Best Mate - Cheltenham Gold Cup

by Jacqueline Stanhope

Image size: 21" x 17"

Limited Edition of only 500 prints worldwide

Officially licensed Best Mate Product

Each print is individually checked, numbered and signed by Terry Biddlecombe, Owner Jim Lewis and jockey Jim Culloty.

This Limited Edition Print has been printed with lightfast inks on acid-free, high grade board from environmentally conscious paper suppliers.

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A Champion's Tale

Foaled: January 28, 1995, near Trim in Co Meath Breeding: By Un Desperado out of Katday
Purchase price: Originally sold at the sales at Fairyhouse for Ir2,500 guineas to Tom Costello, the horse dealer. Later changed hands for an undisclosed sum after winning a point-to-point.
Trainer: Henrietta Knight
Owner: Jim Lewis
Races: 22 Wins: 14
Prize-money: £1,022,436
Big-race successes: Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup (on three occasions, 2002, 2003 and 2004) Scilly Isles Chase (2001) Peterborough Chase (2002) King George VI Chase (2002) Ericsson Chase (2003)

Born in 1963 and educated in Scotland, Jacqueline Stanhope has been painting and selling horse portraits in oils since childhood. By the age of fourteen she had already executed her first commission, a portrait of legendary race horse Nijinsky.

Established as one of the finest equine and canine artists, Jacqueline’s artwork can be found in collections the world over.

For the Fine Art Trade Guild exhibition she prepared a beautifully observed oil painting of her own greyhound asleep. Both striking and gentle, this lovely portrait is typical of the 'close-up-and-personal' style that is the Stanhope trademark.