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  • Collection: Keeneland Library Collection

Triangle - 1937-08-05 Court Manor Stud - yearlings arriving at Saratoga for the yearling sales 1 (2).jpg
This photograph features Court Manor Stud yearlings arriving at Saratoga's yearling sale in August of 1937.

19 - William Billy Walker Jockey.jpg
This is a digitized daguerreotype of the jockey William 'Billy' Walker.

Billy Walker (1860-1933) was an African-American jockey born into slavery near Versailles, Kentucky. Walker rode Baden-Baden (trained by black trainer Edward Dudley Brown) to…

Thayer - Whirlaway as a two year old at Saratoga (2).jpg
This conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred and Hall of Famer Whirlaway was taken at Saratoga during his two-year-old season (1940).

Whirlaway, bred and foaled at Calumet Farm in 1938, was trained by Ben Jones. He was a multiple graded…

Triangle - 1938-11-01 Pimlico - crowd shot on Match race day between War Admiral and Seabiscuit at Pimlico.jpg
This photograph, taken on November 1, 1938, from the stands, features the match race between War Admiral & Seabiscuit hosted by Pimlico Race Course.

The match race, often dubbed the 'Match of the Century,' drew roughly 40,000 spectators.…

Triangle - 1941-04 Belmont Park - under reconstruction (2).jpg
This photograph captures the Belmont Park Grandstand under reconstruction in April of 1941.

Triangle - 1942-01-09 Hialeah Park - schooling 2 year olds at gate 1.jpg
This photograph, taken in January of 1942, features two-year-olds being "schooled at the gate" at Hialeah Park Race Track.

Ashby - 1927 View of track and infield on high at Latonia Race Track and group of people (2).jpg
This photograph, taken in 1927, features the infield and track at the Latonia Race Track.

Spirit of the Times p 333 - 1877-10-27 Ten Broeck (2).tif
This image, reproduced from the Spirit of the Times, is of the American Thoroughbred Ten Broeck.

Ten Broeck was bred by John Harper and foaled near Midway, Kentucky, in June of 1872.

Ten Broeck set records at distances ranging from one to…

Sutcliffe - 1926 Sun Briar (2).jpg
This photograph of the graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred Sun Briar was taken in 1926.

Sun Briar was foaled in France in 1915 and purchased at the 1916 Saratoga yearling auction by newspaperman, businessman, and breeder Willis Sharpe Kilmer.…

Sir Archy.jpg
Sir Archy, sired by the great English racehorse Diomed out of Castianira, was bred by Captain Archibald Randolph and Colonel John Tayloe III and foaled in 1805. He was retired after a successful four-year-old season, becoming one of the foundation…
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