Aquedarctic
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Johnny Velazquez, J.J. Castellano, Alex Estrada, C.C. Lopez, Shaun Xavier Bridgmohan, Mario Pino, Mike Luzzi, Edgar Prado, Lorenzo Lezcano, Julian Yesid Pimentel, Richard Migliore, Aaron Tod Gryder, and Jean-Luc Samyn during winter racing at New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb GJBW455
2002
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Pen and ink; 13 x 19 in.
English
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Aqueduct Spring Opening
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts the opening of Aqueduct’s 1959 Spring Meet.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW703
1959
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Pen and ink; 9.5 x 16.5 in.
English
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Fit!
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts racehorse Fit to Fight, 1984 Eclipse Award contender for Outstanding Older Male Horse, with trainer MacKenzie Miller and owner Paul Mellon. Mellon’s Rokeby Stables is depicted in Miller’s sweatshirt.
Fit to Fight became the fourth horse in history to win the New York Handicap Triple, joining U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Whisk Broom II, Tom Fool, and Kelso.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1941
1984
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Pen and ink; 16 x 13 in.
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Hooper’s Science
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts owner and breeder Fred William Hooper with one of his most notable horses, U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Precisionist. Hooper is examining other contenders before the 1986 Marlboro Cup Handicap, including Roo Art, Mogambo, Ogygian, Lady’s Secret, Ends Well, and Turkoman.
Precisionist won the Californian Stakes, Woodward Stakes, and San Pasqual Handicap in 1986, but Turkoman took the Marlboro Cup Handicap.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1288
1986
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Pen and ink; 14 x 13 in.
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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
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Pen and ink; 16.75 x 12 in.
English
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Le Cirque Du Super Saturday
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts Nick Nicholson, president of Keeneland; Charles J. Cella, president of Oaklawn Park; and Barry K. Schwartz, Chairman of the New York Racing Association, in preparation for the 2001 Blue Grass Stakes, Arkansas Derby, and Wood Memorial Stakes. The racehorse entries depicted in this piece include Millenium Wind, Songandaprayer, Hero’s Tribute, Dollar Bill, Monarchos, Congaree, A P Valentine, Crafty Shaw, and Balto Star.
In 2001, Millenium Wind, ridden by Laffit Pincay, Jr., claimed the Blue Grass Stakes; Balto Star, ridden by Mark Guidry, claimed the Arkansas Derby; and Congaree, ridden by Victor Espinoza, claimed the Wood Memorial Stakes.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FC3716
2001
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 13 x 17 in.
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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.
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Annie Davona Dale Oakley
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorse Davona Dale entering a saloon with her 1979 filly Triple Crown revolver in a parody of the musical, Annie Get Your Gun.
Also featured are depictions of racehorses Smarten, King Green, Steady Growth, General Assembly, Screen King, Private Account, and Valdez; U.S. Racing Hall of Fame and Eclipse Award-winning trainer Woody Stephens; and racehorse owner and industry executive Odgen Mills “Dinny” Phipps.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1748
1979
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Pen and ink; 14.25 x 23 in.
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Should Have Stayed in Miami
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts a racehorse shivering while drinking from a New York Racing Association (NYRA) water bucket. Two other horses in neighboring stalls are conversing and one remarks, “He should’ve stayed in Miami for the winter.”
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb EC608
unknown
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Pen and ink; 13 x 21 in.
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His Royal Preakness
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts racehorse Louis Quatorze on a throne as King Louis XIV, with jockey Pat Day, trainer Nick Zito, and owners William J. Condren and Georgia E. Hofmann.
Louis Quatorze won the 1996 Preakness. Later that year, he won the Jim Dandy Stakes, came in third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and came in second in both the Travers Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Also depicted are trainers Shug McGaughey III, Robert Barbara, and D. Wayne Lukas; owners Joe Cornacchia and Salah Mahmoud Fustok; and New York Racing Association’s CEO, Kenny Noe, Jr.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
1996
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Pen and ink; 16 x 14 in.
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