Back In Front

Back In Front
Sire	Bob Back
Grandsire	Roberto
Dam	Storm Front
Damsire	Strong Gale
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	14 April 1997
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.

Back In Front was a brown gelding with a small white star bred in County Limerick Ireland by Noreen Hayes. He was sired by Bob Back, a racehorse whose best performance came when he recorded an upset win over Pebbles and Commanche Run in the 1985 Prince of Wales's Stakes. As a breeding stallion, he sired the St Leger Stakes winner Bob's Return, but had more success as a National Hunt sire, with his progeny including Bobs Worth, Bacchanal (Stayers' Hurdle), Thisthatandtother (Festival Trophy) and Burton Port (Reynoldstown Novices' Chase). Back In Front's dam Storm Front showed some ability as a National Hunt racehorse, winning six minor races and being placed at Grade III level. She was a descendant of the broodmare Drift who produced the classic winners Tide-Way and Sun Stream.

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