Steve Brooks on Two Lea at Belmont Park
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features Hall of Fame jockey Steve Brooks up on Calumet's Hall of Famer Two Lea in the winner's circle at Belmont Park.
Two Lea claimed the titles of 1949 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and 1950 U.S. Champion Older Female Horse. A hedge and spectators are visible.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A65149
1949-05-28
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Wayne Wright on Polynesian at Belmont Park
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This photograph, taken in May of 1946, features jockey Wayne Danforth Wright up on Polynesian.
Wright was the leading North American jockey twice in his 18-year career for earnings, in both 1934 and 1936.
Polynesian, the 1945 Preakness Stakes winner, was the country's Champion Sprint Horse in 1947.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A53734
1946-05-30
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Nashua with Jim Fitzsimmons at Aqueduct
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This photograph features Nashua with his trainer James Edward 'Sunny Jim' Fitzsimmons at Aqueduct.
Fitzsimmons won 13 Triple Crown race (and trained two Triple Crown winners; Gallant Fox and Omaha) and trained 12 champions and 155 stakes-winning horses that won more than 470 stakes races. He was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1958.
Nashua, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1954), U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1955), and U.S. Horse of the Year (1955), nearly claimed the Triple Crown in 1955. He won both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes but placed second in the Kentucky Derby.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B1736
1956-10-15
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Bill Boland on High Gun
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This photograph features the jockey William 'Bill' Norris Boland up on High Gun in the winner's circle of the Syonsby Stakes with Robert Kleberg, owner of King Ranch, at Belmont Park.
High Gun, the 1954 Belmont Stakes winner, was named U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse in 1954 and
Best Handicap Horse in 1955.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A94193
1955-09-24
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Jerome Handicap Trophy Presentation
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This photograph captures the 1961 Jerome Handicap trophy presentation at Belmont Park. On the far left is the winning horse's (Carry Back) trainer, Jack A. Price. Next to him is Hall of Fame jockey John Sellers in silks. Katherine L. Price, owner of Carry Back, is on the far right.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan T1709
1961-09-02
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Gold Cup Trophy Presentation
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This photograph captures a 1960 Jockey Club Gold Cup trophy presentation at Aqueduct. On the far left is John W. Hanes. Hanes was President of the New York Racing Association from from 1954 to 1960 and President of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame from 1968 to 1970. Next to Hanes is Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro.
Behind Arcaro is Simon Wetherby, and to the right of Wetherby is Mrs. Richard du Pont, or Helena Allaire Crozer. Second from the right is Carl H. Hanford, and Edward Bird is on the far right.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B18411
1960-10-29
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Maskette Stakes Trophy Presentation
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This photograph captures a 1956 Maskette Stakes trophy presentation at Belmont Park. Pictured from from the left is trainer, Hirsch Jacobs, trainer of the winning horse, Searching, an unidentified man, jockey Conn McCreary in silks, Ethel D. Jacobs, owner of Searching. On the far right is Nancy Whitney Gerry presenting the trophy.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B1612
1956-10-01
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Bill Shoemaker on the scales at Aqueduct
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This photograph features jockey William Lee "The Shoe" Shoemaker on the scales after riding his 300th win at Aqueduct in 1959.
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s leading jockey ten times in money won and five times in races won.
He won the Kentucky Derby four times, aboard Swaps in 1955, Tomy Lee in 1959, Lucky Debonair in 1965, and Ferdinand in 1986 at the age of 54.
His 11 trips to Triple Crown winner’s circles also include his two Preakness Stakes wins (1963, 1967) and five Belmont Stakes wins (1957, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1975).
Shoemaker was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1958. He won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1981.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B14325
1959-10-10
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Pat Smithwick on Neji at Saratoga
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This is a photograph of jockey Alfred "Paddy" Smithwick, on Neji at Saratoga.
According to his New York Times obituary, Smithwick was 5 feet 11 inches tall.
Hall of Famer (inducted 1972) Paddy Smithwick was the country’s top steeplechase rider in 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1962. He considered Neji, American Steeplechase Champion in 1955, 1957, and 1958, his best mount.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B17750
1960-08-24
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F.D. Adams on Neji at the Grand National Steeplechase Handicap
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This photograph features jockey Frank David "Dooley" Adams on Neji at the 1955 Grand National Steeplechase Handicap at Belmont Park.
Neji was the prominent steeplechase contender of the late 1950s. He claimed three American Grand National wins and held the title of American Steeplechase Champion for three years (1955, 1957, 1958).
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A94388
1955-10-13
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