He won the 1926 Molyneaux Chase in Liverpool and the 1927 Becher Chase and after six successive wins was bought for the incredible price of
Friday, 18 March 2011
Easter Hero, Looking Back At The Gold Cup
Easter Hero was the first horse to win the Gold Cup two years consecutively and one of the greatest Irish chasers to run in the National without winning. Bred in Ireland in 1920 by great jumping sire My Prince out of half-bred mare Easter Week, the horse spent his early career in the country of his origins with owner Frank Barbour of Belfast.
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