OWNER OF GYI LOVAM!
Captain Rudolph Popler, -who rode Gyi Lovain! in the Liverpool Grand National of/, 1931, was. killed while riding in the Kinsley Memorial race at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, in October, stated an exchange. ' ■ ' ■ ■ '
Captain Popler ; was '-■ au officer in the Czeehoslovakian army, and obtained leave to go to England to ride his horse at Aintree. So enthusiastic-was the following for Gyi Lovam! in Czechoslovakia that if. wAs said at ,_the time/ that the horse had the! support of practically eyery sportsman in the country. Gyi Lovam! ran well until, four- fences froni, tlie finish,: when he came down. ;<'.
'/Captain Popler >vas a" brilliantl ridei-, and obtained a good deal of experience in 1 show rings in his • own country. ,He Was a great believer in the forward seat, and /he won many /important steeplechases.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 136, 6 December 1932, Page 6
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