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Sedbury with jockey up signed and dated 'J.S.1745' (lower right) oil on canvas 30 x 37.5 cm. (11¾ x 14¾ in.)
Footnotes
PROVENANCE: The late David Astor, the Manor House, Sutton Courtenay, 1949 (probably acquired with the purchase of the house in 1945 from Captain Harry Lindsay) and thence by family descent to the present owner
Sedbury was a chestnut colt by Mr Croft's Old Partner out of Lord D'Arcy's famous Old Montague Mare. He was bred by Andrew Wilkinson of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1734 and sold to Mr Mann of the same town. He first ran as a four year old and between 1738 and 1744 won 19 of his 24 races. At the end of 1739 he had been sold to Mr Martindale of St James's Street, London and the jockey - possibly J. Larkin - is shown wearing his colours in the present picture.
'Sedbury was a horse of exquisite beauty, of great justness of shape and form and was indisputably the best horse of his size at the time of his running' (Picks Register, volume I).
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