1948 Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy won by Cottage Rake put up for auction
Cottage Rake and jockey Aubrey Brabazon take the final fence to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in April 1948
After the recent public sale of Rory Gallager’s Fender Stratocaster guitar another important Irish artifact goes under the hammer at Newmarket’s Horseracing Museum on November 13th.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup won by Cottage Rake in 1948 is officially going up for auction. The solid gold trophy won by the Vincent O'Brien trained horse is valued at around £10,000-15,000.
The 9-year-old galloped to victory in April of 1948 with jockey Aubrey Brabazon on back. The horse became the first multiple winner in the post-war era winning three Gold Cups in a row from 1948 to 1950.
Cottage Rake and O'Brien essentially helped popularise Cheltenham festival with the Irish public and the rest, as they say, was history.
The trophy itself is a solid 18ct. gold and is in the form of a scale replica of the original 1924 Cheltenham Gold Cup. The cup design has a horse head handle, with the winning horse, trainer and jockey inscribed.
It will be going up for sale on November 13th, in the 'Race to History' specialist horseracing memorabilia auction, held by Graham Budd Auctions in partnership with Weatherbys. The auction will be held at the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket.
Auctioneer Budd says: "It’s great to be working alongside Weatherbys again on this auction. The quality and provenance of the items in this sale is unprecedented, and we’re fortunate to be selling several lots in aid of some great charities, which have a huge impact in the racing world and beyond. We’ve had plenty of interest from around the world, so we’re in a good position to raise a lot of money for these good causes."
