Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 171
TRIO OF LATE 1980'S CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK DEBUTANTE CHAMPION TROPHIES WON BY 'ICY FOLLIES', 'BURNISHED BRIGHT' AND 'ON THE LINE' (SDHOC COLLECTION
Sold for
$330
Sold Price includes BP
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The Debutante Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of June at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville Kentucky. A listed stakes event open to two-year-old fillies it was contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs. It first became a Grade III race in 1996 and was changed from five-and-a-half furlongs to six furlongs in 2006. In 2012 the race was reduced to listed status.This lot features three Churchill Downs Champions trophies that were earned in the late 1980s by horses owned by the late Eugene V. Klein.
The first trophy is a silver-plated glass-lined ice bucket awarded to “Burnished Bright” for her Debutante victory in 1986. The ice bucket produced by Lunt Silverware measures 11 inches tall and nine inches in diameter and includes a pair of lionhead handles. The top of the ice bucket is specially engraved with the following text: “DEBUTANTE CHURCHILL DOWNS JUNE 28 1986 WON BY BURNISHED BRIGHT.” The second award is a sliver-plated serving dish produced by Elkington & Co. that honors “Icy Folly” and her Debutante victory in 1989. The two-piece serving dish stands 7.5” tall by 12 inches wide and is engraved on the top with the following test: “DEBUTANTE CHURCHILL DOWN ICY FOLLY June 25 1989.”
The third and final award is a two-handled silver-plated trophy bowl produced by I.F.S. Ltd. In England which was awarded to “On The Line” for her victory in the Derby Trial event at Churchill Downs on April 25 1987. Showing tarnishing throughout the bowl which measure 5.5 inches high and nine inches in diameter is engraved on the front with the following text: “DERBY TRIAL CHURCHILL DOWNS APRIL 25 1987 WON BY ON THE LINE.”
Includes Letter of Provenance from the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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