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A crowd of female protestors carry signs support jockey Kathy Kusner in this illustration by caricature/humorist artist Peb. After being denied a jockey license by the Maryland Racing Commission because she was a woman Kusner took her case to court.…

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…

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

This photograph features several men watching a horse race finish atop a stagecoach at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York, in 1896.

Jockey washing up with kitten in 1904

Photograph of Calumet Farm owners Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wright (Lucille Parker Wright Markey) at Hialeah Park in 1948.

This photograph, taken on November 1, 1938, from the stands, features the match race between War Admiral & Seabiscuit hosted by Pimlico Race Course.

The match race, often dubbed the 'Match of the Century,' drew roughly 40,000 spectators.…

This photograph features jockey Walter Miller after winning the Excelsior Handicap on Merry Lark at Jamaica Race Course in Queens, New York City on April 28, 1906.

This photograph features Thoroughbred owner and trainer Alphonse Plicque (left) and jockey Wallace Hicks (right).

This is a photographic portrait of the jockey Vincent Powers.

Powers achieved acclaimed success as both a jockey and trainer in the United States and Europe during the first three decades of the 20th century. He is the only rider to have ever led…