Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 189
APRIL 9, 1988 SANTA ANITA DERBY 1 & 1/8 MILES CHAMPION STERLING SILVER TROPHY WON BY 'WINNING COLORS' WITH JOCKEY GARY STEVENS (SDHOC COLLECTION)
Sold for
$1,417.20
Sold Price includes BP
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The Santa Anita Derby is a Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds run every April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia California. It is currently run at a distance of one and-one-eighth miles on the dirt and carries a purse of $1 million. It is an important race in that it is one of the final prep races on the official road to the Kentucky Derby. This lot featuresthe exquisitely designed winner’s trophy awarded to the team of “Winning Colors” from the 1988 running of the event. In fact shortly after the race Winning Colors did indeed go on to win the 1988 Kentucky Derby!
The offered trophy measures just a hair under 13” tall featuring a two-handled gold-washed sterling silver cup that sits atop a heavy green marble base with an engraved gold-colored plaque reading: “April 9 1988 One Mile & One-Eighth Won By WINNING COLORS Mr. & Mrs. Eugene V. Klein Owner D. Wayne Lukas Trainer Gary Stevens Jockey Time: 1:47:4.” The front of the two-handled trophy is engraved “SANTA ANITA DERBY” and those words are perfectly centered above the engraved logo of Santa Anita Park. The entire trophy including the base weighs 19 pounds; the sterling silver cup alone weighs 1360 grams. Some tarnishing is evident inside the trophy cup as well as across the engraved plaque on the base. Thebottom is hallmarked "Sterling Silver" by "Kirk Stieff."
A special placard accompanies this trophy and reads as follows: “The Santa Anita Cup – This trophy is a reproduction of the cup presented by Queen Anne of England for the Queen Anne Race held at Newmarket in 1705 and is made exclusively for Los Angeles Turf Club Inc. The cup is vermeil.”
Includes Letter of Provenance from the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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