Keeneland photo
About the bronze statues in the circle of the winner of the deployment
Keeneland Release
Lexington, Ky.-debuting Today-Opening Day of the 17-day autumn meeting of Keeneland-Is De Cirkel of the winner of the deployment in the former walking ring. After every effort, a la royal Ascot in England, the winning horse and the connections will decrease through the tunnel to the circle of the winner of the bet and pose for photos while fans can share in the sensation of the victory. This meeting used to take place far from the crowd on the Infield Turf course.
As soon as the horse leaves the circle of the winner of the effort, the Connections and Trophy presenter gather for the trophy presentation before it goes through the stone gate and goes to the room space to continue their parties.
Beating the stone gates are two bronze statues that will undoubtedly surprise racing fans and even be known: “Horse and Jockey” by Isidore Bonheur.
Bonheur, a French artist who was often overshadowed by the strong personality and commercial success of his sister Rosa, was a prominent animal engineer and painter, or artist who specialized in the display of animals. Bonheur was part of the realism movement in the second half of the 19one century.
These bronze on the circle of the winner of the effort were probably later associated with Kincsem, the famous Hungarian mare who won in Europe in the 19 54 racesone century, but there is no evidence that Bonheur made the model of Kincsem or the English Jockey Elia Madden.
According to Keeneland Library, Bonheur does not seem to have made specific portraits of horses. Instead, his work may have been sold by contemporary galleries or later dealers with the names of well -known individual horses and jockeys as a marketing strategy. That is why the image that is often attributed as Kincsem appears, occasionally as other horses in auctions and galleries.
The bronze are posthumous castings and are not from the ‘Peyrol’ hole of Bonheur’s brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, with which most of its original bronze are closely linked.
The bronze once stood in Keeneland on limestone piers in the eastern entrance at the entrance of the Paddock.
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