ALONE AT LAST - FOINAVON WINNING THE GRAND NATIONAL, 1967

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JOHN GREGORY KING (b.1929)
ALONE AT LAST - FOINAVON WINNING THE GRAND NATIONAL, 1967
signed, inscribed and dated 'John King 1967/Alone at last' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
15.5 x 12¼ in. (39.4 x 31.1 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster, Foinavon, like Arkle, was also named after a mountain near her estate in Northwest Scotland. Foinavon is most famously known as the 100-1 horse entered into the Grand National in 1967 who went on to win the race after a pile-up at the 27th fence, thereby earning himself a place in the history of the Grand National and the course itself, as this fence is now named 'The Foinavon Fence'.

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