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This photograph features Ocean Wave, with Wendell Eads up, winning the 1943 Blue Grass Stakes. Due to wartime regulations during World War II the race was held at Churchill Downs in 1943, 1944, and 1945.

View of the grandstand and track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the 1941 Kentucky Derby.

Photograph of American Thoroughbred Citation with jockey Eddie Arcaro up taken after their 1948 Kentucky Derby win. They are pictured with Calumet trainer Ben Jones and his son, Horace A. 'Jimmy' Jones.

The Calumet Farm legend claimed the Triple…

Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Iron Liege with jockey Bill Hartack, Jr. up after winning the 1957 Kentucky Derby. They are pictured with Calumet trainer Ben Jones and his son, Horace A. 'Jimmy' Jones.

Iron Liege was bred and foaled at…

Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Kauai King with groom taken at Churchill Downs before the Kentucky Derby on May 8, 1966.

Kauai King (by Native Dancer out of Sweep In) was foaled at Sagamore Farm in Maryland in 1963. He rose to prominence…

Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John M. Veitch, head trainer for Calumet Farm from 1976 until 1982, with jockey Jeffrey Fell and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorse Alydar in the “Calumet” balloon en route to…

Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John M. Veitch, head trainer for Calumet Farm from 1976 until 1982, leading a team of racehorses pulling a stagecoach: Sugar and Spice, Davona Dale, and Our Mims.

Our Mims…

Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts James Edward “Ted” Bassett III, President of the Keeneland Association from 1969 to 1986.

Ted Bassett served as the Chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park from 1980 to 1983, President of the Thoroughbred…

1991 Kentucky Derby poster; featured on the front page of the Daily Racing Form on 4 May 1991.
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