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"Best of the Blue Grass Stakes" on WVLK with Tom Leach
In 1991, radio personality Tom Leach produced this top ten ranking of Blue Grass Stakes races. The ranking was voted on by a panel of featured interviewees including legendary racing jockeys, owners, trainers, and farm managers including former…
"Shoe" 5,000 Wins
Bill Shoemaker enjoys a cigar as he kicks back to celebrate 5,000 winners as bug boy Ronnie Ferraro buzzes overhead as a fly.
"Shoe" Breaks a Leg
Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker rests on a pillow of his career earnings as his leg is propped up in a horse shaped cast. The cast is signed with names of various stakes races.
1982 Preakness Jockeys
A packed jockey room at the 1982 Preakness is depicted in this caricature artwork by Peb. Jockeys filling out the room include: Oswaldo Rosaldo, Kennard William “Kenny” Knapp, Lester Keith Piggott, Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr., Jorge Luis Velasquez,…
Arts and Letters at the finish in 1969 Blue Grass Stakes
Arts and Letters, Bill Shoemaker up, in a commanding 15-length Blue Grass victory. Campaigned by Rokeby Stables, Arts and Letters gave Shoemaker his fifth Blue Grass win. The Racing Hall of Fame jockey would claim a sixth victory in 1982 aboard…
Big Fish
Peb's artwork depicts racehorses Kelso (jockey Bill Shoemaker up), Carry Back, and Beau Purple before the 1962 Monmouth Handicap.
Beau Purple defeated Kelso in three of their four lifetime meetings. Although Carry Back had claimed the 1961…
Beau Purple defeated Kelso in three of their four lifetime meetings. Although Carry Back had claimed the 1961…
Bill Shoemaker on the scales at Aqueduct
This photograph features jockey William Lee "The Shoe" Shoemaker on the scales after riding his 300th win at Aqueduct in 1959.
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Bill Shoemaker smoking a cigar
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts Hall of Fame jockey William Lee "Bill" Shoemaker smoking a cigar. The cigar and smoke rings form "$100,000,000" in reference to Shoemaker becoming the first jockey to surpass that number in career earnings.
Boxing Jockeys – Team Hawley vs. Team Velasquez
Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Desmond Sanford “Sandy” Hawley, Patrick Angel “Pat” Valenzuela, Fernando Toro, Marco A. Castaneda, Russell Avery Baze, William Lee “Shoe” Shoemaker, Jorge Luis Velasquez, Angel Tomas Cordero, Jr., Patrick Alan “Pat” Day,…
Candy Spots
This photograph captures Candy Spot’s arrival to Gainesway Farm in August of 1965.
Candy Spots (by Argentinian-bred Nigromante out of Candy Dish) was a multiple graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred foaled in California in 1960.
Candy Spots won…
Candy Spots (by Argentinian-bred Nigromante out of Candy Dish) was a multiple graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred foaled in California in 1960.
Candy Spots won…