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Liked Lord Rosebery’s pink and primrose hoops worn by Sleeping Partner to victory in The Oaks. Had a Schweppes calendar with her picture and always remember it when I see pink and yellow flowers together.
For me the John Hales/One Man colours. Watching Neptune Collonges race these past few seasons has really reminded me of One Man. The memories come flooding back.
Liked Lord Rosebery’s pink and primrose hoops worn by Sleeping Partner to victory in The Oaks. Had a Schweppes calendar with her picture and always remember it when I see pink and yellow flowers together.
Lord Rosebery’s colours were officially Primrose and Rose Hoops with a Rose Cap; this is especially significant given his name, but more so when you realise that his family name was Primrose!
I’m not sure what the scope of that book was ~ don’t think it was strictly an update of the B&H Book, but maybe a collection of "famous" silks which would undoubtedly be of interest, but also missing lots of the interesting smaller owners; there are literally tens of thousands of new designs (mainly for partnerships and syndicates) now and one book couldn’t hold them. No idea how to get hold of a modern version, other than to set up a search on ebay which I have done.
Was it not a white cap with a black star?
Totally missed this at the time, but as we should now expect, Lyphard is correct.
I hate Kauto Stars colours [well, his owners]..looks like a garden gnome to me; like black and white, but suppose they can’t all be black and white [although when I was a kid they were].
Harry Findlay’s – The green one and not the purple one!
I like The Stewart Family colours too.
Khalid Abdullah – reminds me of Dancing Brave and Godolphin’s are classy.
Harry Findlay’s – The green one and not the purple one!
The green one, as you put it has nothing at all to do with Harry Findlay. The Dark Green, White "V", Check Cap, Light Green Sleeves are those of Paul Barber, first made famous by the exploits of that wonderful chaser Artifice. Strictly speaking, Harry has no colours registered to him at all.
Think I used this thread as a means of expelling some love for the Juddmonte brand.
Anyway – still love their colours. Very elegant and beautiful design which leads me to (at times) blindfully back whatever horse is wearing those silks.
The green one, as you put it has nothing at all to do with Harry Findlay. The Dark Green, White "V", Check Cap, Light Green Sleeves are those of Paul Barber, first made famous by the exploits of that wonderful chaser Artifice. Strictly speaking, Harry has no colours registered to him at all.
Sorry, my mistake. Barber and Findlay are on a rotation with their colours aren’t they. Are the white colours of Findlay/Bloom any relation?
The White, Purple Hoops on Sleeves and Cap colours are those of a business partnership between Harry Findlay and Tony Bloom, plus occasional others in small partnerships.
I like the green and white stripes of Spartan Missile. It was my first winning bet ( well, £1 EW, I was only 10 at the time) when he came second in the National.
I always loved the blue and white of the Embrico… Aldaniti’s colours…. and i still hold to this day that Brave Highlander would’ve carried them to victory in 2001 had he not been carried out!
Here’s what my colours would look like:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p63/PepsiBoy1/id191702-071602-071617.png
I also really like the black, white and green of Lady Clarke.
Reading this thread for the first time and just to correct the famous colours for Ms Monica Sheriffe (Sharpo) were Blue birds eye (ie blue with tiny white spots), white cap.
I was always fond of Lord Chelsea’s silks – Brown, Eton blue epaulettes and cap and the Gibson family colours – Black with a red, white and blue sash.
My own colours were Orange with black sash – orange is great for viewing in poor light.
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