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Champion Two-Year-Old Male Chief’s Crown, Don MacBeth up, led by Eddie Sweat at the 1985 running of the Blue Grass Stakes.

Following a brilliant two-year-old season with stakes wins at Saratoga, Belmont, and Santa Anita, Chief’s Crown was the…

This is a digitized daguerreotype of Edward Dudley Brown (1850-1906); born into slavery, after the civil war he became a Belmont Stakes-winning jockey (Kingfisher; 1870), a Kentucky Derby-winning trainer (Baden-Baden; 1877), and a Kentucky…

This photograph, taken in February of 1936, features George Ryall operating the 'electric eye' camera installed to photograph close finishes at Hialeah Park Race Track.

Photograph of a visitor signing the guestbook for the American Thoroughbred Man o' War at Faraway Farm in 1929.

Man o’ War was moved to Faraway Farm in 1922, and he spent the remainder of his life there. For much of the year, Faraway Farm received…

Photograph of a visitor signing the guestbook for the American Thoroughbred Man o' War at Faraway Farm in 1929.

Man o’ War was moved to Faraway Farm in 1922, and he spent the remainder of his life there. For much of the year, Faraway Farm received…

This photograph captures the first race ever run at Gulfstream Park from the stands on February 1, 1939.

Gulfstream Park drew roughly 18,000 visitors for its inaugural four-day race meet.

Half-brothers Foolish Pleasure (left) and Honest Pleasure (right) in the stables before Honest Pleasure’s 1976 Blue Grass win. The Champion Two-Year-Old Male won the Flamingo Stakes by 11 lengths in late February and the Florida Derby in early April…

This Winner's Circle photograph features For the Moment and his connections after claiming the 1977 Blue Grass Stakes. The shot captures Angel Cordero Jr. in mid signature dismount.

Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. on the LeRoy Jolley-trained colt For the Moment after their 1977 Blue Grass Stakes win as the crowd looks on from the grandstand.

The 1977 victory was Jolley’s second consecutive Blue Grass win, having…

Forward Pass training at Keeneland in April 1968.

Campaigned by Calumet Farm to impressive Triple Crown prep race victories, including the 1968 Everglades Stakes and Florida Derby, Forward Pass dominated the Blue Grass Stakes field, winning by…