Boomerang (horse)
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Boomerang was a horse ridden by Eddie Macken. He won many Top International Competitions in the sport of Show Jumping, and is considered by some to be the best Irish Sport Horse to have competed in jumping.
- Color: Bay
- Markings: Star, Near Hind Sock
- Height: 16.2 hh (168cm)
- Born: 1966 in Ireland
- Sex: Gelding
- Breed: Irish Sport Horse Image:Flag of Ireland (bordered).svg
- Breeding: By Battleburn (Thoroughbred) out of Girl from the Brown Mountain
- Breeder: James Murphy, Nine Mile House, County Tipperary
- Riders: Eddie Macken. Liz Edgar (Broome) & Paul Schockemöhle
- Owner: Eddie Macken
Boomerang first came into contact with Eddie Macken when he was sent to Iris Kellett's Co.Kildare yard, as eddie was stable jockey. He jumped at the Dublin Spring Show (RDS) as a four-year-old in 1970. Boomerang and eddie won four consecutive Hickstead Derby's from 1976 to 1979, and also the Hamburg equivalent in 1976. They were part of the team that won the Aga Khan Trophy (Ireland's Nations Cup) from 1976 to 1979. The pair won the Grand Prix's in seven cities and claimed the main class at Horse of the Year Show and the Royal International seven times. Boomerang died in 1983. He is buried at Rafeehan Stud, Kells, County Meath.
[edit] Achievements
- Individual Silver at the 1978 Show Jumping World Championships, Aachen, Germany
- Team Bronze at the European Championships 1979, Rotterdam
- 4th Individually at the European Championships 1979
- 4 time Winner of the Hickstead Derby, England - 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1979
- 1976 Hamburg Derby Winner (8th 1975, 4th 1977, 6th 1978)
International Grand Prix Wins include:
- 1978 Aachen Grand Prix
- 1978 Rome Grand Prix
- 1978 Gothenburg Grand Prix
- 1978 New York Grand Prix
- 1977 La Baule Grand Prix
- 1975 St. Gallen Grand Prix
- 1975 Wiesbaden Grand Prix
