate= 2007-04-14 ]

Silver Birch had previously won the Welsh National in 2004 [cite news|title= Sweet success for Silver Birch |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4115531.stm |work= BBC News |date= 28 December, 2004 |accessdate= 2007-04-14 ] , and had been a highly favoured horse coming into the 2005 Grand National under a previous trainer (Paul Nicholls), but a leg injury ruled him out from the race. [ cite news |title=Silver Birch ruled out of National |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4321355.stm |work= BBC News |date= 2005-03-05 |accessdate= 2007-04-14] He competed in the 2006 race but was hampered and fell at the Chair, the largest fence on the course. His starting price that day, in dramatic contrast to the enthusiasm he'd engendered the previous year, had been 40-1 [cite web |title= Form: SILVER BIRCH (IRE) |url= http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=570693. |work= www.RacingPost.com |accessdate= 2007-04-14 ]

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