Horsetails

Smart Strike

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The Canadian Thoroughbred Smart Strike is successful both on the track and as a sire. Of eight starts, he won six and placed once, winning the Grade 1 Philip H. Iselin Handicap, and was named to the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame in 2008. Sired by Mr. Prospector, Smart Strike was named Mr. Prospector's leading all-weather sire. He sired 54 stakes winners, including North America's leader in earnings and two-time U.S. Horse of the Year, the Thoroughbred Curlin. Smart Strike's tail hair has been generously donated for use in this project by Lane's End in Versailles, Kentucky.

Lane's End

http://www.lanesend.com/

Daniel Sigal

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Daniel Sigal attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City and received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Tulane University. Sigal's unique artwork involves the time-consuming application of more than one hundred layers of paint, with the piece fired in the kiln after every single layer. The combination of transparent and opaque layers of paint creates the color variations optically through the passage of light rather than by the mixing of pigments.

http://www.danielsigal.com/

About the Project

Fifty-two artists from around the country have been chosen and each given small replicas of a violin and bow. Each artist has been assigned an unforgettable, beloved horse and has created a work of art. Artists have worked with paint, glass, metal, and other mediums. Their only charge was to embrace either the image or spirit of their horse. Horses include well-known Thoroughbreds, as well as other breeds represented in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™.

Each piece will be on display at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™. During the Games, a silent auction will take place, with all proceeds go to the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra’s Partners in Education, a program benefiting the children in high-risk areas of Kentucky through music education.

Please take the time to enjoy our art gallery (link to gallery), learn more about our special events (link to special events), and shop in our retail area for your very own HORSETAILS® 2010 merchandise. If you have questions about the project or would like more information, please contact us.

The Presentation

Each completed work of art is professionally mounted on linen mat board and framed in an antique black wooden slant-top shadow box. Framed by Lexington’s premiere sporting arts framer, the finished size measures 13.25" x 17".