Back In Front | |
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Sire | Bob Back |
Grandsire | Roberto |
Dam | Storm Front |
Damsire | Strong Gale |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 14 April 1997[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Noreen Hayes |
Owner | Dermot Cox & Nelius Hayes |
Trainer | Edward O'Grady |
Record | 25:11-5-1 |
Earnings | £260,148 |
Major wins | |
Supreme Novices' Hurdle (2003) Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle (2003) Morgiana Hurdle (2003) Bula Hurdle (2004) |
Back In Front (foaled 14 April 1997) is a retired, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing. The gelding showed early promise in National Hunt Flat races, winning twice and finishing third in an exceptionally strong renewal of the Champion Bumper. He was one of the leading novice hurdlers in the 2003–04 season, winning four races including the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in England and the Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle in Ireland. In the following season he won the Morgiana Hurdle and was regarded as a Champion Hurdle contender before being sidelined by injury. Back In Front won the Bula Hurdle in 2004 but ran poorly when joint-favourite for the Champion Hurdle in 2005. He had little success when switched to steeplechasing and was retired in 2007, having won eleven of his twenty-five races.