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Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrating his first Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win on Art Collector in 2020. Campaigned by Bruce Lunsford, Art Collector won multiple graded stakes before claiming the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes in 2023. He was…

Arts and Letters, Bill Shoemaker up, in a commanding 15-length Blue Grass victory. Campaigned by Rokeby Stables, Arts and Letters gave Shoemaker his fifth Blue Grass win. The Racing Hall of Fame jockey would claim a sixth victory in 1982 aboard…

1969 Blue Grass Stakes winner Arts and Letters with trainer Elliot Burch and groom Sylvester Cook.

This photograph, taken on June 4, 1941, features the blacksmith board at Belmont Park.

This photograph showcases Chief's Crown, Don MacBeth up, capturing the 1985 Blue Grass Stakes.

This photograph features a race in progress at Latonia Race Track's clubhouse turn.

This photograph captures future Hall of Famer Coaltown, with N.L. Pierson up, at the finish of the 1948 Blue Grass Stakes. Horse of the Year in 1949, Coaltown posted a record of 12-3-0 from 15 starts.

This photograph features a crowd of spectators on the track apron at Latonia Race Track in what is now Covington, Kentucky.

Dust Commander, Mike Manganello up, after their 1970 Blue Grass Stakes win. Sent off at 35-1 odds on a sloppy track, Dust Commander edged out the competition to claim the Blue Grass in his third start at Keeneland that spring. The Derby was the…

This photograph features Dust Commander training at Keeneland ahead of 1970 Blue Grass Stakes. After his first place finish at the Blue Grass, Dust Commander would repeat with a first place finish at the Kentucky Derby.