Troytown (horse)

Troytown (1913-1920) was a National Hunt racehorse whose career was cut short by a fatal fall in the 1920 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris. The habit of bludgeoning his way through fences, which caused the accident, had long been with Troytown. When he won the 1920 Grand National he almost carted his amateur jockey Jack Anthony round the track and survived two mistakes which may have defeated any other horse. Before that, he had won once in his native Ireland, taken the Champion Chase at Aintree in 1919 and made every yard to win the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris that season.

References

* The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - Written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/troytown pedigreequery.com]
* [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1059 horseracinghistory.co.uk]