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A little bit about Susan CrawfordSusan Crawford was born in Scotland in 1941 and was brought up on a farm in East Lothian where her parents trained racehorses and thus she developed her love of horses from an early age.
As a portrait painter, Susan Crawford has painted five members of the British royal family as well as the Sultans of Brunei and Oman. However, it is her talent in horse portraiture for which she is best known and is, in this field, almost certainly the most sought after artist of her generation. She has exhibited her work in a number of distinguished galleries throughout the world and Scarlett Willow is proud to ‘exhibit’ her beautiful paintings on our placemats.
Serving Mats
Best Mate – was a famous English trained racehorse and three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup (2002, 2003, 2004). He is considered to be one of the most loved horses in the history of horse racing and his sudden death while racing made front page news.
Persian Punch – was trained in the UK and was frequently heralded by the Racing Post as the most popular horse in training during the final years of his career. He died at the age of 10 and has a lifesize bronze statue erected in his memory at Newmarket Racecourse. His most famous stablemate was Desert Orchid.
Placemats and Coasters
Northern Dancer – was a Canadian-bred thoroughbred and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. He has been referred to as ‘one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history’. In his two years of racing, he won 14 of his 18 races and never finished worse than third.
Giant’s Causeway – is a Kentucky bred thoroughbred who raced primarily in Europe. In 2000, he won five straight Group One races, a performance that won him European Horse of the Year honours. He entered stud in 2001.
Sadlers Wells – was sired by Northern Dancer and born in 1981. Although foaled in the US, he achieved his racing and breeding fame in Europe. He had a successful racing career but his greatest success has come as a champion sire. In November 2007, a Sadlers Wells daughter, Playful Act, was sold for a world record price of US$10.5 million.
Rainbow Quest – born in 1981 and went on to have a successful racing career in Europe and was thought to be one of the best racehorses of his generation. It was no wonder then that Rainbow Quest proved so effective as a stallion, most notably as an outstanding sire of broodmares. It is widely thought that his daughters are going to prove to be his richest legacy.
Sizes
Coasters: 100mm x 100mm x 3.2mm
Placemats: 292mm x 216mm x 4.8mm
Serving mats: 382mm x 292mm x 4.8mm
