Thieves snatched 10 historic racing trophies from a Newmarket racing museum in the middle of the night. The items stolen from the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art date back to the 1800s.
A reward of up to £50,000 is being offered for information leading to arrests in the case. The trophies taken in the burglary on May 8 included those for the 1833 and 1838 Lincoln Races, the 1907 Chesterfield Cup, the Ascot gold vase, the King George, the Kings vase and the Santa Barbara.
The whereabouts of three Doncaster Cups, from 1906, 1907 and 1922, are also unknown. Dr Steven Parissien, chief executive of the Palace House centre, said: "I am just saddened by this, the culprits were in the museum for just one minute and 46
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