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R. Barclay (Irish, early 20th century) ORBY - WINNER OF ENGLISH AND IRISH DERBIES signed lower ri...

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R. Barclay (Irish, early 20th century) ORBY - WINNER OF ENGLISH AND IRISH DERBIES signed lower ri...
R. Barclay (Irish, early 20th century)
ORBY - WINNER OF ENGLISH AND IRISH DERBIES
signed lower right; inscribed and dated [1907] on reverse; also with a newspaper
clipping on reverse
watercolour
25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
Provenance:
Neptune Gallery, Dublin, circa 1969 (framing label on reverse)
At one time "as famous as Arkle", Orby was the first Irish-trained horse to win
the Epsom Derby and to run in the Irish equivalent in 1907. He was owned by
Richard Croker (1841-1922), the so-called "Boss" of Tammany Hall in New York.
Croker left America in disgust at the election of a reform ticket mayor, taking
with him to England his valuable stable of race horses. However, the English
Jockey Club refused Croker permission to train his horses at Newmarket, thus he
uprooted once more and settled in his native Ireland, at Glencairn in
Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, from where he went on to make horse-racing history.
€800-€1,000 (£600-£700 sterling approx.)