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.” 108 www.visitislandlife.com