Boomerang (ISH) and Eddie Macken (IRL)

Boomerang (ISH) and Eddie Macken (IRL)

Major achievements:

World Show Jumping Championships silver medal 1978
European Championships Team bronze 1979
Part of the three in a row Irish Team that won Ireland's Nations Cup, Aga Khan Trophy 1977, 1978, 1979
Four time winner of the Hickstead Derby
Four time winner of Horse of the Year Show Grand Prix, Wembley
Championship, Wembley, London 1975, 1976, 1979


Spruce Meadows Grand Prix, Calgary 1979
Aachen Grand Prix winner 1978
Championship, Aachen, Germany 1978
Rome Grand Prix, Rome, Italy 1978
Championship, Rome, Italy 1978
Hamburg Grand Prix, Hamburg, Germany 1978
Nice Grand Prix, Nice, France 1978
Gothenburg Grand Prix, Gothenburg, Sweden 1978
Brussels Grand Prix, Brussels, Belgium 1977
La Baule Grand Prix, La Baule, France 1977
New York Grand Prix, U.S.A 1976
Helped Macken become Leading Rider in Washington.
Hamburg Derby, Hamburg, Germany 1976
2nd place, Grand Prix, Lucerne, Switzerland 1976
2nd place, Dublin Grand Prix, Dublin, Ireland 1975
St. Gallen Grand Prix, St. Gallen, Switzerland 1975
Wiesbaden Grand Prix, Wiesbaden, Germany 1975

Plus lots of other wins.


Breeder: Jimmy Murphy, Grangemockler, County Tipperary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomeran...)

Bay, gelding
By Battle Burn xx (Thoroughbred) out of an Irish Draught mare.

Battle Burn also sired two time winner of the Hickstead Derby "Mattie Brown" (rider Harvey Smith)

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Boomerang Great International Show Jumping Horse (Irish Sport Horse)