THIRTY STEEPLECHASERS  OWNED BY

SIR GEORGE BULLOUGH, BT.

Written from first-hand, on-going research and illustrated from his personal photographic archive by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends’ Association.

INTRODUCTION:

PART ONE OF TWO

THE 30 STEEPLECHASERS (SO FAR TRACED) 

OWNED BY SIR GEORGE AND LADY BULLOUGH 

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WAVYLACE AND BALLYMACAD 

WERE OWNED BY SIR GEORGE BULLOUGH FROM 1912 TO 1919. 

GRAND NATIONAL 1917 The First World War years of 1916 - 1918 resulted in the Grand National having to be relocated from Aintre...

            Ballymacad was born in 1907.

BALLYMACAD 1917 “WAR NATIONAL” STEEPLECHASE WINNER Celebrating 21 March 2017, exactly one hundred years since Sir George Bul...

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ADDITIONAL NOTES:

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASES 1912 - 1915

    1912

At the Canal Turn - Jerry M's National 1912.  

1913

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1914  

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1915 GRAND NATIONAL CHASE HANDICAP

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The 1916, 1917 and 1918 "Grand Nationals" were held at Gatwick Racecourse,

Surrey, the land today forming part of Gatwick International Airport.

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Winner by 8 lengths Ballymacad

Ten year old Ballymacad's owner, Sir George Bullough,

 received £500 and a Cup value £100.

Sir George donated the prize money to St. Dunstan's Hospital 

for blinded soldiers and seamen.

Two of the running plates worn by Ballymacad

displayed in the Library at Kinloch Castle.

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1918 "WAR NATIONAL" STEEPLE CHASE (HANDICAP)

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1920 - 1922

By 1920 the stark financial and social costs of World War I were becoming   increasingly apparent.

Sir George’s twenty-four yearlong passion for steam yachts ended with the sale of Rhouma II in 1919. The owners of requisitioned vessels, modified to meet the needs of war, found the costs of bringing them back to their former glory prohibitively costly. 

Sir George's Highland home, Kinloch Castle, particularly its policies, had suffered as a result of  all able bodied men being called up, only two of the fourteen gardeners returning. The availability, let alone the cost of staffing back to the halcyon days of                       “Good King Edward” were assigned to history.

The east façade of Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, Scotland.

Still stands, fully furnished, but under threat of demolition!

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Sir George’s interest in jumping horses was also waning.

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SEE PART TWO 

THE FLAT RACE HORSES OWNED BY

SIR GEORGE BULLOUGH, BT.

POSTED 24 JULY 2021

FOR DETAILS OF SIR GEORGE AND 

LADY BULLOUGH'S  

FLAT RACING HORSES 

OWNED BETWEEN 1922 AND 1939.

- INCLUDING GOLDEN MYTH WINNER OF 

THE ASCOT GOLD CUP, 

ASCOT GOLD VASE  AND ECLIPSE STAKES IN 1922, 

AND CAMPANULA 

WINNER OF THE1,000 GUINEAS IN 1934.

PLUS

EL CACIQUE - 

THE MOST EXPENSIVE THOROUGHBRED THE BULLOGHS PURCHASED    

AND

THE FILLY PUSILLA OUT OF CAMPANULA

  Imported to California, U.S.A. by Charles S. Howard in 1940

OWNER OF THE RENOWNED, SEABISCUIT.

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