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- 1 Fine Large British Horse Historic Racing Sporting Work Of Art Oil Painting Winner The Minstrel Chestnut Colt At Epsom Derby 1977 Jockey Lester Piggott Up.
- Impress your clients & guests with this traditional equine horse racing sporting masterpiece to display on your office or home wall space.
- Subject sporting Equine horse study portrait of the racehorse The Minstrel in side profile facing left, the winning champion horse galloping along with his Jockey Lester Piggot up wearing silk owner colours of Robert Sangster. Race number 14 on the saddle, above overcast white cloud sky with areas of blue shining through.
- Title “The Minstrel Epsom Derby 1977" By Frank L Geere (1931-1991).
- Oil on canvas board.
- Set in the original heavy traditional decorative gilt frame.
- An impressive display size with the frame being 89 cm wide and 69 cm high.
- Circa 1982 late 20th century.
- This painting is signed in the bottom corner by the British artist Frank L Geere.
- Jockey biography Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and horse trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly called "The Long Fellow", he was known for his competitive personality, restricting his weight and, on occasion, not sparing the whip, such as in the 1972 Derby. Piggott was convicted of tax fraud in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year.
- Horse biography The Minstrel (11 March 1974 – 3 September 1990) was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Bred in Ontario, he was sold as a yearling and exported to Europe, where he was campaigned in Ireland and the United Kingdom. As a two-year-old The Minstrel was unbeaten in three races, including the Dewhurst Stakes, but lost two of his first three starts in 1977. He was then moved up in distance and won his remaining three races: the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
- These performances led to The Minstrel becoming horse of the year in the UK and later being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The Minstrel spent his stud career in the United States, where he had considerable success as a sire of winners. The Minstrel, a "stocky" chestnut colt with a white blaze, four white stockings and a gentle disposition, was foaled at E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He was the son of Northern Dancer out of Fleur, a daughter of Victoria Park. The horse was a three-quarter-brother to the 1970 English Triple Crown champion Nijinsky (who was by Northern Dancer out of Flaming Page, the dam of Fleur). His major wins Dewhurst Stakes (1976) 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (1977) Epsom Derby (1977) Irish Derby (1977) & K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1977).
- Biography of horse owner Robert Edmund Sangster (23 May 1936 – 7 April 2004) was a British businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Sangster's horses won 27 European Classics and more than 100 Group One races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two French Derbys, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes, as well as the Breeders' Cup Mile and the Melbourne Cup. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times.
- From the mid-1970s, in partnership with John Magnier and Vincent O'Brien, Sangster transformed the sport of thoroughbred horseracing. Their dramatic buying of American-bred yearlings at the Keeneland Sales in Kentucky led to tremendous success and established the Coolmore Stud in Ireland as one of the principal powers in the bloodstock world.
- The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), or about 1½ miles, it was first run in 1780.
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- With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
- Condition report offered in fine used condition. Front painting surface in acceptable order having various foxing stains also craquelure to the surface, the frame having various general wear, scuffs, stains and chips, losses also having paint touch ups commensurate with usage & age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of frame
High (69 cm)
Length depth thickness (5.5 cm)
Wide (89 cm)
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Source the Historic! British & European Fine Arts, paintings, sculptures & valuable collectibles! From the antique 17th century to the modern contemporary era. Founded in 2005 and still run today by fellow Directors Michael, and Victoria, for nearly two decades, coming from an academic background, overseeing all historical research. Supporting the daily operations at Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD & directing our social media campaigns, we've been taking art collectors, hobbyists, and interior aficionados on a journey through time. Our passion is sourcing the very best historic collections that the arts and antiques world has to offer and to-date, we have worked directly with private clients through to commercial corporate organisations, museums, auctioneers, art agents & dealers being their leading collaboration partners as Fine Arts consultants. Certified elected members of the Fine Art Trade Guild.
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