Treasures of the Turf by Christopher Garibaldi

Treasures of the Turf, looks at the history of horseracing. From the late seventeenth century to the modern period, this talk examines the development of the sport in this country through its associated cultural material. Using the wealth of paintings, archive material and decorative art objects associated with and depicting the ‘Sport of Kings’, the lecture takes as its starting point the earliest origins of the sport including the development of Newmarket and the Jockey Club as racing’s ‘Headquarters’. Treasures of the Turf also explores other influential racing circuits.

Christopher Garibaldi

Christopher is an independent Researcher. He was Director of Palace House, Newmarket (National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art) from 2010 to 2019 and previously Co-Director of the Attingham Summer School for the Study of Historic Houses and Collections, and Senior Curator & Assistant Keeper of Art (Decorative Art) at Norwich Castle Museum. He catalogued the silver in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and other royal residences from 1994 to 1997

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VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX

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Image: Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath by artist John Wootton courtesy of Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection