Shoe worn by the racehorse Hyperion.

Shoe worn by the racehorse Hyperion,
mounted on a wooden plaque with easel support and set with engraved metal plaques, 20 by 15cm.

Provenance: The Ray Goddard Collection (lots 97 to 178). For further information on Ray Goddard and the collection see lot 144.

Hyperion was a chestnut colt foaled in 1930 by Gainsborough out of Selene (Chaucer. He was bred and raced by the 17th Earl of Derby and trained at Newmarket by George Lambton.

The colt was a double-classic winner in 1933 winning the Derby and St Leger. Other important career wins were recorded in the Dewhurst Stakes and the Chester Vase.

At Stud, he was Leading Sire in GB & Ireland on six occasions between 1940 and 1954. His Classic winning progeny comprise Godiva, Hypericum, Owen Tudor, Sun Castle, Sun Chariot and Sun Stream. In the USA Pensive won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Hyperion was also the damsire of Nearctic who, in turn, sired Northern Dancer, the 20th Century’s most important stallion. He was also the damsire of the US champion Citation. Hyperion’s influence is also profound in the pedigrees of racehorse in Australia and New Zealand.

A life-size bronze of Hyperion stands proudly outside the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket; and his skeleton has been exhibited at the National Horseracing Museum.