Silver_Birch_(horse)
Silver Birch (horse)
Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Silver Birch (born 10 April 1997) is an Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse. He was owned through the first part of his career by Paul Barber and Des Nichols, then from 2006 by Brian Walsh[1] from County Kildare, Ireland,[2] a farmer and stud owner.[1] Ridden by Robbie Power and trained by 29-year-old Gordon Elliott,[3] Silver Birch was the winner of the 2007 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on Saturday 14 April 2007.[4] He was Walsh and Elliott's first runner in the race.[5]