Lot 89
89
Elie Lambert (b.1949)
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Elie Lambert (b.1949)

Derby Day, Epsom

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Elie Lambert (b.1949)
Derby Day, Epsom
signed 'lambert' (lower left) and inscribed 'DERBY DAY EPSOM' (lower right) and further inscribed 'THE DERBY 1978/ WINNER. SHIRLEY HEIGHT [sic.] BY MILL REEF/ TRAINER JOHN DUNLOP AT ARUNDEL/ JOCKEY GREVILLE STARKEY/ BY Elie LAMBERT/ PROP OF DANIELLE BOUT/ "BILL *OPEN THE DOOR AND GREVILLE, THE DEVEL [sic] WENT..... *BILL SHOEMAKER.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 59 in. (99.7 x 149.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The Derby of 1978 was one of the most exciting races in the event’s history, and was won by Shirley Heights, with Greville Starkey up. Second was Hawaiian Sound, and third Remainder Man.
Out of Mill Reef, Shirley Heights was the finest horse ever produced by the stables of Lord Halifax, and he went on to win the Epsom Derby twice, the Irish Derby, the Royal Lodge Stakes and the Dante.

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