Barton Bank (1986-2007) was one of the top National Hunt chasers of the mid 1990s. He won the 1993 King George VI Chase as well as two Charlie Hall Chases at Wetherby (1993 and 1995). A mixture of bad lack and bad jumping at crucial times stopped him winning more major races. He was trained by David Nicholson and in his major successes was ridden by Adrian Maguire or David Walsh. He was owned by Jenny Mould whose green colours with white stars ha...
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Barton Bank (1986-2007) was one of the top National Hunt chasers of the mid 1990s. He won the 1993 King George VI Chase as well as two Charlie Hall Chases at Wetherby (1993 and 1995). A mixture of bad lack and bad jumping at crucial times stopped him winning more major races. He was trained by David Nicholson and in his major successes was ridden by Adrian Maguire or David Walsh. He was owned by Jenny Mould whose green colours with white stars have been worn by horses such as Bindaree and Tipping Tim. She also part-owned Charter Party who ran under different colours.
Barton Bank entered the 1993 Sun Alliance Chase as the favourite after betting support on the day. However, he broke a blood vessel and he had to be pulled up. The eventual winner was ante-post favourite Young Hustler.
The next season he won a classic battle with Bradbury Star for the King George crown. Back in third was The Fellow who had won the last two renewals of the race. Fourth and fifth were Young Hustler and Zeta...
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