£2,000 - £3,000
RAOUL MILLAIS (1901-1999). ASCOT GOLD CUP RACE, 1937: OMAHA AND QUASHED. (d) Signed and dated 37, oil on canvas
49.5 x 59.5cm.
* This race, the 125th, was attended by an estimated crowd of 150,000. Nine horses started, with Omaha rated the favourite. The track was very heavy from recent rain, and the favourite lost to the filly Quashed.
Provenance: London, The Fine Art Society Ltd, March 1957.
Lined; retouching, notably in the sky.
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