The Grand National trophy of 1910: in the form of a large silver-gilt vase & cover by Elkington & Company, hallmarked Birmingham, 1909, the body engra

The Grand National trophy of 1910: in the form of a large silver-gilt vase & cover by Elkington & Company, hallmarked Birmingham, 1909, the body engraved THE GRAND NATIONAL TROPHY 1910, flanked by two classical female figures of victory, the cover surmounted by a model of Greek mythological winged horse Pegasus ridden by the hero Bellerophon, the neck of the vase further modelled Pegasus decoration, the reverse of the body inscribed WON BY MR. STANLEY HOWARD'S JENKINSTOWN, REPRESENTED BY TOPHAMS LTD IN 1974 AS THE ANNUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY FOR THE TOPHAM TROPHY CHASE, the lower neck and base rim ornamentation further inscribed with details of the winners of the Topham Trophy from 1974 to 1982, in a fitted wooden carry case, with key, overall height 81cm., 32in., width 38cm., 15in. Jenkinstown was bred in County Meath by Mr P. Leonard in Ireland in 1901 by Hackler out of Playmate. His sire was a moderate winner on the flat but Hackler proved a very successful sire He was a difficult horse to get fit and would appear to have suffered from health issues. His masterful trainer Thomas Coulthwaite, based at Hednesford in Staffordshire, said ''he needed the work of four animals.'' But with a light weight Coulthwaite pulled of a notable success when Jenkinstown won the 1910 Grand National under a ride from Robert Chadwick. Mr Stanley McKnight Howard's gelding never won another race and indeed fell in two subsequent Grand Nationals. Howard had previously won the Grand National with Eremon in 1907. This trophy was re-acquired by Tophams Ltd in the 1970s and was then used annually as the challenge trophy for the Topham Chase run over one circuit of the Grand National course between 1974 and 1982.