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This photograph shows jockey Oliver Eric Guerin up on Native Dancer in the saddling paddock at the 1953 Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct.
He won the 1947 Kentucky Derby aboard Jet Pilot for Elizabeth Arden of Maine Chance Farm.
Guerin rode Native Dancer through his undefeated 1952. In 1953 Guerin and Native Dancer won both the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. Native Dancer earned the 3 Year Old Champion title in 1953 and Horse of the Year honors in 1954.