Frankie Dettori's race saddle tree from the old Ascot Weighing Room, the light blue painted cast iron saddle tree preserved on its wall panel, with L.
£1,000 - £1,500
Frankie Dettori's race saddle tree from the old Ascot Weighing Room, the light blue painted cast iron saddle tree preserved on its wall panel, with L. DETTORI name plaque and with an historic inscription in black marker pen in the hand of the jockey's weighing room colleague Pat Eddery reading: ASCOT FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 28TH 1996, FRANKIE DETTORI WENT THROUGH THE CARD, SEVEN WINNERS, SEVEN RIDES, P.S. WELL DONE FROM MERE MORTAL JOCKS, overall 38cm. 15in. high by 101cm., 39 3/4in. wide; sold together with a Frankie Dettori signed Ascot racecard from the famous day, and a signed publicity card; a press cutting relating to the original Ascot Racecourse Auction organised by Graham Budd Auctions in 2005; and the original auction invoice for the purchase of the saddle tree & backboard (5)