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This photograph showcases racing Hall of Famer Eddie Arcaro on Shut Out after their 1942 Blue Grass win. On the heels of his success in Keeneland’s Triple Crown prep race, Shut Out claimed the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes before securing his…

This photograph features jockeys (from left to right) Eddie Arcaro, Pandurang Khade, Conn McCreary, Ruperto Donoso, and Juan Pedro Artigas at Belmont Park in July of 1947.

From left to right, this photograph features Thoroughbred trainer John Elliott Burch, jockey Eddie Arcaro, Isabel Cleves Dodge Sloane, and Elsie Ogden Cryder Woodward.

This conformation photograph of the American Thoroughbred and multiple graded stakes winner Shut Out was taken at Greentree Stable in August of 1956.

Shut Out was bred by Greentree Stable in Lexington, Kentucky, foaled in 1939, and trained by…

This photograph features the 1939 Pimlico Special start at Pimlico Race Course.

Branncastle Farm's Louis J. Schaefer-trained Challedon (Eddie Arcaro up) won the Pimlico Special in 1939. Challedon would win the Pimlico Special again in 1940, with…

This conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred and Hall of Famer Whirlaway was taken at Saratoga during his two-year-old season (1940).

Whirlaway, bred and foaled at Calumet Farm in 1938, was trained by Ben Jones. He was a multiple graded…

Whirlaway with Eddie Arcaro up wins the 1941 Kentucky Derby by eight lengths. An eventual Hall of Famer, Whirlaway earned back-to-back Horse of the Year titles in 1941 and 1942.