Kelpie horse-powered industrial heritage. Construction was completed in October 2013 and the sculptures were opened for public access from April 2014. Kelpie Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as alluded to by Robert Burns in his 1786 poem "Address to the Devil". Almost every sizeable
National Spirit (horse) never challenged. In the Champion Hurdle, National Spirit appeared to run below form when only fourth to the Vincent O’Brien trained Hatton's Grace, struggling to get on terms to challenge and losing ground. Some fans blamed jockey Bryan Marshall for holding the horse up when he normally raced from the front, and believed he might gain his revenge against the Irish horse the next year. Back on the Flat, National Spirit won just two of nine races over the summer, the Mid-Day Sun Handicap at Lingfield and the Hove Plate at Brighton. National Spirit returned to form in the Autumn