£300 - £400
Original Oil on Canvas of the Horse "Solinus"
7309 - Original oil canvas of the racing horse Solinus. Signed and titled by the artist Hutchings lower right. Set in a handmade frame. Solinus was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he won eight races over five and six furlongs in a ten-race career which lasted from June 1977 until October 1978. Solinus was a long horse, bay coloured with white socks on his hind feet. As a two-year-old, he won three of his four races, including the Coventry Stakes in England and the Anglesey Stakes in Ireland. In the following year, he was the dominant sprinter in Britain and Ireland, winning the Ballyogan Stakes, King's Stand Stakes, July Cup and William Hill Sprint Championship. He was then retired to stud but died in 1979. H: 55cm W: 65cm D: 5cm
