| Comedy of Errors | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Goldhill |
| Grandsire | Le Dieu d'Or |
| Dam | Comedy Actress |
| Damsire | Kingsway |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1967 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Elizabeth Sykes |
| Owner | Harold Plotnek and Ted Wheatley |
| Trainer | Fred Rimell |
| Record | 48:23-11-4 |
| Major wins | |
| Fighting Fifth Hurdle (1972, 1973, 1974) Cheltenham Trial (1973, 1974) Irish Sweeps Hurdle (1973, 1974) Champion Hurdle (1973, 1975) Welsh Champion Hurdle (1973) Scottish Champion Hurdle (1975) Templegate Hurdle (1976) | |
| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 178[1] | |
Comedy of Errors (1967–1990) was a champion British Thoroughbred National Hunt racehorse. He won the Champion Hurdle in 1973 and 1975, becoming one of only two horses to regain British hurdling's top prize. A huge, handsome horse of over 17 hands, "Comedy", as he was affectionately known, won 23 of 48 races. His trainer Fred Rimell considered him the best ever at Kinnersley stables, while his wife Mercy felt "he was a freak", considering his enormous build and tendency to jump to the right, as his jockey Bill Smith noted. Timeform rate him as the leading hurdler of the mid-1970s and among the top half-dozen hurdlers ever in Britain.[2]