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This work was offered in 1870 as part of a series entitled 'Original Studies of Celebrated Horses by the late J.F. Herring, Sen., the backgrounds finished by J. Paul'. There were twenty-nine other works in the sale. John Paul was the son of the Norwich landscape artist Joseph Paul (1804-87).
Merry Monarch, by Slane out of The Margravine, was foaled in 1842. Bred by G.W. Gratwicke and trained by John Forth, he won the Derby by a length in 1845. He beat Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale, Mr Gully's Old England and Lord Stadbroke's Ida, the favorite and winner of the 2,000 Guineas.
Mr. Gratwicke invented the forerunner of the horsebox. In its initial form it was a large box on wheels, made locally and drawn by two cart horses. Merry Monarch was taken to Epsom in this new form of transport and was exercised by his jockey each evening in a suitable field. The journey took three days but he would have arrived more rested than the other horses who would have either walked to the race meeting or taken an uncomfortable journey by train.
Mr. Gratwicke had inherited a fortune which had enabled him to take up racing and he was based at Ham, near Goodwood, Sussex. He made a considerable name for himself on the turf and the Gratwicke Stakes and the New Ham Maiden Fillies' Stakes are still run in his memory at Goodwood. Merry Monarch was his second Derby winner, the first being Frederick in 1829, a bay colt by Little John out of Phantom.
Merry Monarch, by Slane out of The Margravine, was foaled in 1842. Bred by G.W. Gratwicke and trained by John Forth, he won the Derby by a length in 1845. He beat Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale, Mr Gully's Old England and Lord Stadbroke's Ida, the favorite and winner of the 2,000 Guineas.
Mr. Gratwicke invented the forerunner of the horsebox. In its initial form it was a large box on wheels, made locally and drawn by two cart horses. Merry Monarch was taken to Epsom in this new form of transport and was exercised by his jockey each evening in a suitable field. The journey took three days but he would have arrived more rested than the other horses who would have either walked to the race meeting or taken an uncomfortable journey by train.
Mr. Gratwicke had inherited a fortune which had enabled him to take up racing and he was based at Ham, near Goodwood, Sussex. He made a considerable name for himself on the turf and the Gratwicke Stakes and the New Ham Maiden Fillies' Stakes are still run in his memory at Goodwood. Merry Monarch was his second Derby winner, the first being Frederick in 1829, a bay colt by Little John out of Phantom.