Philip Blacker Horses A sterling silver bangle The five horses in low relief, hallmarked and inscribed PB 7cm wide, 3.5cm high Similar works by this artist retail at: £400 Philip Blacker Philip Blacker was born in 1949 and was educated in Dorset. On leaving school he became a steeplechase jockey and rode professionally for 13 years, being placed in the Grand National on several occasions and riding 340 winners. It was during this time that Philip developed his latent enthusiasm for sculpture. Under the guidance of Margot Dent, a former pupil of John Skeaping's, he devoted as much time to sculpture as he could spare from his riding -his first three editions, all racing bronzes based on The Grand National, sold out quickly. In 1982 he retired from the saddle to concentrate full time on sculpture. Since his retirement from the saddle he has moved on to include a wider subject matter and to experiment with technique. However his ambition was to work on a grand scale and the opportunity came when he was commissioned to create a life-size sculpture of Red Rum for Aintree Racecourse. Since the success of the Red Rum bronze, he has completed 26 further life-size or larger bronzes of horses, which now stand in Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Barbados, Japan and the UK. Blacker has carried out countless commissions of racehorses and other subjects around the world, with sizes ranging up to twice life-size, highlights are listed below. 1988: Red Rum for Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool. 1990: Mrs Moss for the Marchioness of Tavistock, standing at Woburn Abbey 1994: St Leger winner Snurge for Sir Martyn Arbib, standing at Whatcombe Stables. 1995: Derby winner Generous for HRH Prince Fahd Salman, standing at Epsom racecourse. 1997: 1.25 scale bronze of boxer Jim Driscoll for the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. 1998: Classic winner Bosra Sham for Mr Wafic Said, standing at Tusmore Park 2001: Blast of Storm for Barbados Turf Club. 2002: Mare and Foal for Japan 2005: Multiple Group 1 winner Persian Punch for Newmarket Racecourse. 2005: Dressage Horse for The International Equestrian Centre, Penang. Malaysia. 2011: Oaks winner Sariska for Lady Bamford. 2011: Dar Re Mi for Lady Lloyd Webber. 2013: Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani 2014: The Fugue for Lady Lloyd Webber
Philip Blacker Horses A sterling silver bangle The five horses in low relief, hallmarked and inscribed PB 7cm wide, 3.5cm high Similar works by this artist retail at: £400 Philip Blacker Philip Blacker was born in 1949 and was educated in Dorset. On leaving school he became a steeplechase jockey and rode professionally for 13 years, being placed in the Grand National on several occasions and riding 340 winners. It was during this time that Philip developed his latent enthusiasm for sculpture. Under the guidance of Margot Dent, a former pupil of John Skeaping's, he devoted as much time to sculpture as he could spare from his riding -his first three editions, all racing bronzes based on The Grand National, sold out quickly. In 1982 he retired from the saddle to concentrate full time on sculpture. Since his retirement from the saddle he has moved on to include a wider subject matter and to experiment with technique. However his ambition was to work on a grand scale and the opportunity came when he was commissioned to create a life-size sculpture of Red Rum for Aintree Racecourse. Since the success of the Red Rum bronze, he has completed 26 further life-size or larger bronzes of horses, which now stand in Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Barbados, Japan and the UK. Blacker has carried out countless commissions of racehorses and other subjects around the world, with sizes ranging up to twice life-size, highlights are listed below. 1988: Red Rum for Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool. 1990: Mrs Moss for the Marchioness of Tavistock, standing at Woburn Abbey 1994: St Leger winner Snurge for Sir Martyn Arbib, standing at Whatcombe Stables. 1995: Derby winner Generous for HRH Prince Fahd Salman, standing at Epsom racecourse. 1997: 1.25 scale bronze of boxer Jim Driscoll for the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. 1998: Classic winner Bosra Sham for Mr Wafic Said, standing at Tusmore Park 2001: Blast of Storm for Barbados Turf Club. 2002: Mare and Foal for Japan 2005: Multiple Group 1 winner Persian Punch for Newmarket Racecourse. 2005: Dressage Horse for The International Equestrian Centre, Penang. Malaysia. 2011: Oaks winner Sariska for Lady Bamford. 2011: Dar Re Mi for Lady Lloyd Webber. 2013: Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani 2014: The Fugue for Lady Lloyd Webber
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