sea pigeon

noun

1. the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
2. any of various marine birds resembling pigeons, as the kittiwake.

Example Sentences

Their father Dessie was one of Ireland's leading jump jockeys of the 1960s and 70s, most famously partnering Monksfield to victory over Sea Pigeon in the celebrated Champion Hurdle at the 1979 Cheltenham Festival.

From BBC

Hurricane Fly is quoted at around 4-1 to return to Cheltenham and claim a third win in the Champion Hurdle next season, and though it is 31 years since Sea Pigeon won the race as a 10-year-old, he showed what can be done by winning the following season too.

From The Guardian

That was his final outing before the Champion Hurdle of 2002, by which time he was 10, older than any winner of the race since 1951, with the exception of Sea Pigeon.

From The Guardian

The last Champion Hurdle winner not to run during the same calendar year was Granville Again in 1993 who previously finished third in the William Hill Christmas Hurdle and, before him, we have to then go back another 12 years to Sea Pigeon.

From The Guardian

His Dramatist finished in front of Sea Pigeon and Birds Nest in 1977, but behind Night Nurse and Monksfield in what Randall rates as the highest quality renewal of the race there has ever been.

From The Guardian