Tag: horse racing

To many racegoers and polo fans, the attraction of going racing or watching polo is the excitement of wagering a bet or watching a 10 goaler juggling a polo ball at full tilt. To many others it’s all about the social scene, the chance to put on a show, to people watch, to be seen and to look glamorous. There […]

Equestrian artist Martin Williams is most famous for his exquisite watercolours of owners silks and racehorses. However he is equally adept at producing stunning commissions in oils on behalf of connections. The painting featured is of Running Lion, an iron grey filly, daughter of multiple Group 1 winning Roaring Lion. The painting was commissioned by the sister of the owner […]

Equestrian Art International is offering fabulous commissions of owners silks and horses starting from as little as £1250 for a 60 cms x 50 cms oil painting on canvas by leading expressionist artist Vineta Sayer MA. Each painting features the jockey in the unique colours of the owner’s silks aboard a racehorse also featuring complementary colours to create a dynamic […]

A painting in oils by Rob Hefferan of ‘Dubai Mile’ winning the 2022 Group I Criterium de St Cloud (Fr) and featured above was commissioned by a client based in Dubai and delivered on schedule at the end of September.

New sales in September included this fabulous framed painting ‘Straight as an Arrow’ by Vineta Sayer to Hertfordshire-based Newsells Stud.  ‘Straight as an Arrow’ painted in monochrome oils is the sister painting to another by the artist that was recently purchased by Newbury Racecourse and hangs in the newly refurbished Hennessy Restaurant there.

Equestrian Art International makes commissioning that special gift simple.  From a photographic reference to a fabulous work of art in less than two months, one of our artists Vineta Sayer MA, created the painting of an owner’s racehorse as a surprise anniversary present.  The painting featured Group I winning horse Supremacy winning the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in […]

Equestrian Art International’s ‘Blue Riband’ Cheltenham Festival Exhibition proved to be a quieter event than 2022’s record breaking year with attendances down and bad weather affecting the middle two days.  What was encouraging was the number of new customers snapping up paintings across the board in terms of artists and genres.  This trend continued post-Cheltenham with new and existing customers […]

Newbury Racecourse has completed a major refurbishment of its premier Hennessy restaurant by commissioning two of Equestrian Art International’s leading artists to paint a collection of racing artworks to feature exclusively in the venue. The painting featured is by Vineta Sayer rendered in monochrome oils.  A triptych in mixed media by Alasdair Banks provides a colourful complement to the restaurant’s […]

Cornelius Lysaght was BBC’s respected and insightful horse racing correspondent for almost 20 years.  As a sportswriter he has written for many of the major newspapers including The Times, Guardian and London Evening Standard as well as many significant equestrian magazines including Horse & Hound and Owner/Breeder. This year Cornelius celebrated his long association with horse racing by commissioning Martin […]

Double Cuneo Award winning artist Jane Braithwaite SEA has recently completed two magnificent paintings in oil of NH jump racing Cheltenham legend, Constitution Hill (featured) and flat racing champion Alpinista , winner of the 2022 Prix de L’Arc, Europe’s richest horse race, details of which can be found under Jane’s page on our website. The painting of Alpinista shows her […]