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Item #6348 Shotover, Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1882, Value of the Stakes £4800 and the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket. got by Hermit out of Stray Shot. The Property of His Grace the Duke of Westminster. Won the Ascot Derby 1882. Trained by John Porter - Ridden by Tom Cannon. Edwin Henry HUNT.

HUNT, Edwin Henry

Shotover, Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1882, Value of the Stakes £4800 and the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket. got by Hermit out of Stray Shot. The Property of His Grace the Duke of Westminster. Won the Ascot Derby 1882. Trained by John Porter - Ridden by Tom Cannon

London: George Rees, 7 June 1882. Aquatint engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, 'Painted & Engraved by Edwin Henry Hunt'. Image size (including text): 18 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 26 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches.

A portrait of the most famous British jockey of the time, Tom Cannon, up on Shotover, winner of the 1882 Derby.

Thomas Cannon (1846-1917) ' rode his first winner in 1860, and shortly afterwards came to the attention of the trainer, John Day of Danebury, whose daughter he later married. His first classic success was in 1866, when he won the One Thousand Guineas. During his racing career he rode 1,544 winners. He was champion jockey in 1872 with eighty-seven winners. He rode winners for the stable managed by his brother Joseph in Bedford Cottage Yard at Newmarket, including Lord Lonsdales Pilgrimage, on which he won the One Thousand Guineas and Two Thousand Guineas in 1878. He won the Two Thousand Guineas on Shotover for John Porter of Kingsclere in 1882 and on Shotover he won his only Derby, also in 1882. For three seasons he rode for the Scottish millionaire George Baird (Mr Abington), training and riding Busybody. He was closely associated with James Ryans stables at Newmarket, and for Ryan he won the Two Thousand Guineas on Mr Douglas Bairds Enterprise in 1887, and on Enthusiast in 1889.' (DNB).

Cf. Charles Lane British Racing Prints p.136.

Item #6348

Price: $3,500.00

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