Browse Items (75 total)
Sort by:
Spectacular Bid is lead to the winner's circle
This photograph showcases Spectacular Bid, with Ron Franklin up, post race as fans watch from the stands at the 1979 Blue Grass Stakes.
Tompion deplanes with trainer Bob Wheeler
The C.V. Whitney-bred and owned Tompion with trainer Robert Wheeler is captured arriving at the Blue Grass Airport for Keeneland’s 1960 Spring Meet as three unidentified men look on. Tompion was favored heading into the 1960 Kentucky Derby after his…
Alysheba in 1987 Blue Grass
1987 Champion Three-Year-Old Male, 1988 Horse of the Year, and future Racing Hall of Famer Alysheba, Chris McCarron up, in the 1987 running of the Blue Grass Stakes. Alysheba won the race but was disqualified and placed to third, giving trainer D.…
1984 Blue Grass Stakes field
This photograph showcases the field, including favored winner Taylor's Special, approaching the final stretch in the 1984 Blue Grass Stakes. The 1984 race would be Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day's first of four Blue Grass wins.
Eddie Sweat leads Chief's Crown
Champion Two-Year-Old Male Chief’s Crown, Don MacBeth up, led by Eddie Sweat at the 1985 running of the Blue Grass Stakes.
Following a brilliant two-year-old season with stakes wins at Saratoga, Belmont, and Santa Anita, Chief’s Crown was the…
Following a brilliant two-year-old season with stakes wins at Saratoga, Belmont, and Santa Anita, Chief’s Crown was the…
Chief's Crown in 1985 Blue Grass
This photograph showcases Chief's Crown, Don MacBeth up, capturing the 1985 Blue Grass Stakes.
Holy Bull wins 1994 Blue Grass
This photograph shows Holy Bull, Mike Smith up, at the finish of the 1994 Blue Grass Stakes with Valiant Nature and Mahogany Hall trailing. Taking the Blue Grass by 3 1/2 lengths, the race gave Mike Smith back-to-back Blue Grass wins.
Play Fellow (inside) duels with Marfa
This photograph features Play Fellow, Jean Cruguet up, dueling with Marfa in the 1983 Blue Grass Stakes. Play Fellow's win was Cruguet's first Blue Grass victory, and the colt's trainer, Harvey Vanier, would go on to claim another with Western…
Prairie Bayou wins 1993 Blue Grass
Racing Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith piloting Prairie Bayou to their 1993 Blue Grass victory. Prairie Bayou, future Champion Three-Year-Old Male, finished second in the Kentucky Derby before winning the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in his next start.
Pulpit wins 1997 Blue Grass
Pulpit, Shane Sellers up, handily winning the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes in 1997. Bred and campaigned by Claiborne Farm, the A.P. Indy colt dominated the seven-horse Blue Grass field before finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby in his next start three…