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Bronze Trophy of Racehorse
Eremon
height: 88 cm; length: 92 cm
base inscribed: EREMON 1907;
plinth applied with a plaque inscribed:
Eremon / 1907/ Winner Grand
National Steeplechase / also Lancashire
Steeplechase / Trained by Thomas
Coulthwaite
The model was made to commemorate
Eremon’s 1907 Grand National win and
given by the owner Stanley McKnight
Howard to Major Townsend, a vet who
had ‘fired’ the horses legs, transforming
his race form.
The 1907 victory is considered one of
the more noteworthy National wins.
Prior to the 1907 season Eremon was
little-rated, had been bought for £50
and had previously been used as a
carthorse. He was the owner’s only
racehorse and during an eventful 1907
National the relatively unknown jockey
Alf Newey suffered a broken stirrup
early in the race but still held on to win
by 6 lengths. Tipped for continued
success, Eremon was fatally injured in
the same year as his victory at Aintree.
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