An impressive silver-gilt cup and cover, reproduction of the 'Ayr Gold Cup' S. J. Phillips, London 2001 Of neoclassical urn form, with pull off tapering cover, with pineapple finial, with twisting fluting and an acanthus leaf border, the body with twin handles naturalistically modelled as entwinned serpents, the body with two cartouches either side one of a horse at trot, the other of a bacchanalian scene, with laurel swags, with stiff leaf engraving to the lower body, raised on a spreading pedestal base with repeated twisting fluing and laurel banding, raised on a turned wooden plinth, with silver gilt applied plaques one inscribed 'THE LADBROKE'S AYR GOLD CUP' the other '2000 BAHAMIAN PIRATE Trained by David Nicholls. Ridden by Adrian Nicholls Owned by Lucayan Stud', height of trophy 35.5cm, weight 56oz. Footnotes: The trophy was commissioned after the 2000 Victory of Bahamian Pirate by the Lucayan stud, it is purported to be one of three that were commissioned by the stud. Bahamian Pirate (1995 - 2017) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a specialist sprinter and was trained for most of his racing career by David Nicholls in Yorkshire. As a five-year-old he recorded his first major win when he took the Ayr Gold Cup in 2000 which this cup commemorates and went on to win the Listed Bentinck Stakes later in the year. We won the Phoenix Sprint Stakes in 2001. He continued his form as a nine-year-old and recorded his first Group One success on his sixty-eighth appearance in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse in August 2004. He remained in training until the age of twelve before retiring with a record of 12 wins and 25 places from 104 starts. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing