Champion Hurdler Rooster Booster is the horse who most contributed to the public’s enjoyment of national hunt racing during 2003.
Owner Terry Warner was presented with a specially commissioned painting by artist Terence Gilbert in the National Hunt Horse of the Year competition sponsored by Weatherbys and the Racehorse Owners Association.
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Overburdened with weight by the handicapper, Rooster Booster struggled to win for the first two years Warner owned him. But he blossomed in the run-up to the 2003 Champion Hurdle and won by the third longest margin in the race’s history.
The grey is now nine years old and is being targeted at back-to-back Champion Hurdles. He was bred by Richard and Elsie Mitchell in Dorset.
This story was published in this week’s issue of Horse & Hound (25 September).
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