Tom Fool at Belmont Park

Tom Fool at Belmont Park

Photography of horse sports

This photograph, taken in November of 1953, features American Thoroughbred Tom Fool at Belmont Park.

Tom Fool, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1951) and U.S. Horse of the Year (1953), is widely considered one of the top American racehorses of the 20th century. He retired to a successful stud career with a record of 30 starts for 21 wins, 7 seconds, and 1 third and earnings that exceeded $570,000.

Bernard Stanley Morgan

1953-11-04

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black and white photograph

still image

acetate negative