Strike the Gold wins 1991 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports.
Strike the Gold with Chris Antley up nears the finish line to secure his single Blue Grass Stakes win in 1991. Strike the Gold finished second in the Florida Derby in March before his impressive performance in the Blue Grass, setting the colt up for his victory in the run for the roses at Churchill Downs three weeks later.
Philippe Roca
1991
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Strike the Gold ahead of 1991 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports
Strike the Gold, Chris Antley up, is led through the paddock at Keeneland ahead of the 1991 Blue Grass Stakes.
Keeneland Association, Joy Gilbert
1991
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Strike the Gold wins 1991 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports
Strike the Gold’s win in the 1991 Blue Grass Stakes gave Hall of Fame jockey Chris Antley his first and only Blue Grass Stakes win. Strike the Gold’s victory was also a first for Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito, who would claim two additional Blue Grass wins in 1998 (Halory Hunter) and 2004 (The Cliff’s Edge). The Alydar colt out of Majestic Gold won his next start in the Kentucky Derby three weeks later.
Keeneland Association, Bill Straus
April 13, 1991
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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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Christopher Wiley “Chris” Antley
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts jockey Chris Antley sketching a caricature of the artist.
Chris Antley (1966-2000) began riding professionally in 1983. By 1985, he was North America’s leading jockey by wins. Antley won his first Kentucky Derby in 1991 riding Strike the Gold, and he took both the Preakness Stakes and Derby in 1999 aboard Charismatic.
Antley and Charismatic finished third in the 1999 Belmont Stakes after Charismatic suffered a leg injury during the stretch run. Antley held the colt’s fractured leg at the finish line until help arrived.
Antley was inducted in the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 2015 with 3,480 career wins and earnings exceeding $92 million.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
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Pen and ink; 8.5 x 8 in.
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