Coaching Hazards
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John M. Veitch, head trainer for Calumet Farm from 1976 until 1982, leading a team of racehorses pulling a stagecoach: Sugar and Spice, Davona Dale, and Our Mims.
Our Mims was the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1977, and Davona Dale held the same title in 1979. Calumet Farm owner Lucille Parker Wright Markey is depicted in the stagecoach being pursued by Saron Stable’s trainer Neil Drysdale. Drysdale is riding Bold ‘N Determined, winner of 16 of 20 starts in 1980. Although Davona Dale claimed the Mother Goose Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks (depicted on the coach in this work) in 1979, Bold ‘N Determined won both races in 1980.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1846
1980
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Pen and ink; 11.5 x 23 in.
still image
Keeping an Open Mind
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts Open Mind, American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in 1988 and American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1989.
Owned by Eugene V. Klein and trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Open Mind won four of her six starts in 1988.
Her eight 1989 wins include the Forward Gal Stakes, Bonnie Miss Stakes, Pimlico Oaks, Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks, and the Alabama Stakes.
Open Mind’s Alabama Stakes victory marked her tenth consecutive win.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1266
1989
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.
Pen and ink; 16.75 x 12 in.
English
still image