Norton's Coin

Norton's Coin
Racing silks of Sirrell Griffiths
Sire	Mount Cassino
Grandsire	Varano
Dam	Grove Chance
Damsire	St Columbus
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	16 March 1981[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Percy Thomas
Owner	Percy Thomas Sirrell Griffiths
Trainer	Sirrell Griffiths
Record	33: 6-8-3
Earnings	£138,990
Major wins
Silver Trophy Chase (1989, 1991) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1990)

Norton's Coin (16 March 1981 – 15 January 2001) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for his 100/1 win in the 1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was an obscurely-bred gelding owned and trained in Wales by Sirrell Griffiths, a dairy farmer who had only two other horses in his stable.

After success on the amateur Point-to-point circuit and in hunter chases Norton's Coin graduated to professional competition as a seven-year-old in 1988. In his first season under National Hunt rules he showed promise and won the Silver Trophy Chase in April at Cheltenham Racecourse. He struggled to win in the following season, but left all his previous form well behind to record his most famous win over Toby Tobias and the favourite Desert Orchid in Britain's most important weight-for-age steeplechase.

Norton's Coin was injured in winning the Gold Cup and won only once (a repeat win in the Silver Trophy) in his remaining eighteen races. He developed breathing problems and was retired in 1993. He spent his retirement on Griffiths' farm before dying from a suspected heart attack in January 2001.