"Solario" Racehorse 1924 Lithograph by Sir Alfred Munnings (SIGNED)

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.