A racing plate worn by ''The Gilder'' when winning the Falcon Plate at Thirsk in 1924, mounted on a tinplate base with painted inscription The Gilder
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A racing plate worn by ''The Gilder'' when winning the Falcon Plate at Thirsk in 1924, mounted on a tinplate base with painted inscription The Gilder was owned by Mrs A James and was in training with Lord Derby's trainer George Lambton. It is likely that The Gilder was used as a work companion for Lord Derby's 1924 Derby winner Sansovino as this Thirsk plate was once mounted alongside a Sansovino plate in Lord Derby's collection. Lord Derby later gifted the plates to the Tophams at Aintree who, in turn, presented it to a local florist who had been a supplier to the racecourse for 25 years.