Born to Run!
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts racehorses Any Given Saturday, Curlin, Tiago, Lawyer Ron, Street Sense, and Hard Spun in a parody of the "E Street Band" before the 2007 Breeders’ Cup at Oceanport, New Jersey’s Monmouth Park.
Curlin, American Horse of the Year in 2007 and 2008, claimed the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2007.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC3791
2007
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 14.75 x 13.75 in.
English
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Bassett’s B.C. ‘94
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts James Edward “Ted” Bassett III, President of the Keeneland Association from 1969 to 1986.
Ted Bassett served as the Chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park from 1980 to 1983, President of the Thoroughbred Racing Association from 1985 to 1986, President of the UK Equine Research Foundation from 1986 to 1989, Chairman of the Keeneland Association from 1986 to 2001, Trustee of the Keeneland Association through 2006, President of the Breeders’ Cup from 1988 to 1996, and Chairman of World Racing Championship Series from 1996 to 2004. He was awarded the Eclipse Award of Merit in 1996.
In 2019 he was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame as a Pillar of the Turf.
This piece features Bassett in the context of the 1994 Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC1053
1994
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 17.5 x 13.5 in.
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Oak Tree at Santa Anita
Horse racing in art
1986 Oak Tree at Santa Anita poster
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb PO3238
1986
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poster; 23 x 15.5 in.
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Tenth Anniversary
Horse racing in art
10th anniversary Breeders’ Cup poster, 1994
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb PO3230
1994
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poster; 17 x 11 in.
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Just Because…
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts a couple in bed with their winning Thoroughbred between them; husband remarks to wife, “Just because he’s our first Breeders’ Cup horse…”
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb EC2278
unknown
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 13.25 x 17 in.
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Donkey Dream
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts a donkey in a field by a tree dreaming of the Breeders’ Cup.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb EC2274
unknown
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 11 x 17.25 in.
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