Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 174
TRIO OF 1987 MONMOUTH PARK SORORITY AND COLLEEN STAKES CHAMPION TROPHIES WON BY 'BLUE JEAN BABY' - TWO STERLING SILVER (SDHOC COLLECTION)
Sold for
$330
Sold Price includes BP
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The Sorority Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually usually during the first week of September at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport New Jersey. Open to two-year-old fillies it is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs. In 1987 the race was held on August 8 and “Blue Jean Baby” ridden by jockey Chris McCarron. This lot includes three different trophies won by the Eugene V. Klein-owned Blue Jean Baby in ‘87 including two from the Sorority Stakes race.
The two trophies from the Sorority Stakes contest include an 11-inch two-handled metal silver plated vase that’s perched on top of a cherry wood base that measures 6.25” wide by 6.25” deep by 3.25” high. The front of the vase is engraved: “SORORITY WON BY Blue Jean Baby Monmouth Park.” The second Sorority Stakes trophy is made of hallmarked sterling silver (256 grams) and stands seven inches tall. A two-handed chalice it features the following text engraved across its front: “SORORITY STAKES Monmouth Park Won By Blue Jean Baby August 8 1987.”
The third and final trophy from this lot is another two-handled sterling silver hallmarked beauty (562g) that measures 10” wide by 7.5” tall. It represents yet another victory by Blue Jean Baby this time at the Colleen Stakes also held at Monmouth Park on July 28 1987. It is engraved across the front to read: “COLLEEN STAKES Monmouth Park Won by Blue Jean Baby July 28 1987.”
Includes Letter of Provenance from the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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