Racing Memorabilia help

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Today I've come across a racing saddle. It needs cleaning up, and I was having a look at it when I found a name under the flap
It says - J Sime
I did a bit of googling and found a Joe Sime who rode Red Rum many years ago
Would the name on the flap indicate it was his saddle - and what to do with it!?
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Wow, interesting!! Its hard to know wether it really was his saddle or wether a saddle company 'used' his name to promote their product i.e like you get with the Isabell Werth Bates dressage saddles or the John Whitaker jump saddles. So maybe it is just a brand of saddle or maybe it really was his?

He was a leading jockey-

Joe Sime Memorial Handicap, Doncaster
Traditionally run over one mile and six furlongs at Doncaster's May Bank Holiday meeting, the Joe Sime Memorial Handicap is staged this season on 1 May at Windsor, while Town Moor is undergoing major refurbishment. Last year the race was won by Mark Johnston's Hiddensee, ridden by Kevin Darley.

In his day, Joe Sime was one of the leading Flat jockeys in the north. Born in Liverpool in 1923, he was apprenticed to Dawson Waugh and rode his first winner on Firle at Newmarket in 1941. He was champion apprentice in 1943,
'44 and '46, when his 40 winners included the Portland Handicap on The Shah.

Sime was always able to ride at around 7st 8lb and was noted as an excellent judge of pace. He became something of a big handicap specialist, teaming up on many occasions with Sam Hall, Yorkshire's shrewdest trainer of good handicappers.

For Hall, he won the 1950 Manchester November Handicap on Coltbridge, the 1957 Ebor Handicap and the following year's Cesarewitch Handicap on Morecambe, and the 1960 Wokingham Stakes aboard Silver King.

He also landed the Ebor on Procne (1947), Donino (1948) and Partholon (1963), the Wokingham on Light Harvest (1956) and the Cesarewitch on both Utrillo (1963) and Mintmaster (1965). He won three Lincolns and a Royal Hunt Cup, but his career highlight came with success in the 1964 Great Metropolitan Handicap, aboard Her Majesty The Queen's Gold Aura.

One of the few jockeys to smoke a pipe, the highly popular Sime enjoyed his best season when registering a total of 108 winners. He retired at the end of the 1968 campaign and the first running of the race that honours him took place in May 1999
 
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Well- sounds like it could have been his saddle then! If it is, I don;t know, it could be worth something? No idea how you would find out/who to approach....auction houses that do sports memorabilia?

If you dont want it, I'll have it, will pay you postage!
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LOL!! I just think that anyone couldve written his name on there (not suggesting you, obv.!) to try and make it look like his saddle, and if Joe retired at around 40 years ago, would a marker pen have well faded out by now? I'm not sure!
 
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Sorry to hi-jack your post, but it reminded me of a silver Vesta box which was taken from our home when we were burgled several years ago.

My grandfather worked for the owner of the 1932(3)?? Grand National winner Grakle, and this was signed on the obverse by the owner, trainer and jockey. I was so upset that it was taken and I still wonder now what on earth happened to it? I planned to leave it to the Grand National museum - sadly, that won't happen!
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I do hope that your saddle proves to be 'the real thing' and do let us know if you find out any more info!
 
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