Tom Brooks (20th Century), DANCING BRAVE AND PAT EDDERYoriginal pastel, signed by the artist, mounted, framed and glazed; photograph showing G.Starkey up, pasted to backboard, overall 75 by 94cm. foxing to background Owned by Khalid Abdullah and trained by Guy Harwood, Dancing Brave was considered one of the best horses not to win a Derby. In a career just a year long, he ran ten times and won eight races. He was the outstanding European racehorse of 1986, winning the 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the Derby, Greville Starkey employed exaggerated waiting tactics on him resulting in a half-length defeat by Shahrastani. Pat Eddery replaced Starkey in the King George and in his remaining three races.
£120 - £180
Tom Brooks (20th Century), DANCING BRAVE AND PAT EDDERYoriginal pastel, signed by the artist, mounted, framed and glazed; photograph showing G.Starkey up, pasted to backboard, overall 75 by 94cm. foxing to background Owned by Khalid Abdullah and trained by Guy Harwood, Dancing Brave was considered one of the best horses not to win a Derby. In a career just a year long, he ran ten times and won eight races. He was the outstanding European racehorse of 1986, winning the 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the Derby, Greville Starkey employed exaggerated waiting tactics on him resulting in a half-length defeat by Shahrastani. Pat Eddery replaced Starkey in the King George and in his remaining three races.