2008 Florida Derby
Horse racing in art
2008 Florida Derby poster; Peb's caricature/humorist artwork features prior Florida Derby winners depicted as flowers: Needles, Tim Tam, Carry Back, Northern Dancer, Forward Pass, Spectacular Bid, Swale, Unbridled, Thunder Gulch, Monarchos, and Barbaro.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb PO3248
2008
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poster; 24 x 18 in.
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A Hot Tin Roof
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts the Thoroughbred Storm Cat as a "Cat on the Hot Tin Roof" of the Keeneland Yearling September Sale.
At the September 2004 Keeneland Yearling Sale, a colt by Storm Cat now named Mr. Sekiguchi sold for $8 million. Another colt by Storm Cat, Jalil, sold for $9.7 million at the 2005 Yearling Sale.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FO3660
2005
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Pen and ink; 13 x 16 in.
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A Midwinter Night’s Dream
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery with the gelding Lion Sleeps, winner of the Coral Gables, New Year’s, and Super Bowl Handicaps in the winter of 1970/1971.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1627
1971
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Pen and ink; 13 x 14.75 in.
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Acceptance Speech
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts a racehorse accepting a trophy at an awards ceremony, thanking his blacksmith, veterinarian, and groom.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb ECBW2006
unknown
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Pen and ink; 13 x 17.75 in.
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American Derby
Horse racing in art
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 Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1546
1966
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Pen and ink; 20.25 x 8.5 in.
English
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Angel Tomas Cordero, Jr.
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero, Jr.
Cordero moved from his native Puerto Rico to the States to ride professionally in 1962. He became the first jockey to earn more than $9 million in a season in 1982, and he topped North American jockeys in earnings in 1976, 1982, and 1983.
Cordero won his first Kentucky Derby riding Cannonade in 1974. He took the Derby again in 1976 riding Bold Forbes and in 1985 aboard Spend A Buck. Cordero won the Belmont Stakes in 1976 (Bold Forbes) and the Preakness Stakes in 1980 (Codex) and 1984 (Gate Dancer). He won four Breeders' Cup races between 1985 and 1989 and claimed the leading riding title at Saratoga 14 times.
He won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1982 and 1983.
Cordero retired with a career record of 7,057 wins and earnings exceeding $164 million.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb JBW124
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Pen and ink; 13 x 10 in.
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Annie Davona Dale Oakley
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorse Davona Dale entering a saloon with her 1979 filly Triple Crown revolver in a parody of the musical, Annie Get Your Gun.
Also featured are depictions of racehorses Smarten, King Green, Steady Growth, General Assembly, Screen King, Private Account, and Valdez; U.S. Racing Hall of Fame and Eclipse Award-winning trainer Woody Stephens; and racehorse owner and industry executive Odgen Mills “Dinny” Phipps.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1748
1979
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Pen and ink; 14.25 x 23 in.
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Aquedarctic
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Johnny Velazquez, J.J. Castellano, Alex Estrada, C.C. Lopez, Shaun Xavier Bridgmohan, Mario Pino, Mike Luzzi, Edgar Prado, Lorenzo Lezcano, Julian Yesid Pimentel, Richard Migliore, Aaron Tod Gryder, and Jean-Luc Samyn during winter racing at New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb GJBW455
2002
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Pen and ink; 13 x 19 in.
English
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Aqueduct Spring Opening
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts the opening of Aqueduct’s 1959 Spring Meet.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW703
1959
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Pen and ink; 9.5 x 16.5 in.
English
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Ave Caesars!
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts 1993 Caesars International Handicap
contenders Lure and Star of Cozzene as gladiators in a Roman arena. Atlantic City Race Course owner Robert P. Levy and his wife Cissie are featured in the emperor’s box, while other entries are depicted as guards.
From 1990 to 1997, the United Nations Stakes was known as the Caesars International Handicap. Star of Cozzene, ridden by Jose Santos, won the race in 1993. Lure would claim it in 1994.
The United Nations Stakes was moved to Monmouth Park in 1999.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC1103
1993
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 13 x 18.75 in.
English
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