Dazzling two-piece Sterling silver prize. Started in 1954, The Maskette Handicap was renamed the Go For Wand Handicap in 1992 after the ill-fated, Hall of Fame thoroughbred. Searching won the 1956 race in 1:37:00. The trophy contains the GNYA logo with the inscription: "The Maskette Handicap, 1956, Won By, Ethel D. Jacobs' Searching." Stamped "Sterling 2450" underneath. Searching was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred in her own right and produced another Hall of Famer, Affectionately. Lineage also includes War Admiral (sire), Man o' War (grandsire). Originally sold in the 2008 Christie's Important American Silver sale featuring the estate of Hall of Fame horse racing owner and trainer Hirsch Jacobs.

Sourcing straight from the private collection of a world-renowned thoroughbred breeder comes a wonderful offering of nearly 40 horse racing trophies that Lelands is honored to feature in the 2019 Fall Classic. Originally purchased from the 2008 Christie’s Silver Auction, these trophies source from the estate of Ethel and Hirsch Jacobs. We have devoted an entire category to this collection in which collectors will have many chances to own some of the earliest horse racing trophies to be offered publicly. Most of the trophies span back to 1950s-60s and include Hall of Fame horses such as Stymie, Searching and Affectionately.