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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Perth
Date:
3-Sep-2014
Lot No.
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Description:
i) A Moonee Valley Race club 1942 Cox plate Won by Tranquil star. The trophy is a two handled sterling silver oval shape tray by Barker Brothers Birmingham 1939, with retailers stamp 'W. Drummond & Co Melbourne'. Engraved 'M.V.R.C., W. S. COX PLATE 1942, WON BY T.G. JONES AND R. COBDEN's TRANQUIL STAR'. Length 57 cm; width 35.8 cm; weight: 1680grams. Ii) A silver Gelatin print 1942 Caulfield cup Won by Tranquil star (Run at Flemington). 17.5 x 75 cm. Note: Tranquill star foaled in 1937 was one of the handiest and best preformed Australian-bred Thoroughbred race-mares. She is the only mare to have won the double of the Caulfield Stakes (now known as the Yalumba Stakes), and the Cox plate which is the most prestigious. Weight-for-age race in Australia. Tranquil star had 111 starts: 23-20-12 and earnings of £26,690. Her major wins: 1940 Edward Manifold Stakes 1941 & 1944 St George Stakes 1941 VRC St Leger Stakes 1941 AJC Chipping Norton Stakes 1942 & 1944 LKS Mackinnon Stakes 1942 Alister Clark Stakes 1942 Caulfield Stakes 1942 Caulfield cup 1942 & 1944 Cox plate 1945 VATC Memsie Stakes 1946 MVRC William Reid Stakes
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Category:
Unclassified