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Steve Brooks on Two Lea at Belmont Park
This photograph features Hall of Fame jockey Steve Brooks up on Calumet's Hall of Famer Two Lea in the winner's circle at Belmont Park.
Two Lea claimed the titles of 1949 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and 1950 U.S. Champion Older Female…
Two Lea claimed the titles of 1949 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and 1950 U.S. Champion Older Female…
Suburban Handicap at Belmont
This photograph features (from left to right) Thoroughbred trainer and owner Samuel C. Hildreth, Hall of Fame jockey Mack Garner, and owner August Belmont II at Belmont's Suburban Handicap in 1916.
Belmont founded Belmont Park, served as the…
Belmont founded Belmont Park, served as the…
Ted Atkinson
This photographic portrait features jockey Ted Atkinson.
Atkinson began riding professionally at the age of 21. He rode War Relic in an upset victory over the 1941 Triple Crown Winner Whirlaway in the Narragansett Special. That ride gained him…
Atkinson began riding professionally at the age of 21. He rode War Relic in an upset victory over the 1941 Triple Crown Winner Whirlaway in the Narragansett Special. That ride gained him…
Tom Fool at Belmont Park
This photograph, taken in November of 1953, features American Thoroughbred Tom Fool at Belmont Park.
Tom Fool, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1951) and U.S. Horse of the Year (1953), is widely considered one of the top American racehorses of…
Tom Fool, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1951) and U.S. Horse of the Year (1953), is widely considered one of the top American racehorses of…
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Turf and Field Club at Belmont
This photograph features the Belmont Park Racetrack's Turf and Field Club.
Twenty Grand at Belmont Park
This photograph depicts Twenty Grand on the way to the winner's circle at Belmont Park in 1931. He is being led by owner Helen Julia Hay Whitney. The jockey up is Charles E. Kurtsinger, also known as "Charley" and "The Flying Dutchman."…
Under Reconstruction
This photograph captures the Belmont Park Grandstand under reconstruction in April of 1941.
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Wayne Wright on Polynesian at Belmont Park
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…
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…
Whitney & Belmont
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…
Whitney, financier, political reformer, and Secretary of the Navy under President Cleveland, founded his Thoroughbred breeding operation at…
Withers Stakes
This photograph features (from left to right) Alfred Gwynne "A.G." Vanderbilt, Jr., jockey John Gilbert, and Thoroughbred owner Ogden Phipps at the 1941 Withers Stakes at Belmont Park.
King Cole, owned by Phipps and ridden by Gilbert, claimed the…
King Cole, owned by Phipps and ridden by Gilbert, claimed the…