"The Chivas Regal Trophy Sandown Park 1980 Vintage Horseracing Poster"

"The Chivas Regal Trophy Sandown Park 1980 Vintage Horseracing Poster"Poster Sz: 11 3 8"H x 16" 1 4"W Frame Sz: 12 1 4"H x 17 1 8"W Horseracing Poster for the Inaugural U. K. v U. S. A. 'Chivas Regal Trophy' at Sandown Park, 22nd October 1980 With Facsimile Signatures of the Rival British & American Jockeys Chromolithographic print Published, 1980 Measures: 29. 2 cm x 41. 5 cm Framed The 'Chivas Regal Trophy' was conceived as a horseracing competition between Great Britain and America, where two teams of top jockeys,

Poster Sz: 11 3/8"H x 16" 1/4"W

Frame Sz: 12 1/4"H x 17 1/8"W

Horseracing Poster for the Inaugural U.K. v U.S.A. 'Chivas Regal Trophy' at Sandown Park, 22nd October 1980

With Facsimile Signatures of the Rival British & American Jockeys

Chromolithographic print

Published, 1980

Measures:-

29.2 cm x 41.5 cm

Framed

The 'Chivas Regal Trophy' was conceived as a horseracing competition between Great Britain and America, where two teams of top jockeys, drawn from the respective rival nations, competed against one another in a three-race-challenge over distances of five furlongs; one mile; and a-mile-and-three-quarters. Jockeys were awarded points for where they finished in each race with totals going toward the team's overall score.

The inaugural competition was held at Sandown Park 22nd October 1980. The U.S. team won. It was hoped that it might become the horseracing equivalent of the Ryder Cup but, in the end, it was a short-lived competition which only took place one more time (with the British team winning). However, the event drew together some of the era's greatest jockeys.

w/ (facsimile) jockey signatures:

Lester Piggott (U.K. Captain)

Willie Carson

Brian Taylor

Joe Mercer

Pat Eddery

Steve Cauthen

Willie Shoemaker (U.S.A. Captain)

Angel Cordero

Jorge Velasquez

Laffit Pincay Jnr

A very interesting and scarce piece of flat-racing ephemera.