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Tom Fool at Belmont Park
This photograph, taken in November of 1953, features American Thoroughbred Tom Fool at Belmont Park.
Tom Fool, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1951) and U.S. Horse of the Year (1953), is widely considered one of the top American racehorses of…
Tom Fool, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1951) and U.S. Horse of the Year (1953), is widely considered one of the top American racehorses of…
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Steve Brooks on Two Lea at Belmont Park
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…
Two Lea claimed the titles of 1949 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and 1950 U.S. Champion Older Female…
Wayne Wright on Polynesian at Belmont Park
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…
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…
Nashua with Jim Fitzsimmons at Aqueduct
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…
Fitzsimmons won 13 Triple Crown race (and trained two Triple Crown winners; Gallant Fox and Omaha) and trained 12 champions and 155 stakes-winning…
Bill Boland on High Gun
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.…
High Gun, the 1954 Belmont Stakes winner, was named U.S.…
Jerome Handicap Trophy Presentation
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…
Gold Cup Trophy Presentation
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…
Maskette Stakes Trophy Presentation
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,…
Bill Shoemaker on the scales at Aqueduct
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…
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Pat Smithwick on Neji at Saratoga
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…
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…