Keeping an Open Mind
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts Open Mind, American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in 1988 and American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1989.
Owned by Eugene V. Klein and trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Open Mind won four of her six starts in 1988.
Her eight 1989 wins include the Forward Gal Stakes, Bonnie Miss Stakes, Pimlico Oaks, Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks, and the Alabama Stakes.
Open Mind’s Alabama Stakes victory marked her tenth consecutive win.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1266
1989
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Pen and ink; 16.75 x 12 in.
English
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Triple Crown's Big Wheel
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts Calumet Farm owner Mrs. Lucille Parker Wright Markey with U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorses Alydar and Davona Dale.
Alydar placed second in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in 1978, while Davona Dale was the 1979 U.S. Filly Triple Crown winner and American Champion Three-Year-Old Female Horse.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1755
1979
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Pen and ink; 13.5 x 12.25 in.
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Annie Davona Dale Oakley
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorse Davona Dale entering a saloon with her 1979 filly Triple Crown revolver in a parody of the musical, Annie Get Your Gun.
Also featured are depictions of racehorses Smarten, King Green, Steady Growth, General Assembly, Screen King, Private Account, and Valdez; U.S. Racing Hall of Fame and Eclipse Award-winning trainer Woody Stephens; and racehorse owner and industry executive Odgen Mills “Dinny” Phipps.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1748
1979
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Pen and ink; 14.25 x 23 in.
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