# Ballabriggs > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballabriggs > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballabriggs.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballabriggs > Source revision: 1354190578 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Ballabriggs | image = Ballabriggs in 2011 (cropped-J1).jpg | caption = Ballabriggs in 2011 | sire = Presenting | grandsire = [Mtoto](/source/Mtoto) | dam = Papoose | damsire = Little Bighorn | sex = [Gelding](/source/Gelding) | foaled = 20 April 2001 | country = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) | colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse)) | breeder = Mrs S L Jackson | owner = [Trevor Hemmings](/source/Trevor_Hemmings) | trainer = [Donald McCain, Jr.](/source/Donald_McCain%2C_Jr.) | record = 28: 7-7-2 | earnings = £623,049 | race = [Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup](/source/Fulke_Walwyn_Kim_Muir_Challenge_Cup) (2010)
[Grand National](/source/Grand_National) ([2011](/source/2011_Grand_National)) | awards = | honours = | updated = 13 April 2013 }} '''Ballabriggs''' (foaled 20 April 2001) is a retired [Grand National](/source/Grand_National)-winning [National Hunt](/source/National_Hunt_racing) racehorse trained by [Donald McCain, Jr.](/source/Donald_McCain%2C_Jr.) in [Cholmondeley](/source/Cholmondeley%2C_Cheshire), [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire) and owned by [Trevor Hemmings](/source/Trevor_Hemmings).{{cite news |title=2011 Grand National winner Ballabriggs has run last race |first=Stuart |last=Riley |newspaper=Racing Post| location=London |date=13 April 2013 }} ==Racing career== Ballabriggs' racecourse debut was in a 2-mile [National Hunt flat race](/source/National_Hunt_flat_race) at [Uttoxeter](/source/Uttoxeter_Racecourse) on 14 May 2006. He was ridden by Stephen Craine and finished 5th of 15, beaten 23 lengths, at [odds](/source/odds) of 13/2. For the next two seasons he campaigned unsuccessfully over [hurdles](/source/hurdles), before switching to [chasing](/source/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)) in December 2007. At [Catterick](/source/Catterick_Racecourse) on 18 January 2008, he was ridden for the first time by [Jason Maguire](/source/Jason_Maguire) who would go on to be the jockey with which he is most closely associated. At the sixth time of asking, and having finished runner up three times, he finally got off the mark as a chaser, winning a Class 4 Beginners' Chase at [Bangor](/source/Bangor-on-Dee_Racecourse).{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/4/bangor-on-dee/2008-03-29/451506 |title=TOMMYSDARTS.CO.UK BEGINNERS' CHASE Result |date=29 March 2008 |publisher=Racing Post |accessdate=2013-04-13}} In 2010, the gelding came to the fore as a chaser, winning five races in succession, including the [Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup](/source/Fulke_Walwyn_Kim_Muir_Challenge_Cup) at the [Cheltenham Festival](/source/Cheltenham_Festival) at odds of 9/1.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cheltenham-festival/news/2010/03/18/cheltenham-2010-ballabriggs-triumphant-in-final-race-of-the-day-115875-22121778/|title=Ballabriggs triumphant in final race of the day|date=18 March 2010|accessdate=9 April 2011|work=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)|publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror)}} Then in 2011, Ballabriggs had his greatest moment, winning the [2011 Grand National](/source/2011_Grand_National) at [Aintree Racecourse](/source/Aintree_Racecourse). Ridden by Maguire, the horse's odds were between 14-1 and 20-1 before the race, but he unexpectedly remained in the leading pack for most of the race, before pulling out in front over the final fences.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8440199/Grand-National-2011-Jason-Maguire-and-Ballabriggs-battles-way-to-glory-at-Aintree.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412004536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8440199/Grand-National-2011-Jason-Maguire-and-Ballabriggs-battles-way-to-glory-at-Aintree.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2011|title=Jason Maguire and Ballabriggs battles way to glory at Aintree|first=Marcus|last=Armytage|authorlink=Marcus Armytage|date=9 April 2011|accessdate=9 April 2011|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)}}{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9451559.stm|title=Ballabriggs powers to National win|work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|publisher=BBC|date=9 April 2011|access-date=9 April 2011|first=Frank|last=Keogh}} Ballabriggs finished ahead of [Sam Waley-Cohen](/source/Sam_Waley-Cohen)'s Oscar Time in second, and [Tony McCoy](/source/Tony_McCoy)'s [Don't Push It](/source/Don't_Push_It) in third. Dehydrated in the unusually hot weather, Ballabriggs immediately returned to the stable after the win, instead of going to the winners enclosure as tradition dictates. It was the first time only the jockey entered the winner's enclosure without his mount.{{cite web|last=Keogh |first=Frank |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9451559.stm |title=Ballabriggs powers to National win |publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC) News |date=2011-04-09 |access-date=2013-04-13}} Following his Grand National win Maguire received a five-day ban for excessive use of the whip in the closing stages, Ballabriggs having been driven so hard he required oxygen after the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/grand-national-winning-jockey-maguire-1696960/|title=Grand National winning jockey Maguire handed five-day ban|author=Dave Kidd|date=10 April 2011|publisher=[The People](/source/The_Sunday_People)|accessdate=22 February 2013|archive-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829053053/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/grand-national-winning-jockey-maguire-1696960|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |date=2011-06-13 |title=Use of whip reviewed by horse racing authorities |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/13751127 |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} The horse never won again following his National success, although he contested two more Grand Nationals, finishing 6th in 2012, and pulling up in 2013, the final race of his career. ==Retirement== He was retired on 13 April 2013 after pulling up in the [2013 Grand National](/source/2013_Grand_National) and returned to live on the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man) with owner Trevor Hemmings. He had run 28 races, winning 7. {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/ |work=[Racing Post](/source/Racing_Post) |title=Horse Database|accessdate=13 April 2013}} ==Pedigree== {{Pedigree| name = Ballabriggs (IRE), bay gelding, 27 April 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=6312000®istry=T&horse_name==Ballabriggs%20(IRE)&dam_name==Papoose%20(IRE)&foaling_year=2001&nicking_stats_indicator=Y## |title=Balabriggs pedigree |publisher=equineline.com |date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2013-04-13}}| f = Presenting 1992| ff = [Mtoto](/source/Mtoto) b.1983| fff = [Busted](/source/Busted_(horse))| ffff = [Crepello](/source/Crepello)| fffm = Donatello| ffm = Amazer (FR)| ffmf = Mincio| ffmm = Alzara| fm = D'Azy 1984| fmf = Persian Bold| fmff = [Bold Lad (IRE)](/source/Bold_Lad_(IRE))| fmfm = Relkarunner| fmm = Belle Viking | fmmf = [Riverman](/source/Riverman) (USA)| fmmm = Vallarta | m = Papoose (IRE) 1993| mf = Little Bighorn 1985| mff = [Blakeney](/source/Blakeney_(horse))| mfff = [Hethersett](/source/Hethersett_(horse))| mffm = Windmill Girl| mfm = Nip In The Air (USA)| mfmf = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer)| mfmm = China Trade| mm = Thomastown Girl| mmf = Tekoah| mmff = Great White Way| mmfm = Tatelka | mmm = Wrong Decision| mmmf = No Argument| mmmm = Tourina (Family 3-n)| }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/655836/ballabriggs Ballabriggs' pedigree and racing stats] * [http://www.donaldmccain.co.uk/ Trainer Donald McCain's Official Website] Category:Grand National winners Category:2001 racehorse births Category:Thoroughbred family 3-n Category:Racehorses bred in Ireland Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Category:National Hunt racehorses Category:Cheltenham Festival winners --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ballabriggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballabriggs) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballabriggs?action=history)). 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