Floyd_(horse)

Floyd (horse)

Floyd (horse)

British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Floyd (foaled 1980, died 7 January 1993) was an English bred and English trained National Hunt racehorse sired by Relko. The horse was named after the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

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David Elsworth-trained Floyd was the first horse to win the Long Walk Hurdle when it was upgraded to Grade One status in 1990.[1]

Only five horses have done the double of winning the Imperial Cup with a follow-up win at the same year’s Cheltenham Festival, with Floyd being the first in 1985 when he completed the double by winning the County Hurdle.[2]

19 wins, £196,234: 3 wins at 3 and 5 years and £10,872; also 16 wins over hurdles[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Racenews Newslink Archive - Tuesday, December 18, 2001". Racenewsonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
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    http://www.tattersalls.ie/sales/august2005/aug2005.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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