Oil painting by H. Dalton of the 1922 Cesarewitch winner Light Dragoon with jockey Tom Pryor up.

Oil painting by H. Dalton of the 1922 Cesarewitch winner Light Dragoon with jockey Tom Pryor up, 
signed, titled to reverse, oil on canvas, 41 by 53cm., framed, overall 54 by 64cm., good condition.

Light Dragoon was owned by Capt. Frank Forester, who had in earlier times been a member of The Druids Lodge Confederacy whose huge betting coups were the talk of the racing world. Ironically, when Light Dragoon won the Cesarewith at odds of 100-1 he didn't have a penny on the horse as he and the trainer Edward Harper thought their runner had no chance.

Provenance: Lots 72 to 90. The late Richard “Dickie” Onslow, horse racing journalist, author and historian.