Numbersixvalverde

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{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Numbersixvalverde | image = | caption = | sire = Broken Hearted | grandsire = [[Dara Monarch]] | dam = Queens Tricks | damsire = Le Bavard | sex = [[Gelding]] | foaled = 1996 | country = [[Ireland]] | colour = [[Bay (color)|Bay]] | breeder = Major F B Boyd and J G B Boyd | owner = Bernard Carroll | trainer = Martin Brassil | record = 36: 5-8-5 | earnings = £590,054 | race =[[Thyestes Chase]] (2005) <br /> [[Irish Grand National]] (2005) <br /> [[Grand National]] ([[2006 Grand National|2006]]) | awards = | honours = |updated= April 17, 2007 }}

'''Numbersixvalverde''' (born 1996) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[race horse]] who won both the 2005 [[Irish Grand National]] and [[2006 Grand National|2006 Aintree Grand National]] [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]], beating [[Hedgehunter]] by six lengths with [[Niall Madden]] in the saddle.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-04-08 |title=Numbersixvalverde wins National |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4872496.stm |access-date=2025-11-05 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Numbersixvalverde won his big races in the colours of owner, Bernard Caroll, who named the horse after his [[holiday]] home<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porteous |first=Lewis |date=2025-04-04 |title=Living their best life: we've caught up with all 15 living winners of the Grand National |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/where-are-they-now/living-their-best-life-weve-caught-up-with-all-15-living-winners-of-the-grand-national-aosRo0m7zV7F/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=www.racingpost.com |language=en}}</ref> in the [[Algarve]]. The horse returned to Aintree to defend his title in [[2007 Grand National|2007]], finishing sixth but pulled up injured and never raced again, finally being retired in January 2009.

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[[Category:1996 racehorse births]] [[Category:Thoroughbred family 22]] [[Category:Racehorses bred in Ireland]] [[Category:Racehorses trained in Ireland]] [[Category:National Hunt racehorses]] [[Category:Grand National winners]]