A collection of hair trophies from famous racehorses, strands of hair from tails of racehorses colle...
A collection of hair trophies from famous racehorses, strands of hair from tails of racehorses collected between 1987 and the early 1990s arranged in a scrapbook and accompanied by hand written notes and pictures cut from stud brochures and Pacemaker magazine at the time, representation of 65 horses in total the collection begins with DESERT ORCHID who was the household name at the time and inspired the then young owner's passion for horse racing, but the steeplechaser is the exception as tail hair all the other subjects forming a stellar equine cast were obtained from British, Irish & American stud farms, on receipt many but not all of the studs sent accompanying letters, comp slips etc., and copies of these documents are offered with this lot, in the order they appear in the album the thoroughbreds comprise COMMANCHE RUN, MIDYAN, ALLEGED, NUREYEV, NORTHERN DANCER, THE MINSTREL, CHIEF SINGER, SHADEED, SHIRLEY HEIGHTS, SAGACE, LAW SOCIETY, SLIP ANCHOR, SADLERS WELLS, EL GRAN SENOR, SHARDARI, SHERNAZAR, BUSTINO, RISK ME, MAGIC MIRROR, BLAZING SADDLES, RIVERMAN, LEAR FAN, CLAUDE MONET, LEGEND OF FRANCE, CAERLEON, BE MY GUEST, REACH, VALIYAR, BLUSHING GROOM, SHARPEN UP, GLINT OF GOLD, SIBERIAN EXPRESS, VAGUELY NOBLE, LYPHARD, NEVER SO BOLD, KALAGLOW, BUSTED, MORSTON, JUPITER ISLAND, ASSERT, TREMPOLINO, PAEAN, TEENOSO, SHARPO, LOMOND, TATE GALLERY, DON'T FORGET ME, BLUEBIRD, LAST TYCOON, STORM BIRD, WASSL, KNOWN FACT, ARCTIC TERN, KRIS, NIJINSKY, HENBIT, GALLIC LEAGUE, BUCKSKIN, BET TWICE, ALYSHEBA, MANILA, STEINLEN & MTOTO, also containing hair from an ex- racehorse JUMBO who the vendor's mother looked after in retirement