{{short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Little Polveir | image = | caption = | sire = Cantab | grandsire = Cantaber | dam = Blue Speedwell | damsire = Escart | sex = Gelding | foaled = 1977 | country = United Kingdom | colour = Bay | breeder = | owner = Mike Shone –1989, Edward Harvey 1989–1999 | trainer = [[Toby Balding]] 1989–1999 | record = | earnings = | race = [[Scottish Grand National]] (1987)<br />[[Grand National]] ([[1989 Grand National|1989]]) | awards = | honours = |updated= August 23, 2007 }}
'''Little Polveir''' (1977–1999) was a [[race horse]]. He won the 1989 [[Grand National]] steeplechase ridden by Jimmy Frost, beating [[West Tip]] by seven lengths. The horse had previously finished ninth in 1986 and did not finish in 1987 and 1988 (where he fell at one after [[Valentine's Brook]]) while owned by Mike Shone, after which he was sold as a 12-year-old for 15,000gns in February 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/grand_national_2003/2913269.stm |title=National dream ends too soon |first=Sophie |last=Brown |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 April 2003 |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
The track "Little Polveir"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mstu.co.uk/discography/polveir.html |title=Little Polveir |publisher=Monkey Swallows the Universe |accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> by the Sheffield-based band [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] is named after the horse. After the track was written, the band signed to Loose Records, which coincidentally is owned by Tom Bridgewater, the son-in-law of [[Toby Balding]], Little Polveir's trainer. Little Polveir died in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dual+National+hero+Little+Polveir+dies.-a061506401 |first=Tom |last=Goff |title=Dual National hero Little Polveir dies |newspaper=Racing Post |date=13 February 1999 |accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref>
==Grand National record== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Grand National !Position ![[Jockey]] !Age !Weight ![[Starting price|SP]] !Distance |- |[[1986 Grand National|1986]] |9th |[[Colin Brown (jockey)|Colin Brown]] |9 |10-3 |36/1 | |- |[[1987 Grand National|1987]] |DNF |Colin Brown |10 |10-2 |33/1 |Unseated rider at fence 15 |- |[[1988 Grand National|1988]] |DNF |Tom Morgan |11 |10-7 |33/1 |Unseated rider at fence 26 |- |[[1989 Grand National|1989]] |1st |Jimmy Frost |12 |10-3 |28/1 |Won by 7 lengths |}
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==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPnzGQExjg Video (YouTube) Little Polveir winning the 1989 Grand National]
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