Kentucky Association Program
Photography in horse sports
This is a digitized photograph of the cover of the Kentucky Association's 1872 Spring Meet Program. The listed officers include: John C. Breckinridge (Acting President), James F. Robinson, Jr. (Vice President), Thomas J. Bush (Secretary), James A. Grinstead (Treasurer), and John R. Viley, Zeb Ward, & Oliver P. Beard (Executive Committee).
Kentucky Association
KEELIB 1872
Lexington Daily Press
1872-05-13
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image
Kentucky Association Clubhouse
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features the Kentucky Association Clubhouse.
Robert Lee McClure
McClure 1922
1922
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image
Ashland Oaks Stakes at the Kentucky Association Race Track
Photography of horse sports
This photograph was taken mid-race during the Ashland Oaks Stakes at the Kentucky Association Race Track.
Robert Lee McClure
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image
Kentucky Association Track clubhouse
Photography of horse sports
Features the clubhouse of the Kentucky Association Track in Lexington, Kentucky in 1922. Established in 1826, the Lexington track closed in 1933.
Robert Lee McClure
1922
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image
Kentucky Association Jockeys
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features several seated and standing jockeys with a crowd of onlookers at the Kentucky Association Race Track.
Standing, from left to right: McCabe, Smyth, Vandusen, Meehan, G. Garner, C. Borel
Seated, from left to right: Taylor, Dominick, J. Staggert, Keogh, Martin, C. Shilling, Neylon, Pool, Gentry, Sterling, O’Brien
KEELIB Wyatt
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image
Lexington
Photography of horse sports
This is a digitized print image of American Thoroughbred and the 16-time leading North American sire, Lexington.
Lexington was born in 1850 within what is now the city limits of Lexington, Kentucky. He was bred by Dr. Elisha Warfield, an influential figure in 19th century breeding and racing, at Warfield’s farm, The Meadows, adjacent to the Kentucky Association Race Track.
The horse first raced under the name of “Darley” until he was sold to Richard Ten Broeck and partners Junius Ward, Willa Viley, and Abe Buford. Ten Broeck recruited trainer J.B. Pryor and renamed the horse “Lexington.”
After Lexington retired from racing due to diminishing eyesight, with a record of 6-1-0 from 7 starts and earnings of $56,600, he stood at the Nantura Stock Farm in Midway, Kentucky.
In 1858 he was sold to Robert Alexander’s Woodburn Stud in Spring Station, Kentucky, for $15,000 – the highest price paid for an American horse in history at that time.
Under Robert Alexander’s ownership, Lexington was the leading North American sire every year between 1861 and 1874. He topped the list again twice (1876 and 1878) after his death on July 1, 1875.
He and his sire, Boston, were among the first Thoroughbreds inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1955.
The horse remains a symbol of the town of Lexington, which named him the “Official Horse of Bluegrass Country.”
TFF p. 145 1866-09-08
1866-09-08
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
print image
still image
Kentucky Association Track grandstand
Photography of horse sports
Features the grandstand of the Kentucky Association Track in Lexington, Kentucky. Established in 1826, the Lexington track closed in 1933.
This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the Keeneland Library. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
black and white photograph
still image