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What an incredible find Hammy!
Thank you for sharing it with us.It seems like a bad idea to dig the old chap up,
, but if they do we would be able, with modern technology, to see what he really did look like compared to our modern thoroughbreds. The old paintings of that time cannot really tell us because they show a distorted image which was fashionable at the time.So tempting to let him RIP, but what can his skeleton tell us? Fascinating stuff!
I must admit I was somewhat surprised at the idea. A great point about the old paintings there!
I agree it’s shame to think about moving the grave, but then again it is a piece of thoroughbred racing history and perhaps he should be re-interned at Newmarket. Eclipse’s skeleton is there after all and as he is a son of both the Godolphin and Darley Arabians perhaps at least one ancestor should be with him.
What I would hate is for the grave to be totally forgotten or if the estate is eventually sold off for housing that the stone and bones are simply thrown on a rubbish dump.
I seriously doubt this historical place will ever fall into disrepair or neglect BG. However it is probably fair to say that very few visitors to the park have any interest whatsoever in thoroughbred race horses, so in a sense the importance of this grave is wasted where it currently is.
Yes BG, that would be a terrible loss
At Newmarket he would be safe, and get the reverence he deserves.
Well done Hammy .. just caught up with this thread and really fascinated by it. You should start a campaign to bring him to Newmarket, possibly to the new Horseracing Museum being moved to its new home at Palace House.
A true relic of Racing History, perhaps they could use some sort of high tech device to see if his remains are under the stone.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Well done Hammy .. just caught up with this thread and really fascinated by it. You should start a campaign to bring him to Newmarket, possibly to the new Horseracing Museum being moved to its new home at Palace House.
A true relic of Racing History, perhaps they could use some sort of high tech device to see if his remains are under the stone.I think you may have missed one or two posts Tryptych. They have already run geophys tests over the site and are awairing the results.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
, but if they do we would be able, with modern technology, to see what he really did look like compared to our modern thoroughbreds. The old paintings of that time cannot really tell us because they show a distorted image which was fashionable at the time.
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