BHA Sale of Racing Colours: PURPLE & WHITE stripes, RED & WHITE striped sleeves, BLACK cap.
£5,000 - £7,000
The British Horseracing Authority Sale of Racing Colours: PURPLE and WHITE stripes, RED and WHITE striped sleeves, BLACK cap.
What is being offered here is the opportunity to register a BHA standard set of racing colours. These are similar to colours that in 1790, and for that year solely, were Royal Silks registered jointly by HRH The Prince of Wales (later King George IV) and HRH The Duke of York (Henry Benedict Stuart).
A painting depicting HRH The Prince of Wales’s racehorse Traveller beating the Duke of Bedford’s Grey Diomed in 1790 captures these Royal Colours. See lot images.
The British Horseracing Authority Sale of Racing Colours.
Lots 228 to 235.
What is being sold is a right: the right to register the colours in Britain for use on the racecourse, such that, should the registrant own a runner in a horse race, the rider whom he/she engages to ride the horse may don the registered colours. (In the very unlikely event that two registrants with similar colours each have a horse running in the same race, one rider may be asked to wear a distinguishing cap).
One need not be a racehorse owner to register colours. Indeed many colours are registered to non-owners, who perhaps intend to own a horse at a later date or pass the right to register the colours to their children.
All colours are sold as described and the buyer is purchasing the right to register these colours in accordance with the Rules of Racing. The successful bid price will include a registration period according to the price sold (see below).
Less than £10,000: 1 year.
£10,000 - £20,000: 5 years.
More than £20,000: 10 years.
Please note that if the purchaser fails to formally register the colours with the British Horseracing Authority, via Weatherbys within one year of the auction date the purchaser runs the risk of losing the right to register them. The name of the registrant will be published on the Racing Administration website upon registration.
Please note that the hammer price for all lots is subject to the auctioneer’s buyer’s premium of 24%. VAT is only payable on the auctioneer’s buyer’s premium.
If you have any queries regarding the registration of Racing Colours please contact Registrations at Weatherbys on 01933 440077 or Registrations@weatherbys.co.uk who will be happy to assist.