An historic item of greyhound racing memorabilia being the black No.4 jacket worn by ''Sherrys Prince'' when winning his third Grand National at White

An historic item of greyhound racing memorabilia being the black No.4 jacket worn by ''Sherrys Prince'' when winning his third Grand National at White City 15th April 1972, in good condition; sold with a letter of provenance from the Prole family (2) Having already won the Grand Nationals of 1970 and 1971, Sherrys Prince sealed an outstanding career legacy by winning an unprecedented third Grand National in 1972. The dog was sent off the 5-4f from Trap 4 and beat the 6 dog ''Lee Park''. After making a superb leap at the first hurdle, he led all the way to win comfortably by 6 1/4 lengths in a time of 29.80 secs. The trophy was presented to owner Joyce Matthews by Athur Aldridge of the GRA. Sherrys Prince was originally trained by John Shevlin at West Ham, but due to the trainer's failing health the dog was transferred to Colin West at White City. The kennelhand Irene Hazelwood (McNally) later became a trainer and then a stipendiary steward. Considered the greatest hurdler of all time, this outstanding greyhound set a total of 15 track records during his illustrious four year racing career which saw 70 victories in 105 hurdle races. All this having recovered from a broken hock in 1970. Sherrys Prince was retired in 1972 and died in 1978.