Horsetails
Street Cry
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With a racing career that includes wins in the Dubai World Cup, and the Stephen Foster Handicap, as well as a second place finish in the Whitney Handicap, Street Cry has both an excellent racing career and an extremely successful career at stud. Currently standing at Darley at Jonabell Farm, Street Cry has a number of stellar progeny, including Street Sense, who won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and was named an Eclipse Champion, and the undefeated Zenyatta, who won the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic. After three crops, Street Cry has nine Grade 1 winners to his name. Street Cry's tail hair has been generously donated by Darley at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
Darley at Jonabell Farm
Gay Reading
A native Lexingtonian, W. Gay Reading received his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and European History from Washington and Lee University and his Master of Arts in Theater Design from Case Western Reserve. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he was the first curator of the Headley-Whitney Museum and is a founding board member of the Warwick Foundation, which promotes the legacy of Clay Lancaster. After working in technical theatre and as a designer at the University of Kentucky, Reading became director of the King Library Press and for a number of years was proprietor of his own private press. In 1999, he became a founding member of Greentree Antiques and Tearoom and the associated development of Greentree Close in downtown Lexington. In his violin of Street Cry, Reading uses a reproduction of an 18th century image to create a decoupage inspired by 18th century "print rooms" where printed works and decorations were applied directly to the walls.
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".
