He was owned by Jenny Mould, whose green colours with white stars have been worn by horses such as Bindaree and Tipping Tim.
The next season, Barton Bank won a battle with Bradbury Star for the King George crown.
Barton Bank was one of the favourites for the Cheltenham Gold Cup of 1994 but suffered an injury in the build-up and missed the race.
Barton Bank's trainer David Nicholson got into trouble for hitting a photographer who was taking his picture after this had happened.
The following season, Barton Bank ran in the King George VI Chase (run that year at Sandown), where he was pulled up.
Fellow pundit Ted Walsh jokingly asked whether they were omitting the open ditches on the course as these were the sort of fences the horse had problems with.
He was placed, but due to the rare fast ground at that time of year (which some considered to be dangerously frosty) only five horses turned up.
He wasn't really considered for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, although the Racing Post newspaper felt his early morning price of 66/1 was some value.