Mouse Morris
| Mouse Morris | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Morris |
| Occupation | Trainer |
| Born |
4 April 1951 Co Galway |
| Major racing wins | |
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Supreme Novices' Hurdle (1983) Queen Mother Champion Chase (1986) Christie's Foxhunter Chase (1986) Stayers' Hurdle (1990) Grand Annual Chase (2005) Cheltenham Gold Cup (2006) Neptune Novices' Hurdle (2011) Irish Grand National (2008, 2016) The Grand National (2016) |
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| Significant horses | |
| Buck House, Trapper John, Cahervillahow, War Of Attrition, First Lieutenant, Rule The World | |
Michael "Mouse" Morris, formally the Hon. Michael Morris, (born 4 April 1951) is an Irish racehorse trainer and former amateur and professional jockey. As a trainer, he has won the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and has won the Irish Grand National twice. In 2016, he won both the Grand National and Irish Grand National double.
Morris is the third son of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, who was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1972 to 1980 and Chairman of Galway Racecourse from 1970 to 1985. His mother, Sheila, was the daughther of Canon Douglas Dunlop, Rector of Oughterard and the granddaughter of Henry Dunlop who was involved in the construction of Lansdowne Road in 1872. During World War II his mother was a cryptographer at Bletchley Park. According to Morris, "she was in Hut 6, but she wouldn't ever talk about it. Neither of them would talk about the war. She was bound by the Official Secrets Act, but whatever she did, she got an MBE for it."
Morris's twin brother John "Johnny" became a photographer and married Thelma Mansfield. Their elder brother, George Redmond "Red", followed in the footsteps of their father, Lord Killanin, by becoming a film producer. They also have one sister, Monica Deborah.
At aged fifteen his formal education ended following his diagnosis with dyslexia. Morris then began working at racing stables.
Morris was married to Susanna Felicity Clark. They had two sons, James "Jamie" born in 1983 and Christopher "Tiffer" born in 1985. Tiffer died in June 2015, aged 30, of carbon monoxide poisoning while traveling in Argentina.
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