Barton | |
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Sire | Port Ettienne |
Grandsire | Mill Reef |
Dam | Peanuts |
Damsire | Mistigri |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 19 February 1993 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Conkwell Grange Stud |
Owner | Stanley Clarke |
Trainer | Charlie Brooks Tim Easterby |
Record | 26:14-4-1 |
Earnings | £295,047 |
Major wins | |
Classic Novices' Hurdle (1998) Winter Novices' Hurdle (1998) River Don Novices' Hurdle (1999) Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle (1999) Mersey Novices' Hurdle (1999) Fighting Fifth Hurdle (2000) Aintree Hurdle (2001) Dipper Novices' Chase (2002) Mildmay Novices' Chase (2002) |
Barton (19 February 1993 – 2004) was a British racehorse of Thoroughbred and Anglo-Arabian ancestry who competed in National Hunt racing. In a racing career which lasted from October 1997 until November 2003 he won fourteen of his twenty-six races. He had his greatest success in the 1998/1999 National Hunt season when he dominated the novice hurdle division in Britain, winning all seven of his races including the Classic Novices' Hurdle, Winter Novices' Hurdle, River Don Novices' Hurdle, Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle and Mersey Novices' Hurdle. After missing the next season he returned to win the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the Aintree Hurdle, easily defeating Best Mate in the latter race. When switched to steeplechasing he won the Dipper Novices' Chase and the Mildmay Novices' Chase but was never as effective as he had been over hurdles.