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The photograph depicts a crowd of people in front of the totalizator board at Hialeah.

Pictured (left to right) are jockeys Frank O’Neill, Thomas H. Burns, and Willie Shaw in 1905. Shaw won on 19 percent of his 288 mounts that year.

Frank O’Neill took major U.S. races at the turn of the century, including the Brooklyn Handicap on…

This photograph features a Thoroughbred horse auction at Saratoga in the early 20th century.

This photograph features (from left to right) Thoroughbred trainer and owner Samuel C. Hildreth, Hall of Fame jockey Mack Garner, and owner August Belmont II at Belmont's Suburban Handicap in 1916.

Belmont founded Belmont Park, served as the…

This photograph features a start of a race at Hialeah Park Race Track.

This photograph features the 1939 Pimlico Special start at Pimlico Race Course.

Branncastle Farm's Louis J. Schaefer-trained Challedon (Eddie Arcaro up) won the Pimlico Special in 1939. Challedon would win the Pimlico Special again in 1940, with…

Conformation shot of the Thoroughbred Star Shoot.

Star Shoot was foaled in Ireland in 1898 and had a promising two-year-old season in Britain. After developing respiratory problems, Star Shoot was brought to the U.S. in 1901. He stood at stud at…

This photograph features a crowd of spectators on the lawn at Belmont Park.

This photograph features the grandstand and a large crowd of spectators at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York in 1907.

This photograph of Sophie Tucker and jockeys was taken at Saratoga Racecourse in July of 1936. Tucker, a Ukrainian-American actress, comedian, and radio personality, is standing on a jockey scale holding a saddle and saddle towel. Eight jockeys in…