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Keeneland Association - 1969 Blue Grass Stakes Arts and Letters, finish line.jpg
Arts and Letters, Bill Shoemaker up, in a commanding 15-length Blue Grass victory. Campaigned by Rokeby Stables, Arts and Letters gave Shoemaker his fifth Blue Grass win. The Racing Hall of Fame jockey would claim a sixth victory in 1982 aboard…

Keeneland Library Collection - Arts and Letters with trainer Elliot Burch and groom Sylvester Cook.tif
1969 Blue Grass Stakes winner Arts and Letters with trainer Elliot Burch and groom Sylvester Cook.

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Peb's caricature/humorist artwork makes reference to jockey Tuesdee Testa. Testa was the first woman to win a race at a major thoroughbred track in the United States on March 1, 1969 at Santa Anita. Aboard Buzz On she won by a neck in a photo finish…
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