Jewellers continue prized partnership

May 16 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

CHESTER Racecourse once again combined with one of the UK’s oldest jewellers, Lowe & Sons, during last week’s May Festival.

Lowe’s engraved the plinth for the major race of the festival, the Chester Cup.

The relationship between Lowe’s, of Bridge Street Row, and the Chester Race Company has been established for more than 200 years, with Lowe’s continuing to supply the Chester Cup.

Silversmith’s Lowe & Sons, run by the same owners as Waltons of Chester, first supplied the Chester Cup in 1804.

Chester Racecourse is the oldest in Britain, with racing dating back to 1539 and the last Gold Cup was presented in 1927, with the cup now being silver gilt.

Last Wednesday’s Breitling Watches & Waltons of Chester Handicap Stakes was won by Bertoliver. Presenting the prizes to owners Kevin Conlan and Richard Carol and jockey Philip Robinson were Richard Blampied, the managing director of Waltons of Chester, Tim Bradley, the northern sales manager of Breitling UK and Richard Hogben, the general manager of Waltons of Chester.

Breitling Watches and Waltons of Chester sponsored Chester Races for the 14th consecutive year.