Reigh Count
- oil on canvas
- 38 x 48 in
- Lynwood Palmer
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Reigh Count Oil on canvas 38" x 48" Signed $9000. - 12000. Legend has it that John D. Hertz had a group of pretty good horses that he gave to an up-and-coming young trainer Bert Michell to help further his career. One of those horses Reigh Count proceeded to win the Kentucky Derby and Jockey Club Gold Cup in America and then went to Europe and won the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Hertz was very pleased and commissioned Lynwood Palmer to do a painting of Reigh Count the jockey Chick Lang and the trainer Michell. A few months later Hertz was in England and called the popular young trainer to invite him to lunch to discuss the horse's condition and the upcoming Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. However Michell replied that he "would like to but he was having tea that day with the Crown princess." Of course Hertz attributed Michell's overnight stardom to the horses he had given him. Reigh Count came in second to Invershin in the Gold Cup infuriating Hertz who blamed the loss on Michell. He sent the painting back to Lynwood Palmer and had the trainer painted out.