Morley Street
| Morley Street | |
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| Sire | Deep Run |
| Grandsire | Pampered King |
| Dam | High Board |
| Damsire | High Line |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1984 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Marshall Parkhill |
| Owner | Salehurst Paper Company Michael Jackson Bloodstock |
| Trainer | Toby Balding |
| Record | 45: 20-6-3 |
| Earnings | £589,589 |
| Major wins | |
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Mumm Prize Novices' Hurdle (1990) Aintree Hurdle (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Breeders' Cup Steeplechase (1990, 1991) Ascot Hurdle (1990, 1991) Berkshire Hurdle (1991) Champion Hurdle (1991) Elite Hurdle (1992) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion Steeplechase Horse (1990, 1991) |
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Morley Street (1984-–2009) was an Irish racehorse. He was a specialist hurdler but also won steeplechases and races on the flat. In a racing career which lasted from November 1988 until December 1995, he ran forty-five times and won twenty races including the Champion Hurdle in 1991 and the Aintree Hurdle on four successive occasions. He won the title of American Champion Steeplechase Horse on two occasions, as a result of back-to-back wins in the Breeders' Cup Steeplechase.
Morley Street was a chestnut horse with a large white star, bred in Ireland by Marshall Parkhill. He was sired by Deep Run, an outstanding sire of jumpers whose other progeny included Dawn Run and Golden Cygnet. Morley Street's dam, High Board, was not a Thoroughbred, being a descendant of the mare Arab Maid, whose pedigree on her mother's side was uncertain. Arab Maid's other descendants included the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Easter Hero. Two years after Morley Street was foaled, High Board produced his full brother Granville Again, who won the Champion Hurdle in 1993.
Morley Street was bought as an unraced three-year-old by the British businessman Michael Jackson, who first raced the horse in the name of his Salehurst Paper Company. The horse was named after a street close to Jackson's Salehurst office, near London Waterloo station. He was trained throughout his career by Toby Balding at Kimpton in Hampshire and was ridden in most of his important races by Jimmy Frost. Morley Street suffered throughout his career from bleeding. Balding treated the horse with a variety of substances including Lasix but was banned under British racing rules from using medication on race days.
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