"Solario" Racehorse 1924 Lithograph by Sir Alfred Munnings (SIGNED)
$2,400
Sir Alfred James Munnings (England; 1878–1959)
Solario
Lithograph on paper
Signed to lower right margin, Signed in plate
Numbered 25 out of an edition of 40
Hand drawn remarque image of saddle to lower left margin
Numbered within a blind stamp
Print Sz: 15"H x 18"W
Frame Sz: 23 1/4"H x 25 1/4"W
Solario (1922–1945) was a successful British Thoroughbred racehorse and influential sire.
At age two, Solario won the 1924 Exeter Stakes and was second to Picaroon in the Middle Park Stakes. As a three-year-old, he finished fourth in the first two British Classic Races then won the third, the St Leger Stakes. At Ascot Racecourse he won the 1925 Ascot Derby. At age four, Solario ran away from the field while winning the 1926 Coronation Cup by fifteen lengths then won the Ascot Gold Cup.