Statue to mark village's links to famous horse racing event set to be unveiled
Statue to mark village's links to famous horse racing event set to be unveiled
A village will unveil a racehorse sculpture to mark its place in the history of the famous St Leger race.
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On the 250th anniversary of the St Leger Stakes, Firbeck in Rotherham will celebrate its equestrian heritage with a tape-cutting ceremony for the new sculpture on September 12 at 11am on Kidd Lane.
Residents, community leaders and racing enthusiasts will gather as the ceremonial ribbon is cut.
Celebrations will then move to Firbeck Village Hall for a community reception and a pop-up exhibition about St Leger and how the world’s oldest classic race came to be.
A spokesperson for Firbeck Parish Council, which commissioned the sculpture, said: “The sculpture features dynamic figures of racehorses to reference the role of the village’s erstwhile resident Lt Col Anthony St Leger who lived at the historic Park Hill estate in Firbeck and who established the world-famous St Leger Stakes in 1776.”