Yesterday I finally finished painting the sculpture after 14 days straight of working on it. And it has just been picked up and taken away so the pressure is finally off! I ended up finding my own photo of Istabraq because it would have been a shame to not complete the paintings and I also found old quotes from The Racing Post banner that I was first sent and researched the final horses Dawn Run and Arkle to find quotes/write ups for them so that people viewing the sculpture would know who each horse was and why they were legendary.
I believe the sculpture is now going to a studio with all the other sculptures to be varnished or similar and then they will be set up in their positions around Cheltenham from 1 August until 15 October. If you’re ever in the area, please do come along to take a look and I also believe there will be a map of all the sculptures to help you find them.
The final photos show the last couple of paintings, the grey One Man and the bay Istabraq.
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