"Condition", caricature by Spy in Vanity Fair in 1908.

Peter Valentine Purcell Gilpin (1858 - 1928) was a British racehorse trainer. He was Champion Trainer in 1904 and his most notable winner was the filly Pretty Polly who won the Fillies Triple Crown in 1904. He also trained Comrade, the winner of the inaugural Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1920.[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Peter Gilpin
Notes
Granted 13 February 1884 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.
Crest
In front of three tilting spears points upwards one in pale two in saltire Proper as many mascles interlaced fessways Or.
Escutcheon
Or a boar passant Sable in chief two roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper a canton Azure for difference.
Motto
Une Foy Mesme[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wright, Howard (1986). The Encyclopedia of Flat Racing. Robert Hale. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-7090-2639-0.
  2. ↑ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H,". National Library of Ireland. p. 108.


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