Forbra
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Forbra was a National Hunt racehorse best known for being the winner of the 1932 Grand National steeplechase
when relatively unconsidered at 50/1.
Despite the fact that Forbra only won 7 races during his career, his victory in The Grand National
was just reward for the efforts of a fine chaser and something of an Aintree
specialist. He ran twice more in the race and finished on both occasions in the first four.
Prior to his famous victory in 1932 he had the distinction of scoring a victory over the great Golden Miller in a race where 'The Miller' was disqualified for carrying the wrong weight.
Unfortunately, Forbra, who never fell during his racing career was 'put down' in 1935 after a race at Newbury, having broken a fetlock between the final two fences.
Forbra's owner Mr William (Billie) Parsonage was a well known commission agent based in Ludlow, Shropshire and had previously attempted to win the National with a number of fine staying chasers. The best known of these was Master Billie who had been greatly fancied and heavily backed in 1929.
Forbra was the first Grand National winner to emerge from the famous Kinnersley stables, near Worcester, where in later years Fred Rimell, son of Forbra's trainer Tom Rimell became a Champion trainer winning more Nationals and almost all the major NH events of his time.
Steeplechase
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when relatively unconsidered at 50/1.
Despite the fact that Forbra only won 7 races during his career, his victory in The Grand National
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
was just reward for the efforts of a fine chaser and something of an Aintree
Aintree
Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. It lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, about north of Liverpool city centre, in North West England....
specialist. He ran twice more in the race and finished on both occasions in the first four.
Prior to his famous victory in 1932 he had the distinction of scoring a victory over the great Golden Miller in a race where 'The Miller' was disqualified for carrying the wrong weight.
Unfortunately, Forbra, who never fell during his racing career was 'put down' in 1935 after a race at Newbury, having broken a fetlock between the final two fences.
Forbra's owner Mr William (Billie) Parsonage was a well known commission agent based in Ludlow, Shropshire and had previously attempted to win the National with a number of fine staying chasers. The best known of these was Master Billie who had been greatly fancied and heavily backed in 1929.
Forbra was the first Grand National winner to emerge from the famous Kinnersley stables, near Worcester, where in later years Fred Rimell, son of Forbra's trainer Tom Rimell became a Champion trainer winning more Nationals and almost all the major NH events of his time.