A set of Colonel William H Whitbread chocolate racing silks, with yellow collar and cuffs, bearing maker label for GEORGE PARKER & SONS LTD, LONDON,
£200 - £300
A set of Colonel William H Whitbread chocolate racing silks, with yellow collar and cuffs, bearing maker label for GEORGE PARKER & SONS LTD, LONDON, bearing handwritten annotation COL WHITBREAD in pen, slight wear to silks collar and cuffs, sold together with a b & w 20 by 15.5cm. photograph of Stan Mellor MBE wearing Colonel Whitbread's colours on Happy Medium, trained by Roddy Armytage, (2) Colonel William Henry Whitbread (1900-1994), amateur jockey and racehorse owner, inaugurated the Whitbread Gold Cup in 1957, the first ever horse race to be commercially sponsored, sponsored by Whitbread Brewers. Colonel Bill Whitbread took part in the Grand National on two occasions as an amateur jockey. Provenance: The Stan Mellor Collection