American Derby
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Buckpasser, American Champion Two-Year-Old Male in 1965, American Champion Three-Year-Old Male in 1966, and American Horse of the Year in 1966; ascending the “stairs” of race victories with U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1546
1966
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Pen and ink; 20.25 x 8.5 in.
English
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Jockeys Fever
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Jerry Lambert, Braulio Baeza, Bill Shoemaker, and Howard Grant during their 1972 racing "fever."
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb GJBW469
1972
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Pen and ink; 11.5 x 14 in.
English
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Braulio Baeza
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza.
Braulio Baeza (b. 1940) was born in Panama and moved to the U.S. in 1960. In his first year Baez was already working his way up the ranks of top jockeys in the U.S.
Baeza was the leading money winner in America from 1965 to 1969. He was awarded the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1968 and the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1972 and 1975.
He was among the first Latino jockeys to capture a Derby victory, riding Chateaugay to the win in 1963. He won the Belmont Stakes three times (1961, 1963, 1969) before competing in Europe and Canada.
Baeza was inducted in the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 1976, and he retired that same year with a total of 3,140 U.S. wins.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb CJ008
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 11 x 11 in.
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Graustark in 1966 Blue Grass post parade
Photograph of horse sports
Heavily favored Graustark, Braulio Baeza up, parades to post in the 1966 Blue Grass Stakes. Bill Shoemaker rode Abe’s Hope to win by a nose on a muddy track after Graustark sustained a career-ending injury following his six-length lead in the backstretch.
Keeneland Association
1966
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Chateaugay ahead of 1963 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports.
Chateaugay, Braulio Baeza up, at the 1963 Blue Grass Stakes.
One of 11 Blue Grass winners to also notch Kentucky Derby victories, Chateaugay won the 1963 Blue Grass Stakes by a head for owner Darby Dan Farm. Trained by James P. Conway and ridden by Braulio Baeza, Chateaugay won the Derby and Belmont Stakes before earning honors as the 1963 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.
Joel Clyne "Skeets" Meadors
1960
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Sherluck at the finish in 1961 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports
Sherluck with Braulio Baeza up wins the 1961 Blue Grass Stakes. A field of eight horses trailed as a packed crowd looked on from the grandstand and apron.
<a href="https://keenelandlibrary.omeka.net/collections/show/4">Joel Clyne Meadors</a>
1961
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