A racing plate worn by Craganour when winning the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in 1912, mounted in a wooden frame together with a photograph of Cra

A racing plate worn by Craganour when winning the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in 1912, mounted in a wooden frame together with a photograph of Craganour with William Saxby up, set with a title plaque, 23cm., 9in. square As a two-year-old Craganour won the Middle Park Stakes and the Gimcrack Stakes. The following year in 1913 the colt was controversially disqualified after winning The Derby at Epsom. Craganour was owned by Charles Bower Ismay, a member of the family that owned the White Star Line whose liner RMS Titanic had sunk on her maiden voyage, 15th April 1912. The decision to disqualify Craganour appeared harsh and has long been thought to be the racing establishment closing ranks to prevent a member of the stigma ridden Ismay family wining the blue riband event of the racing calendar. Besides all of this, the 1913 Derby is as famous for being the 'Suffragette Derby' with Emily Davison dashing onto the racetrack and bringing down the King's horse Anmer, the shocking protest resulting in her death. provenance: The grandfather of the present vendor was the jockey Fred 'Brusher' Herbert, winner of over 3,000 races in 21 countries and winner of Kentucky Derby in 1910 on Donau. William Saxby the rider of Craganour was Herbert's brother-in-law.