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This photograph features a crowd in the betting shed at Benning Race Track in Washington, D.C.

This photographic portrait features jockey Benny Marinelli.

Benny Marinelli began his riding career in 1920 at East Coast tracks. He spent the 1921 winter meet season at the Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico before returning to the U.S.…

This photograph features the Brooklyn Handicap at the old Aqueduct Racetrack in 1917. The jockey, William "Willie" Knapp, is up on Borrow. Borrow ran the 1-1/8 mile race in 1:49-2/5, setting a new American record. Frank Robinson is up on Regret who…

This photograph of the American Thoroughbred Citation was taken during a workout at Santa Anita Park.

The Calumet Farm legend claimed the Triple Crown in 1948. In that same year, Citation was awarded U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, DRF…

This photograph features the judge's stand and grandstand at City Park Race Track in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This photographic portrait features jockey Clarence Kummer.

Kummer rode Man o’ War to nine of his 11 wins in 1920. He led the country’s jockeys with earnings totaling $292,376 that year, picking up his first Preakness and Belmont Stakes victories…

This photograph features businessman Clendenin James Ryan, Jr. and former jockey and then trainer for Oak Ridge Stables, John P. "Johnny" Loftus. Although it was not yet deemed the "Triple Crown," Loftus, atop Sir Barton, was the first jockey to win…

This photograph features a group of men in suits and boater and fedora hats on the clubhouse terrace at Saratoga.

Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Crusader with jockey Earl Sande up.

Crusader, sired by Man o’ War out of Star Fancy, was bred and owned by Sam Riddle. Trained by G.R. Tompkins, Crusader was honored as Horse of the Year in 1926, with a…

This photograph features jockey Earl Sande holding his saddle and saddle towel on the scales.

Earl Sande, inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1955, was one of the country’s most popular jockeys in the 1920s and 1930s. He had a career…