Silvered horseshoe of Hyperion, mounted on silver ashtray perfectly formed in the shape of a horse's hoof with the frog acting as a rest for cigarette, hallmarked BM, Birmingham 1970 and engraved HORSERACE WRITERS ASS. THE DERBY AWARD "HYPERION SHOE" and THE AWARD WINNERS, FLAT JOCKEY, LESTER PIGGOTT, 1970 on perimeter of shoe Hyperion was bred and owned by the seventeenth Earl of Derby and won the 1933 Derby and St Leger when trained by George Lambton. A chestnut son of Gainsborough, he was considered the greatest "little" horse of the 20th century, standing just over 15 hands high. Unbeaten at three, his four-year-old career was disappointing when trained by Colledge Leader, who was said not to fully understand the horse's many quirks including an interest in flying objects such as aeroplanes and birds, but he was an outstanding success at stud, being leading sire on eight occasions and fathering the winners of 748 races up to his death, aged 30, in 1960. His statue, by John Skeaping, stands in front of the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket High Street. In 1970, Lester Piggott was Champion Jockey for the eighth time and won the Triple Crown on Nijinsky.Provenance: from the Lester Piggott Collection.
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Silvered horseshoe of Hyperion, mounted on silver ashtray perfectly formed in the shape of a horse's hoof with the frog acting as a rest for cigarette, hallmarked BM, Birmingham 1970 and engraved HORSERACE WRITERS ASS. THE DERBY AWARD "HYPERION SHOE" and THE AWARD WINNERS, FLAT JOCKEY, LESTER PIGGOTT, 1970 on perimeter of shoe Hyperion was bred and owned by the seventeenth Earl of Derby and won the 1933 Derby and St Leger when trained by George Lambton. A chestnut son of Gainsborough, he was considered the greatest "little" horse of the 20th century, standing just over 15 hands high. Unbeaten at three, his four-year-old career was disappointing when trained by Colledge Leader, who was said not to fully understand the horse's many quirks including an interest in flying objects such as aeroplanes and birds, but he was an outstanding success at stud, being leading sire on eight occasions and fathering the winners of 748 races up to his death, aged 30, in 1960. His statue, by John Skeaping, stands in front of the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket High Street. In 1970, Lester Piggott was Champion Jockey for the eighth time and won the Triple Crown on Nijinsky.Provenance: from the Lester Piggott Collection.