Oil on Canvas  2006  62 x 54 cm

A competitive Darley Cup goes to ‘Frizzante’ (left, black and white stripes, red sleeves) ridden by Irish jockey Johnny Murtagh, from ‘Ashdown Express’ July 2004.  Frizzante is owned by Jan Hopper and Elizabeth Grundy and trained by Newmarket based James Fanshaw.

The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older, ridden on the July Course at Newmarket, over distance of 6 furlongs, and takes place in July each year.  It was established in 1876.