Memorabilia relating to the career of the jockey Herbert Robbins, comprising a gold plated pocket watch engraved with the initials HR, movement running; a silver & enamel cigarette case inscribed HERBERT ROBBINS 18.12.12; a gold intaglio brooch set with a print of Robbins in the colours of Lord Zetland; a cased portrait miniature of Robbins again in the colours of Lord Zetland; & a newspaper obituary Herbert Robbins is best remembered for his association with Lord Zetland's Pomme de Terre and their victories in the Manchester Summer Cup, the Redcar Handicap, the Great Yorkshire Handicap, the Lowther Stakes and the Manchester November Handicap. He also won the Lincoln twice on Berrilldon and Furious in 1913 & 1920, and on Furore the Irish Derby in 1916 and the Cesarewitch in 1917. Robbins also rode the fine stayer Double Hackle who won the Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate and Prince Edward Handicap in 1922.
£350 - £500
Memorabilia relating to the career of the jockey Herbert Robbins, comprising a gold plated pocket watch engraved with the initials HR, movement running; a silver & enamel cigarette case inscribed HERBERT ROBBINS 18.12.12; a gold intaglio brooch set with a print of Robbins in the colours of Lord Zetland; a cased portrait miniature of Robbins again in the colours of Lord Zetland; & a newspaper obituary Herbert Robbins is best remembered for his association with Lord Zetland's Pomme de Terre and their victories in the Manchester Summer Cup, the Redcar Handicap, the Great Yorkshire Handicap, the Lowther Stakes and the Manchester November Handicap. He also won the Lincoln twice on Berrilldon and Furious in 1913 & 1920, and on Furore the Irish Derby in 1916 and the Cesarewitch in 1917. Robbins also rode the fine stayer Double Hackle who won the Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate and Prince Edward Handicap in 1922.