Chamossaire sculpture

This is at St. James Farm Forest Preserve, which is on my route to work. The farm was owned by the McCormick family (of International Harvester) who were horseback riding enthusiasts. The last surviving family member to live on the property (Brooks McCormick) transferred it to DuPage County in 2000. "This life-size bronze sculpture of Stanhope Joel’s 1945 St. Leger Stakes champion is a reproduction of a piece by British artist John R. Skeaping. Skeaping worked for nine months to complete the piece from photographs and his understanding of horse physiology. Brooks McCormick commissioned a second pouring of the sculpture in 1966 to place near his home." St. James Farm is a lovely place all the year round. It was certainly pretty on a sunny fall day!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Wow, what an awesome sculpture. love the open mouth.

[Harry J Benson]

great sculpture, thank you for the information about it

[alia_801]

Nice capture of the handsome sculpture :)

[Taffy]

The narrative provides a good context for the sculpture.

[Pyrrhula]

Thank you for you visit and you so nice comment . I really like it.
A beautiful capture of this great statue of that beautiful horse

[Tremerryn]

An awesome sculpture and narrative.

[tony gig]

Wonderful Sculpture and shot, great angle and lovely information Elyse.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

@http365proj @hjbenson @alia_801 @taffy @pyrrhula @tremerryn @tonygig Thank you soooo much! It was just a quick visit but the weather was very nice. I hope to get out there again soon! Thank you very much!

[Mr. Spock]

Beautiful sculpture!

[Sally Ings]

What a stunning sculpture!