# Little Polveir

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British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Little Polveir Sire Cantab Grandsire Cantaber Dam Blue Speedwell Damsire Escart Sex Gelding Foaled 1977 Country United Kingdom Colour Bay Owner Mike Shone –1989, Edward Harvey 1989–1999 Trainer Toby Balding 1989–1999 Major wins Scottish Grand National (1987) Grand National (1989) Last updated on August 23, 2007

**Little Polveir** (1977–1999) was a [race horse](/source/Race_horse). He won the 1989 [Grand National](/source/Grand_National) steeplechase ridden by Jimmy Frost, beating [West Tip](/source/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](/source/Valentine's_Brook)) while owned by Mike Shone, after which he was sold as a 12-year-old for 15,000gns in February 1989.[1]

The track "Little Polveir"[2] by the Sheffield-based band [Monkey Swallows the Universe](/source/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](/source/Toby_Balding), Little Polveir's trainer. Little Polveir died in 1999.[3]

## Grand National record

Grand National Position Jockey Age Weight SP Distance 1986 9th Colin Brown 9 10-3 36/1 1987 DNF Colin Brown 10 10-2 33/1 Unseated rider at fence 15 1988 DNF Tom Morgan 11 10-7 33/1 Unseated rider at fence 26 1989 1st Jimmy Frost 12 10-3 28/1 Won by 7 lengths

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Brown, Sophie (4 April 2003). ["National dream ends too soon"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/grand_national_2003/2913269.stm). BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Little Polveir"](http://www.mstu.co.uk/discography/polveir.html). Monkey Swallows the Universe. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Goff, Tom (13 February 1999). ["Dual National hero Little Polveir dies"](https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dual+National+hero+Little+Polveir+dies.-a061506401). *Racing Post*. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

## External links

- [Video (YouTube) Little Polveir winning the 1989 Grand National](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPnzGQExjg)

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