1948 Blue Grass Stakes trophy presentation
Photograph of trophy presentation after a horse race.
Connections of 1948 Blue Grass Stakes winner Coaltown during the trophy presentation at Keeneland.
Left to right: Trainer Ben Jones, jockey N.L. Pierson, Governor Earle Clements, and owner Warren Wright of Calumet Farm.
Keeneland Media Guide
1948
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1954 Blue Grass Stakes
Photography of horse sports
Trained by Hall of Famer Woody Stephens and piloted by the great Eddie Arcaro in his fourth Blue Grass victory, favored Goyamo leads a deep field en route to his victory in the 1954 Blue Grass Stakes.
Keeneland Association
Keeneland Media Guide
1954
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1978 Blue Grass Stakes
Photograph of horse sports.
Future Hall of Famer Alydar, Jorge Velasquez up, walks past Lucille Parker Wright Markey (third from the right) and Admiral Eugene Markey (far right) before the horse’s triumph in the 1978 Blue Grass Stakes. Melinda Bena, Joseph Bena, and Robert McGoodwin join the Markey's on the apron.
Trained by John Veitch, Alydar gave Veitch his only Blue Grass Stakes win. John’s father, Sylvester Veitch, trained back-to-back Blue Grass winners in 1950 (Mr. Trouble) and 1951 (Mameluke).
Keeneland Association
1978
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1984 Blue Grass Stakes field
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The field of the 1984 Blue Grass Stakes approaches the final stretch. The 1984 race would mark Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day's first of four Blue Grass wins.
Keeneland Association, Bill Straus
Keeneland Media Guide
1984
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Abe's Hope at the 1966 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports.
Abe's Hope, William Shoemaker up, parade before a packed apron and grandstand crowd at the 1966 Blue Grass Stakes. Atop Abe's Hope Shoemaker captured his fourth of six Blue Grass wins.
Keeneland Association
Keeneland Media Guide
1966
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Abe's Hope defeats Graustark
Photograph of horse sports.
Abe's Hope (outside) and William Shoemaker best Graustark and Braulio Baeza at the finish of the 1966 Blue Grass Stakes.
Keeneland Association
1966
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Alydar in 1978 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports.
Alydar and jockey Jorge Velasquez up, after their 1978 Blue Grass Stakes victory.
Keeneland Association
April 27, 1978
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Alydar in 1978 Blue Grass Stakes Post Parade
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Alydar and jockey Jorge Velasquez walk in the post parade before their definitive 13-length win over Raymond Earl in the 1978 Blue Grass Stakes. A future top sire in North America, Alydar boasted a 14-9-1 career record from 26 starts and earnings in excess of $950,000.
Keeneland Association
1978
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Alysheba in 1987 Blue Grass
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1987 Champion Three-Year-Old Male, 1988 Horse of the Year, and future Hall of Famer Alysheba runs alongside two other horses in the 1987 running of the Blue Grass. Guided by Chris McCarron, Alysheba won the race but was disqualified and placed to third, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas his first Blue Grass victory with the colt War owned by Tom Gentry.
Alysheba went on to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in his next two starts.
Keeneland Association, Bill Straus
1987
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Art Collector prevails in 2020 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports.
Art Collector approaches the finish of the 2020 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., the colt defeated filly Swiss Skydiver by 3 1/2 lengths.
The 96th running of the Blue Grass was presented during Keeneland’s five-day 2020 Summer Meet, a first in Keeneland’s history, scheduled to accommodate a portion of the 16-day Spring Meet canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mark Brown
Keeneland Media Guide
2020
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