Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 211
1988 BREEDERS' CUP (CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK) JUVENILE FILLIES CHAMPION TROPHY WON BY 'OPEN MIND' (SDHOC COLLECTION)
Sold for
$3,218.40
Sold Price includes BP
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In 1988 the Breeders’ Cup was held for the first time ever at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville Kentucky. Veteran trainer D. Wayne Lukas sent out a team of five two-year-olds in the Juvenile Fillies race and finished one-two-three led by Eugene Klein’s “Open Mind” scoring a one-and-three-quarters-lengths win under jockey Angel Cordero and sealing an Eclipse Award campaign. Open Mind was making her fifth career start in the Breeders’ Cup and first around two turns after losing a nose decision to fellow Eugene V. Klein-owned Lukas-trained stablemate “Some Romance” in the Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park. Open Mind was voted Eclipse champion that season and again as a 3-year-old in 1989 when her victories would include the Kentucky Oaks Acorn Mother Goose and the Alabama Stakes.
This lot features the beautiful majestic trophy that Open Mind earned that day. Standing 8.5” wide by 13” tall the trophy includes a large green marble base that stretches four inches high and eight inches wide. A sculptured nine-inch tall prancing horse made of bronze is featured on top and is called an ecorche which means it illustrates the muscles of the horse in detail. Both sides of the marble base features engraved gold plaques. The first plaque reads: “EUGENE V. KLEIN’S OPEN MIND Deputy Minister - Stage Luck by Stage Door Johnny - WINNER - FIFTH RUNNING BREEDERS CUP JUVENILE FILLIES CHURCHILL DOWNS November 5 1988.” The second plaque which appears on the opposite side reads: “OPEN MIND Chestnut Filly - 1985 Bred By: Due Process Stables Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Jockey: Angel Cordero Jr.” The trophy weighs a hefty 19 pounds.
Includes Letter of Provenance from the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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