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Jockey Arthur Redfern with pie in 1904

This photograph, taken in 1908, features a group of Thoroughbred owners and trainers in conversation on benches at Saratoga Race Course.

Track and stable crew with jockey James Rowan after being thrown in 1895

Pictured (left to right) are jockeys Brussel, Yorke, Sweet, Gilbert, Sumter, and McCahey at Saratoga Race Course in 1908.

That year, McCahey led the group in wins with 105 from 725 mounts. Gilbert led by earnings, with 88 wins totaling $71,360.…

This photograph features the jockeys (from left to right) Thomas H. Burns and John J. Bullman,

Thomas Burns was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1983

John Bullman won two consecutive Belmont stakes on Masterman…

This photograph, taken from the infield, features the finish of the 1896 Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York.

This photograph features early 20th century bookmakers at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York.

This photograph, taken in 1904, features spectators in the grandstand and walking on the lawn at Jamaica Racetrack in Queens, New York City.

This photograph, taken in the 1890s, features the Thoroughbred Lamplighter with jockey Willie Simms up.

Lamplighter was the American Co-Champion Older Male Horse in 1893. He was owned by horseman and co-owner of the Monmouth Park Racetrack,…

Head shot of the American Thoroughbred King James with groom.

King James, son of Plaudit (1898 Kentucky Derby winner) out of Unsightly, was bred and foaled by John Madden in Kentucky.

He raced through age seven, primarily in the New York…