The Jockeys and the Champions’ Record · The Jockeys
Tom Loates (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1890 · chromolithograph
What it is
Tom Loates, drawn by Spy trim and neat in the paddock rather than mid-race, one more of the riding Loates brothers to earn a plate.
Why it matters
Loates rode among the leading jockeys of the flat in his day, and this plate, like his brother Sam's, records a family whose name carried weight in the ring for years running.
What to notice
the neatness of the drawing, Spy's compliment to a rider known for an economical, unfussy style in the saddle.
Some families win in the same shape, generation to generation.
Provenance
- Maker
- Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1890
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The Names on the Board
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Made
- 1890
- Figure
- Tom Loates
- Source
- Vanity Fair caricature
Publicity
Clear — the historic British turf (the Victorian jockeys, the Vanity Fair subjects): a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-20.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
The Jockey — Fred Archer
The Champion at Stride
Sam Loates (Vanity Fair)
Mr Arthur Coventry, 'The Baby' (Vanity Fair)
Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.