2008 Florida Derby
Horse racing in art
2008 Florida Derby poster; Peb's caricature/humorist artwork features prior Florida Derby winners depicted as flowers: Needles, Tim Tam, Carry Back, Northern Dancer, Forward Pass, Spectacular Bid, Swale, Unbridled, Thunder Gulch, Monarchos, and Barbaro.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb PO3248
2008
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poster; 24 x 18 in.
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Ismael Valenzuela
Photography in horse sports
This is a photographic portrait of jockey Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela.
He rose to prominence aboard Tim Tam in a near Triple Crown victory in 1958. Valenzuela and Tim Tam swept the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes but finished second in the Belmont Stakes after Tim Tam fractured a sesamoid bone near the finish line.
Valenzuela almost swept the Triple Crown again ten years later aboard Forward Pass. Although they claimed the 1968 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, the pair finished second in the Belmont Stakes.
Other notable mounts include Kelso.
Over his nearly 30-year career, Valenzuela won 2,545 races with purse earnings exceeding $20 million. He was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B9131
1958-06-05
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Forward Pass preps for 1968 Blue Grass
Photography of horse sports
Forward Pass trains at Keeneland in April 1968. Campaigned by Calumet Farm to impressive Triple Crown prep race victories, including the 1968 Everglades Stakes and Florida Derby, Forward Pass dominated the Blue Grass Stakes field, winning by five lengths under Hall of Fame jockey Ismael Valenzuela.
Trained by Henry Forrest, Forward Pass was the betting favorite for the 1968 Kentucky Derby. When the winner Dancer’s Image was disqualified after a post-race drug test, second-place Forward Pass was named Derby winner.
The future Co-champion 3-Year-Old Colt went on to claim the 1968 Preakness Stakes in a rematch with Dancer’s Image. Forward Pass won the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown by six lengths.
Keeneland Association
April 18, 1968
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