Bacchanal (horse)

Bacchanal
SireBob Back
GrandsireRoberto
DamJustitia
DamsireDunbeath
SexGelding
Foaled4 March 1994[1]
CountryIreland
ColourChestnut
BreederMartyn J McEnery
OwnerLady Lloyd-Webber
TrainerNicky Henderson
Record20: 10-2-2
Earnings£262,798
Major wins
Gerry Feilden Hurdle (1999)
Stayers' Hurdle (2000)
Feltham Novices' Chase (2000)
Reynoldstown Novices' Chase (2001)
Aon Chase (2002)
Long Distance Hurdle (2002)

Bacchanal (4 March 1994 – 25 January 2003) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing. He was lightly-raced, winning ten of his twenty races between January 1999 and January 2003. As a novice hurdler he won two of his four races and in the following season he won the Gerry Feilden Hurdle before recording his biggest win in the Stayers' Hurdle. He later developed into a top class steeplechaser, winning the Feltham Novices' Chase, Reynoldstown Novices' Chase and Aon Chase and twice finishing third in the King George VI Chase. He returned to hurdles to win the Long Distance Hurdle in 2002, but was killed in a fall at Cheltenham in January 2003.

  1. ^ "Bacchanal pedigree". Equineline.