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Lord Gyllene

Lord Gyllene
Sire Ring the Bell
Grandsire Rangong
Dam Dentelle
Damsire Crest of the Wave
Sex Gelding
Foaled 10 November 1988
Country New Zealand
Colour Bay
Breeder Mrs N. M. Taylor
Owner Sir Stanley Clarke CBE
Trainer Steve Brookshaw
Record 13: 4-5-1 (in Britain)
Earnings £236,101 (in Britain)
Major wins
Grand National (1997)

Lord Gyllene (10 November 1988 – 12 December 2016) was a New Zealand-bred racehorse whose greatest victory came in the 1997 Grand National at Aintree. He was trained by Steve Brookshaw for owner Sir Stanley Clarke CBE and ridden by Tony Dobbin. Lord Gyllene was retired by his owner in 2001 due to injury. He had a race record in the UK of 13 runs: won 4, second 5 and third once, as well as two wins in New Zealand.

The victory of Lord Gyllene is remembered as much for the circumstances surrounding the bomb threats and re-staging of the Grand National on the following Monday, as for his winning the event.

Lord Gyllene died at the age of 28 on 12 December 2016.



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