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"Best of the Blue Grass Stakes" on WVLK with Tom Leach
In 1991, radio personality Tom Leach produced this top ten ranking of Blue Grass Stakes races. The ranking was voted on by a panel of featured interviewees including legendary racing jockeys, owners, trainers, and farm managers including former…
Arts and Letters at the finish in 1969 Blue Grass Stakes
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…
Lucky Debonair with Bill Shoemaker up at Keeneland
Lucky Debonair was the third consecutive runner to claim the Kentucky Derby after securing a Blue Grass win. The betting favorite, piloted by Bill Shoemaker (up), bested Swift Ruler by 1/2 length. Shoemaker’s Derby victory the following week was the…
Tomy Lee in the Keeneland Paddock
This photograph shows Tomy Lee in Keeneland’s paddock before the Blue Grass in 1959. Bred in England and owned by Texans Fred Turner Jr. and his wife Juliette, Tomy Lee, piloted by Bill Shoemaker, broke a track record in Keeneland’s Forerunner Stakes…
Lucky Debonair at the finish line in 1965 Blue Grass
This photograph down the track showcases Lucky Debonair, with William Shoemaker up, trailed by five other horses at the finish of the 1965 Blue Grass Stakes. A packed grandstand and apron crowd watches on.
Candy Spots
This photograph captures Candy Spot’s arrival to Gainesway Farm in August of 1965.
Candy Spots (by Argentinian-bred Nigromante out of Candy Dish) was a multiple graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred foaled in California in 1960.
Candy Spots won…
Candy Spots (by Argentinian-bred Nigromante out of Candy Dish) was a multiple graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred foaled in California in 1960.
Candy Spots won…
Keeneland 1959 Spring Meet
This photograph, taken at Keeneland on April 18, 1959, features jockeys (seated, left to right) Bill Shoemaker, Walter Blum, John Ruane, and Manuel Ycaza. The standing jockeys (left to right) are Bill Hartack, Jr., Johnny Sellers, James Nichols, C.E.…
Bill Shoemaker on the scales at Aqueduct
This photograph features jockey William Lee "The Shoe" Shoemaker on the scales after riding his 300th win at Aqueduct in 1959.
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
International Jockey Challenge 2001
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts jockeys Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Corey Nakatani, Kent Desormeaux, Victor Espinoza, Steve Cauthen, Frankie Dettori, Kieren Fallon, Olivier Peslier, and Johnny Murtagh as riders in the 2001…
Meadowlands Cup
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker and racehorses Spectacular Bid, Smarten, Text, and Valdez in the Meadowlands Cup in October of 1979.
U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid (1979 American…
U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid (1979 American…