Turf and Field Club at Belmont
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features the Belmont Park Racetrack's Turf and Field Club.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 6388
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Giant White Pine on the Belmont Lawn
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features the Belmont Park Lawn in 1930, with its giant white pine at center.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 6377
1930-06-04
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Belmont Stable with Inside Exercise Track
Photography of horse sports
This photograph shows the Belmont Park Racetrack's stable with an inside exercise track.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 6372
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Saddling at Belmont Park
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features a horse being saddled at Belmont Park in a field surrounded by trees.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 6367
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Spectators at Belmont Park, 1907
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features the grandstand and a large crowd of spectators at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York in 1907.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 6366
1907
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Point Given
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts Hall of Famer Point Given in a tennis match against 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos before the Belmont Stakes. Also featured are Bob Baffert, Point Given’s trainer, and New York Racing Association Chairman Barry K. Schwartz .
In 2001, Point Given won both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, was named Horse of the Year, and was the first horse in history to win four consecutive $1 million dollar races: the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Haskell Invitational Handicap, and the Travers Stakes.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC3719
2001
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 17 x 13 in.
English
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Lukas Extracharismatic
Horse racing in art
Peb’s parody of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Episode I, released in May of 1999, features racehorses Charismatic, Silverbulletday, and Menifee before the 1999 Belmont Stakes and Charismatic’s career-ending injury.
Also depicted are Charismatic’s owners Robert and Beverly Lewis and trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Silverbulletday’s trainer, Bob Baffert, appears behind the filly, and W. Elliot Walden, Menifee’s trainer, is also featured. New York Racing Association’s Kenny Noe, Jr. is depicted holding the Belmont Stakes trophy.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC2724
1999
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 18.75 x 14.5 in.
English
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His Royal Preakness
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts racehorse Louis Quatorze on a throne as King Louis XIV, with jockey Pat Day, trainer Nick Zito, and owners William J. Condren and Georgia E. Hofmann.
Louis Quatorze won the 1996 Preakness. Later that year, he won the Jim Dandy Stakes, came in third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and came in second in both the Travers Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Also depicted are trainers Shug McGaughey III, Robert Barbara, and D. Wayne Lukas; owners Joe Cornacchia and Salah Mahmoud Fustok; and New York Racing Association’s CEO, Kenny Noe, Jr.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
1996
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Pen and ink; 16 x 14 in.
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Jockey Club Gold Cup
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts racehorses Izvestia and Steinlen as hockey players vying for the 1990 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Other depicted racehorses include Lay Down, Flying Continental, Thirty Six Red, and Go For Wand.
Flying Continental, ridden by Corey Black, took the 1990 Jockey Club Gold Cup with a time of 2:00.60.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1217
1990
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Pen and ink; 12.25 x 21.75 in.
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Calumet Balloon
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John M. Veitch, head trainer for Calumet Farm from 1976 until 1982, with jockey Jeffrey Fell and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorse Alydar in the “Calumet” balloon en route to the Arlington Classic in 1978.
Alydar won the Flamingo Stakes, Florida Derby, Arlington Classic Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Whitney Handicap in 1978. This is the same year he placed second in all three Triple Crown Races—the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1719
1978
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Pen and ink; 16.5 x 12 in.
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