Bollin Eric, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
15 Facts About Bollin Eric
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Bollin Eric recorded his most important success when winning the Classic St Leger Stakes as a three-year-old in 2002.
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Bollin Eric won the Lonsdale Stakes in the following year and was placed in important races including the Dante Stakes, King Edward VII Stakes, Great Voltigeur Stakes, Yorkshire Cup and Hardwicke Stakes.
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Bollin Eric was by far the highest-rated horse sired by The Derby winner Shaamit and was out of the mare Bollin Zola who won two races for the Westbrooks in the late 1980s.
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Bollin Eric was sent into training with Tim Easterby at his Habton Grange Stable in North Yorkshire.
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Bollin Eric was ridden in twelve of his eighteen races by Kevin Darley.
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On his first start as a three-year-old, Bollin Eric was moved up in class for the Listed Feilden Stakes at Newmarket and finished third of the ten runners.
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Bollin Eric bypassed the Derby and made his next appearance in the King Edward VII Stakes in which he finished second to Balakheri.
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Bollin Eric then finished third to Bandari in the Great Voltigeur Stakes in which the first five runners finished within a length and a half of each other.
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Bollin Eric took the lead two furlongs from the finish and "kept on well" to win by one and a quarter lengths and two lengths from Highest and Bandari in what the BBC described as a "superb finish".
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Darley later recalled that he had personally requested the ride on Bollin Eric and described the race by saying that "once I switched him out and let him use himself it was all over".
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At four, Bollin Eric finished fourth to Warrsan in the John Porter Stakes at Newbury and second when favourite for the Yorkshire Cup.
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Bollin Eric was beaten a neck in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot and then finished fourth to Millenary in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket.
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Bollin Eric recorded his first win for eleven months as he took the lead a furlong from the finish and won by two lengths from Cover Up.
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Bollin Eric began his breeding career at the British National Stud and was later based at the Wood Farm Stud in Shropshire.