DAARKOM ridden by MICHAEL ROBERTS
10" x 8" black and white press photograph
Alec Stewart's DAARKOM, winner of The Ebor Handicap at York
Excellent condition. Dated 19th August 1987. Press stamp on reverse.
When Daarkom won the Ebor Handicap in 1987, plenty of people made a great deal of money. Strongly supported from 20-1 in the ante-post books, he started at 13-2 and took one of the season's most competitive handicaps with ease. A few years later he was discovered in a field, weak, emaciated, and forgotten.
His plight help to raise awareness over the fate of ex-racehorses and helped towards the creation of new establishments to retrain racehorses with the support of the racing industry.
Tragically his trainer Alec Stewart died from cancer at the age of 49 in 2004. He is best remembered for his training of Mtoto, twice winner of the Eclipse and winner of the King George in 1988.
