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Keeneland Association - Art Collector, Brian Hernandez Jr. up, wins 2020 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.jpg
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrates his first Toyota Blue Grass Stakes win aboard Art Collector in 2020. Campaigned by Bruce Lunsford, Art Collector won multiple graded stakes before claiming the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes in 2023. He…

Keeneland Association - 1969 Blue Grass Stakes Arts and Letters, finish line.jpg
Jockey Bill Shoemaker pilots Arts and Letters to a commanding 15-length Blue Grass Stakes victory in 1969. Campaigned by Rokeby Stables, Arts and Letters gave Shoemaker his fifth Blue Grass win. The Hall of Fame jockey would claim a sixth victory in…

Keeneland Library Collection - Arts and Letters with trainer Elliot Burch and groom Sylvester Cook.tif
1969 Blue Grass Stakes winner Arts and Letters eats from the hand of his trainer Elliot Burch while held by his groom Sylvester Cook.

36H x 64W - BLUEGRASS 2015 01 - Carpe Diem - SMALL.jpeg
John Velazquez pilots Carpe Diem to victory in the 2015 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. The win gave the Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez his second victory in Keeneland's signature Spring Meet race. Velazquez rode Todd Pletcher trainee Bandini to the…

Keeneland Association Bill Straus - Chief's Crown, Don MacBeth up, racing Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland April 25 1985.jpg
Chief's Crown and jockey Don MacBeth run in the 1985 Blue Grass Stakes. The son of Danzig later finished third behind Spend A Buck in the Kentucky Derby next out.

Keeneland Association - Coaltown, N.L. Pierson up, at finish, Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, 1948.jpg
Future Hall of Famer Coaltown, N.L. Pierson up, at the finish of the 1948 Blue Grass Stakes. Named Horse of the Year in 1949, Coaltown posted a record of 12-3-0 from 15 starts. 

Coady Photography - Dance with Fate, Corey Nakatani up, Toyota Blue Grass Stakes April 12.2014.jpg
Hall of Fame jockey Corey Nakatani aboard Dance With Fate after their win in the 2014 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Dance With Fate’s victory in the 90th renewal of the Blue Grass gave Nakatani and trainer Peter Eurton their first wins in Keeneland…

Keeneland Association - Dust Commander, Mike Manganello up, running Blue Grass Stakes, April 8 1970.jpg
Dust Commander, Mike Manganello up, after their 1970 Blue Grass Stakes win. Sent off at 35-1 odds on a sloppy track, Dust Commander edged out the competition to claim the Blue Grass in his third start at Keeneland that spring. The Derby was the…

Keeneland Association - Dust Commander, Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland April 1970.jpg
Dust Commander, unknown exercise rider up, works at Keeneland ahead of 1970 Blue Grass Stakes. After his first place finish at the Blue Grass, Dust Commander would repeat with a first place finish at the Kentucky Derby.

05 KEE - EL Cotton Trainer and Mrs Louis Lee LL Haggin II aka Alma Headley Haggin and Fred A Smith Jockey and Hal Price Headley Owner (2).jpg
This photograph captures a 1967 trophy presentation at Keeneland. On the far left is Thoroughbred trainer, E.L. Cotton. Second from the left is Alma Headley Haggin, wife of former Keeneland President Louis Lee Haggin II.

Second from the right is…
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