![Sean Durkin, Original oil painting on panel, He's Behind You!](Art/sean-durkin-SEDU6656-tn.jpg)
Stuart Herod has built a career upon depicting some of the finest racing animals in the world. With Galileo we are presented with the Derby Stakes champion himself, painted with a fine attention to detail, the great bay stallion’s ears are pricked and alert, his nostrils inquisitively flared and his eyes full of light and intelligence.