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Racing Oil Painting Winner Grundy Epsom Derby 1975 Jockey Pat Eddery Up

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This British Racing Oil Painting depicts the iconic moment of Winner Grundy's victory at the Epsom Derby in 1975, with Jockey Pat Eddery Up. Vivid colors and dynamic brushstrokes bring the excitement and energy of this historic race to life. A must-have for any equestrian enthusiast or art collector.
Impress your clients & guests with this equine horse racing sporting masterpiece to display on your office or home wall space.
Subject sporting Equine horse study portrait of the racehorse Grundy in side profile, the winning horse with his Jockey Pat Eddery riding up in blue with yellow stripe snd yellow spots on his blue helmet, in white trousers with brown & black riding boots, with number 1 on the saddle, above overcast white cloud sky with areas of blue shining higher up.
Title “An English colt, Grundy, Winner English Derby at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 4 June 1975 With Jockey Pat Eddery Up” By Frank L Geere (1931-1991)
Oil on canvas board.
Set in the original heavy traditional decorative gilt frame.
An impressive display size with the frame being 89 cm wide and 69 cm high.
Circa 1982 late 20th century.
This painting is signed in the bottom corner by the British artist Frank L Geere.Jockey biography Patrick James John Eddery OBE (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a figure exceeded only by Sir Gordon Richards. Eddery was born in Newbridge, County Kildare, less than 2 miles from the Curragh Racecourse, and his birth was registered in Dublin. He was the fifth child of Jimmy Eddery. Since early childhood, Pat Eddery's most frequent dreams were to be the champion jockey and winning the Derby. Eddery began his career as an apprentice jockey in Ireland with the stable of Seamus McGrath.
Eddery's riding style was not elegant by normal standards, owing to his habit of bouncing up and down in the saddle as he urged his mounts on at the final finishes, but was undeniably effective. Eddery summed up his attitude to the sport by saying, "That's all part of the game. Despite his earlier statements and on the suggestion of wife Carolyn, in July 2005, Eddery was granted a training licence and set up a stable of 40 horses at Musk Hill Stud in Nether Winchendon, near Aylesbury. Eddery died on 10 November 2015, aged 63 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital due to a heart attack, but suffered a long battle with alcoholism. His funeral was held on 8 December 2015 and he was cremated at Oxford after the funeral, with his ashes scattered on his family compound according to his last wishes.
Horse biography Grundy (1972–1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from July 1974 until August 1975, he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was the leading British two-year-old of 1974, when his wins included the Champagne Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes. In 1975 he was narrowly beaten in the 2000 Guineasbut went on to win the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Epsom and Irish Derbies. He is best remembered for his win over Bustino in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, which has been described as Britain's "Race of the Century". He was retired to stud at the end of 1975 and had some success as a sire of winners. He was exported to Japan, where he died in 1992. Grundy was a chestnut horse with a white blaze and flaxen mane and tail. bred by Overbury Stud near Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England. He was a son of Great Nephew who also sired Epsom Derby winner Shergar and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame filly, Carotene. His dam, Word From Lundy, was a daughter of the French runner Worden, whose wins included Italy's Premio Roma and the 1953 Washington, D.C. International Stakes in the United States. Word From Lundy won over two miles, but was from a family which was noted for its speed, having produced the leading sprinter Tower Walk.
The Derby attracted a crowd reported to number 750,000, which included the Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother and the Duke of Edinburgh. The 6/4 favourite for the race was the French-trained Green Dancer, who had won the Observer Gold Cup on his previous visit to Britain, and had since won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and the Prix Lupin. Grundy was restrained by Eddery in the early stages before moving up to fourth place on the turn into the straight. Grundy overtook the front-running Anne's Pretender to take the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and pulled clear to win by three lengths from the filly Nobiliary with Hunza Dancer in third. Three weeks after his win at Epsom, Grundy was sent to the Curragh for the Irish Derby for which he started 9/10 favourite. Despite trailing in seventh place coming into the home straight, he broke away from the field in the closing stages and won decisively by two lengths from King Pellinore and Anne's Pretender.
In November 1983, Grundy was sold for £1,600,000 and exported to stand in Japan where he died in 1992.
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With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Condition report offered in fine used condition. Front painting surface in acceptable order having various foxing stains also craquelure to the surface, the frame having various general wear, scuffs, stains and chips, losses also having paint touch ups commensurate with usage & age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of frame

High (69 cm)
Length depth thickness (5.5 cm)
Wide (89 cm)