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Boomerang | |
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Breed | Irish Sport Horse |
Sire | Battleburn (Thoroughbred) |
Grandsire | Shapoor (Thoroughbred) |
Dam | Girl From The Brown Mountain (Irish Draught) |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1966 Ninemilehouse, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Died | May 1983 (aged 16–17) Kells, County Meath, Ireland |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay, star near the hind sock |
Breeder | Jimmy Murphy |
Owner | Eddie Macken |
Last updated on: 18 December 2023. |
Medal record | ||
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Equestrian | ||
World Championships | ||
1978 Aachen | Individual jumping | |
European Championships | ||
1979 Rotterdam | Team jumping |
Boomerang, later Carroll's Boomerang (1966 – May 1983), was an Irish-bred showjumping horse of the 1970s. He won the Hickstead Derby four years in a row, a record, and was one of the greatest of that or any decade. Boomerang also held the record for prize-money. Standing 16.2 hh (168 cm), Boomerang was ridden in show jumping most successfully by Eddie Macken, as well as by Liz Edgar (Broome), Johan Heins and Paul Schockemöhle.