- Little Polveir
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Little Polveir
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sire = Cantab
grandsire =
dam = Blue Speedwell
damsire = L'Escargot
sex =
foaled = 1977-1999
country =
colour =
breeder =
owner =Mike Shone -1989, Edward Harvey 1989-
trainer =Toby Balding 1989-
record =
earnings =
race =Scottish Grand National (1987)Grand National (1989)
awards =
honours =
updated= August 23, 2007Little Polveir was a
race horse . He won the 1989Grand National steeplechase ridden byJimmy Frost , beatingWest Tip by seven lengths. The horse had previously finished ninth in 1986 and did not finish in 1987 and 1988 while owned by Mike Shone, after which he was sold as a 12 yr-old for 15,000gns in February 1989 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/grand_national_2003/2913269.stm National dream ends too soon]BBC Online 4 April, 2003]The track "Little Polveir" by the 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 Balding. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/04/10/shdiar10.xml http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/04/10/shdiar10.xml] Marcus Armytage,Telegraph.co.uk 10/04/2007]References
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