Smolensko with Tom Goodison up, standing on Newmarket Heath signed lower left 'J N Sartorius pinx' and inscribed 'Smolensko by Sorcerer' oil on canvas 34.5 x 42cm Footnote: Provenance: Thomas Miller Whitehead, sold to John Dunn Gardner (1811-1908) on 11th May 1891 for £120 with its pair of Eclipse, Thence by descent Exhibited: Grosvenor Gallery, Sports Exhibition, 1890, no. 225 (?), lent by Thomas Miller Whitehead Bred by the politician and landowner, Sir Thomas Bunbury, 6th Bt., Smolensko was sired by Trumpator and thus carried on the bloodline of the Godolphin Arabian. He was winner in 1813 of the 2000 Guineas and the Derby. He won seven of his eight races and retired to stud at Great Barton, the Bunbury estate in Suffolk. Smolensko sired many winning offspring including the filly Gulnare (winner of the 1827 Epsom Oaks) and Jerry (a colt who won the 1824 St Leger). Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. The picture is in plane and the paint layer is stable. Drying cracks present across the surface which formed as the paint layer dried. There are retouchings covering these cracks in the lower half of the picture and a few retouchings in the horse and sky. The varnish is clear, even and semi-glossy. The frame is in a stable condition with some wear to the gilding.