Charles Simpson (1885-1971)

Double Chance going to the Paddock before the Race; The Grand National, 1925

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Charles Simpson (1885-1971)
Double Chance going to the Paddock before the Race; The Grand National, 1925
signed 'Charles Simpson' (lower right), inscribed 'Double Chance going to the Paddock before the Race' (on the backboard)
gouache
14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.5 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Fine Art Society, Exhibition of Hunting Field Sketches, Leicestershire 1924-25 and of The Grand National by Charles Simpson, April 1925, no.48.

Lot Essay

Double Chance, a chestnut gelding by Roi Herode or Day Comet out of Kelibiathan was owned by Mr. D. Goold and was the winner of the 1925 Grand National. He was ridden by the amateur, Major J.P.Wilson, who beat the favourite, Mrs W.H. Dixon's Old Tay Bridge by four lengths.

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