The Ayr County Cup won by Sir Abe Bailey's racehorse Ceylonese in 1925.

The Ayr County Cup won by Sir Abe Bailey's racehorse Ceylonese in 1925, a silver two-handled trophy cup & cover, hallmarked Garrard & Co. Ltd., London, 1923, the body with a repeated pattern in raised decoration of Bacchus masks and flower pots, the cover with a similar floral raised pattern, on ebonised plinth set with a plaque inscribed WESTERN MEETING, 1925, AYR COUNTY CUP, WON BY, CEYLONESE, height 40cm., width across handles 36cm., weight 2,950gr., height on base 50cm., dings to cover rim causing fitting to cup misaligned, otherwise in good condition.

Ceylonese was a brown colt foaled in 1919 by Willonyx out of Excelita (Dark Ronald), trained by Reg Day at the Terrace House Stables in Newmarket. In 1922 the colt had finished 3rd in the St Leger and also finished third in the Cesarewitchs of 1922 & 1923.

Sir Abe Bailey was a South African diamond and gold tycoon, politician, financier and art collector. He also played First-Class cricket for Transvaal and in 1912 played a leading role in instigating a triangular Test Match tournament between England, Australia and South Africa.

He also had extensive bloodstock interests in South Africa and England, his horses carrying his familiar gold & black hooped colours. His first major successes came with Dark Ronald (Ceylonese's sire) in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot in 1909. Dark Ronald was also the sire of Son-In-Law  who became an important stallion for stamina. Sir Abe Bailey's greatest triumph, however, was the victory in the 1920 Epsom Derby with Spion Kop.