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1948 Blue Grass Stakes trophy presentation
This photograph captures the 1948 Blue Grass Stakes trophy presentation. Coaltown was the race's winner.
Left to right: Trainer Ben Jones, jockey N.L. Pierson, Governor Earle Clements, and owner Warren Wright of Calumet Farm.
Left to right: Trainer Ben Jones, jockey N.L. Pierson, Governor Earle Clements, and owner Warren Wright of Calumet Farm.
Coaltown in 1948 Blue Grass
This photograph captures future Hall of Famer Coaltown, with N.L. Pierson up, at the finish of the 1948 Blue Grass Stakes. Horse of the Year in 1949, Coaltown posted a record of 12-3-0 from 15 starts.