This photograph features Abe's Hope (on the outside), with William Shoemaker up, besting Graustark (Braulio Baeza up) at the finish of the 1966 Blue Grass Stakes.
Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Buckpasser, American Champion Two-Year-Old Male in 1965, American Champion Three-Year-Old Male in 1966, and American Horse of the Year in 1966; ascending the “stairs” of race victories with U.S. Racing…
Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza.
Braulio Baeza (b. 1940) was born in Panama and moved to the U.S. in 1960. In his first year Baez was already working his way up the ranks of top jockeys in the U.S.
This photograph features Chateaugay, Braulio Baeza up, at the 1963 Blue Grass Stakes.
One of 11 Blue Grass winners to also notch Kentucky Derby victories, Chateaugay won the 1963 Blue Grass Stakes by a head for Darby Dan Farm. Trained by James P.…
Heavily favored Graustark, Braulio Baeza up, parading to post in the 1966 Blue Grass Stakes. Bill Shoemaker rode Abe’s Hope to win by a nose on a muddy track after Graustark sustained a career-ending injury following his six-length lead in the…
This photograph captures the start of the 1976 Blue Grass Stakes. Honest Pleasure, driven by Braulio Baeza, would capture the victory and go on to a second place showing in the Kentucky Derby.