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Cook 4289 - Harry Payne HP Whitney Owner and James Robert Keene Owner (2).jpg
This photograph features Thoroughbred owners Harry Payne "H.P." Whitney (left) and James Robert Keene (right) in conversation.

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman, avid sportsman, and prominent Thoroughbred owner, was the leading U.S. owner…

Hemment v.2 1322 - William Collins Whitney Owner and August Belmont Jr Owner.tif
This photograph features Thoroughbred owners William Collins Whitney (left) and August Belmont II (right).

Whitney, financier, political reformer, and Secretary of the Navy under President Cleveland, founded his Thoroughbred breeding operation at…

Keeneland Library Morgan Collection - Whirlaway, E. Arcaro up, wins Kentucky Derby 05.03.1941.tif
Whirlaway with Eddie Arcaro up wins the 1941 Kentucky Derby by eight lengths. An eventual Hall of Famer, Whirlaway earned back-to-back Horse of the Year titles in 1941 and 1942.

Thayer - Whirlaway as a two year old at Saratoga (2).jpg
This conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred and Hall of Famer Whirlaway was taken at Saratoga during his two-year-old season (1940).

Whirlaway, bred and foaled at Calumet Farm in 1938, was trained by Ben Jones. He was a multiple graded…

EC2283.jpg
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts a groom at a vending machine asking an eager horse, “What else do you want?”

EC542.jpg
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts an equine dentist inspecting a racehorse’s teeth; dentist remarks to female owner, “What do you know, I see… a Triple Crown!”

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Peb's artwork depicts Hall of Famer Damascus, Horse of the
Year in 1967, with racehorses Brunch, Royal Malabar, Puntador, Gala Performance, Proviso, and Dawn Glory in a parody of the musical West Side Story. 

Damascus’ notable 1967 wins include…

Morgan A53734 - 1946-05-30 Wayne Danforth Wright Jockey on Polynesian walking onto track at Belmont Park (2).jpg
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…

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Peb's caricature/humorist artwork of jockey Wayne A. Barnett.

Hemment v.1 477 - 1896 Watching a finish from the top of a stagecoach Final (3).jpg
This photograph features several men watching a horse race finish atop a stagecoach at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York, in 1896.
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