Big Zeb

Big Zeb
SireOscar
GrandsireSadler's Wells
DamOur Siveen
DamsireDeep Run
SexGelding
Foaled13 May 2001[1]
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederLyle Buttimer
OwnerPatrick Joseph Redmond
TrainerColm Murphy
Record33:13-11-3
Earnings£813,797
Major wins
Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase (2008)
Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase (2008, 2010, 2011)
Fortria Chase (2009, 2010, 2011)
Tied Cottage Chase (2010)
Queen Mother Champion Chase (2010)
Punchestown Champion Chase (2011)
Awards
Irish Horse of the Year (2010)

Big Zeb (foaled 13 May 2001) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing and was best known for his performances in steeplechases over the minimum distance of two miles. He was slow to mature and made little impact in bumpers and hurdle races before being switched to chasing and winning the Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase in 2008. In the following season he won the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase but fell twice in five races. He reached his peak in the 2009/2010 season when he won the Fortria Chase and the Tied Cottage Chase before defeating a strong field to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. He won the Fortria Chase and the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase again in the next season and rebounded from a defeat in the Queen Mother Champion Chase to win the Punchestown Champion Chase. He won both the Fortria Chase and the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase for a third time in the autumn of 2011 but developed injury problems and failed to win in his remaining five races. He was retired in January 2013, having won thirteen of his thirty-three races.

  1. ^ "Big Zeb pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.