Tapit Trice with Luis Saez up
Photography of horse sports.
Tapit Trice gave jockey Luis Saez his third Blue Grass win and trainer Todd Pletcher his record-breaking fourth victory in the 2023 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Pletcher now maintains the most Blue Grass wins by a trainer (2005, 2008, 2015, 2023). Tapit Trice finished third in both the Belmont and Travers Stakes in 2023.
Keeneland Media Guide
2023
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Spectacular Bid deplanes
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Members of the press look on as Spectacular Bid arrives at the Blue Grass Airport for Keeneland’s 1979 Spring Meet after nine back-to-back wins. The Hawksworth Farm favorite did not disappoint in the Blue Grass. Ronnie Franklin piloted the colt to a definitive win just weeks before the pair claimed two of the three Triple Crown legs with their Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories.
1979
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Foolish Pleasure (L) and Honest Pleasure (R)
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Half-brothers Foolish Pleasure (left) and Honest Pleasure (right) in the stables with two unknown men before Honest Pleasure’s 1976 Blue Grass Stakes win. The Champion Two-Year-Old Male won the Flamingo Stakes by 11 lengths in late February and the Florida Derby in early April before entering the Blue Grass field as the favorite for trainer LeRoy Jolley and owner Bertram R. Firestone.
Half-brothers Foolish Pleasure (left) and Honest Pleasure (right) before Honest Pleasure’s 1976 Blue Grass win. The Champion Two-Year-Old Male won the Flamingo Stakes by 11 lengths in late February and the Florida Derby in early April before entering the Blue Grass field as the favorite for trainer LeRoy Jolley and owner Bertram R. Firestone.
1976
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1948 Blue Grass Stakes trophy presentation
Photograph of trophy presentation after a horse race.
Connections of 1948 Blue Grass Stakes winner Coaltown during the trophy presentation at Keeneland.
Left to right: Trainer Ben Jones, jockey N.L. Pierson, Governor Earle Clements, and owner Warren Wright of Calumet Farm.
Keeneland Media Guide
1948
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Kentucky Association Track grandstand
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Features the grandstand of the Kentucky Association Track in Lexington, Kentucky. Established in 1826, the Lexington track closed in 1933.
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Kids on the rail
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This photographs features kids on the rail watching the races at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.
Keeneland Library Collection
Circa 1938
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Santa Anita in 1908
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Photograph of Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in 1908. Horses are pictured under starter's orders.
Thoroughbred Times Photograph Collection
1908
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Man o' War, Will Harbut, and Clem McCarthy
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut and sportscaster Clem McCarthy.
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Man o’ War Exercising
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War exercising. In his years at Hinata and Faraway Farms, Man o’ War maintained a rigorous exercise regimen.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
Jeffords Collection
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Man o' War with John Buckner
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom John Buckner.
John Buckner was Man o’ War’s groom from 1921 to 1930, and he followed Man o’ War from Hinata Farm to Faraway Farm in 1922. Buckner was previously employed by Hinata and Faraway Farm manager Elizabeth Daingerfield to care for James R. Keene’s stallions. When Daingerfield resigned from Faraway in October of 1930, Buckner left with her and continued to work for Dangerfield at her farm, Haylands.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
Jeffords Collection
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