Triple Crown's Big Wheel

Title

Triple Crown's Big Wheel

Subject

Horse racing in art

Description

Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts Calumet Farm owner Mrs. Lucille Parker Wright Markey with U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorses Alydar and Davona Dale.

Alydar placed second in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in 1978, while Davona Dale was the 1979 U.S. Filly Triple Crown winner and American Champion Three-Year-Old Female Horse.

Creator

Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb

Date

1979

Rights

This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Format

Pen and ink; 13.5 x 12.25 in.

Type

still image

Original Format

Pen and ink

Physical Dimensions

13.5 x 12.25 in.

Files

FBW1755.jpg

Collection

Citation

Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb, “Triple Crown's Big Wheel,” The Keeneland Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://keenelandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/90.

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