HORSERACING ICEMAN GEORGE WOOLF AQUA CALIENTE TROPHY NR 1929 AQUA CALIENTE JOCKEY AWARD GIVEN TO GEORGE WOLF Start Price USD 1,000.00 Current Price USD 1,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 1,250.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 04, 2008 End Time Monday, July 14, 2008 Location Oceanside, California See more about 'HORSERACING ICEMAN GEORGE WOOLF AQUA CALIENTE TROPHY NR' Description A REAL PIECE OF HISTORY!!! AS WE CONTINUE DOWNSIZING, WE ARE PARTING WITH MORE OF OUR TREASURES WE HAVE COLLECTED FOR YEARS,, THIS PIECE WE GOT MANY YEARS AGO FROM A  88 YEAR OLD GENTLEMAN,IN HEMET CA. , WHO HAD BEEN A STABLE BOY , AT AQUA CALIENTE IN THE 20S AND 30S... HE WAS WORKING THERE DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE TRACK AND IN 1929 ON OPENING DAY, THEY GAVE OUT THESE SILVER TIGERS,  ON OPENING DAY TO THE JOCKEYS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OPENING DAY, THE STORY WAS THAT GEORGE WOOLF WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH IT.. ALL HE WANTED WAS MONEY, SO HE GAVE IT TO THE STABLE BOY , JOE, WHO HELD IT TILL WE GOT IT FROM HIM ALMOST 60 YEARS LATER,,,  IT IS A IMPRESSIVE ,, FUN ,, PIECE ESPECIALLY FOR A HORSE RACING FAN, OR HISTORY BUFF,, OR ANY EQUINE INTERESTED PERSON,, GEORGE WOOLF  OR BETTER KNOWN AS THE ICEMAN,,, AS IT WAS SAID HE HAD ICE IN HIS VIENS, JUDGING BY THE WAY HE RODE,, HE RODE MANY LEGENDARY HORSES, INCLUDING SEA BISCUIT ,, AND WON MANY LEGENDARY RACES,,, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REALLY LAUNCHING HORSE RACING INTO THE FOREFRONT DURING HIS CAREER,, HE WAS THE FIRST MONEY JOCKEY,, THAT ACTUALLY MADE GOOD MONEY FOR A JOCKEY, AND GOT THEM THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVED,,  HE WAS  THE HIGHEST MONEY  WINNER  EVER IN RACING , THE TROPHY ITSELF STILL HAS MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL SILVER PLATING, AND POLYCHROME PAINT, REALLY GOOD CONDITION AND NICE PATINA FOR ITS AGE, IT IS INSCRIBED, JOCKEY  GEORGIE WOOLF  ON THE ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SAYS, JOCKEY GEORGIE WOOLF AQUA CALIENTE MEXICO,, IT MEASURES 12" LONG  BY 6 1/2" HIGH AND 41/2" ACCROSS,,   A CHANCE  TO OWN THIS GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY,, FOR YOUR OWN ,,   WHEN IT COMES TO HORSE RACING, YOU DONT GET MUCH MORE LEGANDARY THAN GEORGE WOOLF THE ICE MAN!!! WE WILL GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS PIECE ,, A GREAT PIECE OF THE PAST,, OF WHICH WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO  BE CARETAKERS OF FOR MANY YEARS, AQUA CALIENTE WAS ONE OF THE PREMIER TRACKS IN THE WORLD WHEN IT WAS IN ITS HEYDAY,,, A PLACE WHERE THE WHOS WHOS USED TO GATHER AND SOCIALIZE, AND THEIR OPENING DAY CEREMONIES WERE ATTENDED BY ALL THE STARS , AND ELITE, AND THEY ATTRACTED THE BEST HORSES IN THE WORLD... DONT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN THIS GREAT PIECE OF THE PAST, OR FOR YOUR HORSE FAN IN YOUR LIFE,,  THIS WOULD LOOK GREAT ON YOUR DESK , SHELF , MANTLE OR SHOWCASE, THE DETAIL ON THE CASTING HAS VERY GOOD DETAIL,  NO CRACKS OR BREAKS,,, THANKS FOR LOOKING   NO RESERVE   Place a Bid!