Gold watch presented to the jockey Steve Donoghue to commemorate the six consecutive victories with Brown Jack in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal

Gold watch presented to the jockey Steve Donoghue to commemorate the six consecutive victories with Brown Jack in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot, 1929 to 1934, an 18ct Gold Hunting Cased Keyless Lever Watch By Am Waltham co., dial & movement signed, full plate gilt lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, white enamel dial, hair cracks, roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, the polished case front with reeded edge, applied equestrian motifs and inscribed BROWN JACK, Br,.G, 1924, JACKDAW-QUERQUIDELLA, the back inscribed TWO OLD RELIABLES, EVERGREEN STEVE & OLD BROWN JACK, the case front interior inscribed PRESENTED TO STEVE DONOGHUE, RIDER OF BROWN JACK, WINNER OF THE QUEEN ALEXANDER [sic] STAKES AT ASCOT FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS FROM 1929 TO 1934, the cuvette inscribed OWNERS SIR HAROLD & LADY ZIA WERNHER, TRAINER IVOR ANTHONY, JOCKEY STEVE DONOGHUE; sold together with a signed affidavit dated 1976 confirming that this gold watch had been bequeathed to this individual in Steve Donoghue's will, framed & glazed; the lot also including two books, Donoghue’s autobiography “Just My Story”, and R C Lyle’s 1934 work “Brown Jack” (4)