Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2011 | Page 108
EQUESTRIAN
The sale did have its lighter moments worthwhile because it was sold to a
were bought by a friend of the late Phil
as one of the more unusual items
buyer from the Island. I don’t think
Legge, who does a lot of work on film
was the skeleton of a race horse. The
you would get something like that
sets, and may well be used as props in
horse was owned by
future blockbusters.
an Islander and the
Matt concluded:
“I think my father may
Legge family once had
“Overall it was a
it in their possession.
satisfactory sale,
have ridden the horse at some stage,
After the horse died
and it is really
and
I
remember
him
spending
many
evenings
the skeleton was
nice to know that
painstakingly restored.
other people will
putting all the bones back together."
Matt smiled: “I think
now be able to see
my father may have
different parts of the
ridden the horse at some stage, and
coming up for auction too often. It
collection. Perhaps when the Centre
I remember him spending many
was certainly a bit different.”
opened back in 1983 we could not
evenings putting all the bones back
Some of the iconic horse-drawn
have imagined it would grow quite so
together. The effort seemed to be
carriages that were in the collection
much.”
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