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Galtee More:Owned by Mr.
Gubbin
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Galtee More: copyright National Horse Racing Museum
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Galtee More being walked around, at
Doncaster in 1896.
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Galtee More
Winner of the Derby, the Two Thousand Guineas and the St. Leger in
1897
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www.horseracinghistory.co.uk
When Galtee More and Bantry Bay
were yearlings on their breeder John Gubbins' stud farm, Mr Gubbins
(of County Limerick, Ireland)
thought more of the latter. The stud groom had the right idea
though, voicing a very high opinion of Galtee More. The horse had
almost faultless confirmation and his trainer found him charming. He
won five of his six outings as a juvenile
and six of his seven starts as a three-year-old, including the 2000
Guineas
in a canter, an easy Derby success and the St Leger at odds of 10/1
on. Before the Derby, Samuel Darling,
Snr, Galtee More's trainer, got wind of a plan to 'nobble'
his candidate, so a huge Newfoundland retriever cross dog was
procured, which guarded him admirably. The journey to Epsom was
rather fraught, a great deal of shunting on the railway and the
overnight stable was full of rats, but nothing fazed Galtee More.
Hopes of training Galtee More for the cup races as a four year old came to nought when he developed a
suspect leg, and he was sold to the Russian government,
later being exported to Germany where he sired good winners.
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F & J Smith were a Glasgow Cigarette
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Today their are many horses carrying the name of the
famous mountain, most of them from the Galtymore Stables in New
Zealand. It's good to see the older version of the name being used!
The following is from their website; www.equestrian-edge.co.nz
Galtymore Horses
In excess of 70 Galtymore bred or prepared
horses are scattered throughout NZ, Australia and the United States.
They are competing successfully for their delighted riders in many
disciplines, including show jumping, eventing, hunting, and
dressage. And of course we have some owners who are thrilled
with their awesome pleasure and trekking horse, who have come out of
the Galtymore Stables.
Here's just a few of our successful horses
Galtymore Carnahalla - NZ Medium
Dressage section award with rider Megan Robinson
Galtymore Three Swallows - numerous Champion Saddle
Hunter & SJ Championship titles with rider Kelly Evans
Blizzard (prepared and sold on behalf to Australia) -
Successful B Grade Show jumper
Knockfallaugh (prepared and sold on behalf to United States)
Galtymore Galbaly - competing North Island Show Jumping
at 1.20m
Galtymore Doon Moon - competing North Island in Amateur
Rider
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S.S 'Galtee More'
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'Galtymore' DVD |
'Galtee More' Horse
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'Dog from Galtymore'
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Engine 'Galtee More' |
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