The Ray Goddard Collection of Hair Trophies of Champion Racehorses.

The Ray Goddard Collection of Hair Trophies of Champion Racehorses: a collection of tail or mane hair from 829 champion racehorses, stallions and broodmares, collected over a period of 55 years between 1948 and 2003,
A SPREADSHEET OF ALL 829 HORSES LISTED A-Z IS AVAILABLE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ON REQUEST. THIS IS ALSO SORTED BY FOALING DATE AND WHERE THE HAIR CAN BE LOCATED IN THE COLLECTION, ALBUM-BY-ALBUM. Includes, GB G1 winners of the: Derby 42, Oaks 29, 2,000 Guineas 29, 1,000 Guineas 32, St Leger 25, Eclipse 29, King George 39, International S. 18, Champion S. 23, Sussex S. 28, QEII 24, Ascot Gold Cup 12, Lockinge 16, Coronation Cup 27, July Cup 19, Queen Anne 14, King's Stand 12, St James's Palace 23, Prince of Wales's S. 13, Coronation S. 22, Jubilee S. (Cork & Orrery) 6, Falmouth 10, Goodwood Cup 6, Nassau 8, Yorkshire Oaks 12, Nunthorpe 17, Sprint Cup 13, Cheveley Park 14, Middle Park 10, Sun Chariot 7, Fillies' Mile 10 & Futurity 10. Major GB NH races: Cheltenham Gold Cup 13, Grand National 15, Champion Hurdle 12, King George VI Chase 7, Hennessey Gold Cup 7 & Whitbread Gold Cup 6. Irish Classics: Irish Derby 27, Irish Oaks 12 ½, Irish 2,000 Guineas 16 & Irish 1,000 Guineas 15. In France, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 20, Prix du Jockey Club 15, Prix de Diane 13, Poule d'Essai des Poulains 11 & Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 11; International Races, Breeders' Cup Turf 10, Breeders' Cup Classic 3. Breeders' Cup Mile 6, Dubai World Cup 3, Japan Cup 4, Hong Kong Cup 2. Important stallions: The Tetrarch, Northern Dancer, Sadler's Wells, Galileo, Pivotal, Danzig, Montjeu, Nureyev, Vaguely Noble, Caerleon, Nijinsky, Kingmambo, Mill Reef, Rainbow Quest, Blushing Groom, Mr Prospector, Danzig, Giant's Causeway, Alydar etc. ‘Blue Hen’ broodmare Miesque; 1900s-1930s representation, Pretty Polly, St Amnant, The Tetrarch, Hyperion, Mieuxce and Rockfel. National Hunt legends including Arkle, Mill House, Flyingbolt, Red Rum, L'Escargot, The Dikler, Bula, Lanzarote, Comedy of Errors, Sea Pigeon, Night Nurse, Dawn Run, Mandarin, Persian War, Pendil, Tingle Creek, Danoli, Aldaniti etc. Timeform 139+ elite rated horses Sea Bird, Brigadier Gerard, Tudor Minstrel, Abernant, Mill Reef, Dancing Brave, Dubai Millennium, Shergar, Vaguely Noble, Generous & Reference Point. US Racing legends: Secretariat, Forego, Affirmed, Damascus, Cigar, John Henry, Alydar, Sunday Silence etc. 

offering a unique and comprehensive representation of the thoroughbred in the second half of the 20th century, the hair contained in sleeves within six albums, with cards annotated in the hand of Ray Goddard, occasionally typescript, detailing the horse, pedigree and dated with the whereabouts of the acquisition, the hair trophies mostly neatly plaited (by Ray's wife Mary), otherwise unplaited locks, occasionally a smaller quantity of strands. The six hair albums come with a large quantity of back up letters and photographs relating to Ray Goddard's lifetime pursuit of amassing this extraordinary collection, mostly at stud farms and stallion stations, also at trainer's yards and at racecourse stables in Great Britain, Ireland, France and also the USA, some hairs sent remotely after requests by letters, and some acquired privately from other collectors or individuals in racing, the collector also obtained horseshoes and other memorabilia over this period that is being offered elsewhere in the sale, also the auctioneer found that there were duplicate acquisitions of 32 horses contained within the albums, one of the samples has therefore been removed to be offered as individual lots elsewhere in the auction, leaving a total of 829 individual champions being offered in this main lot. The lot contains a large quantity of supporting material including privately taken photographs on the occasions of stables, stud farms and racecourse visits to collect the hair; also two albums and a scrapbook containing many signed letters from stud farms, breeders, owners, trainers etc. obtained during the course of assembling the collection, signatures amongst many others including John Dunlop, Pat Donoghue, Peter Walwyn, Josh Gifford, Brough Scott, Roger Charlton, Lord Oaksey, Tom Dowdeswell, John Hislop, John Waugh, W R M Oswald, Clive Brittain, Alec Stewart, Patrick McCalmont, Sir Gordon Richards, Fred Winter, Michael Seth-Smith, Sean Magee, Peter Willett, Fank Berry, Olin B Gentry, Jack Jarvis, Doug Smith, Herbert Blagrave, Dick Hern, John Gosden, Claude Duval, Ian Balding, Jim Fitzgerald (Ballymany), Victor Gilpin etc.