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"Best of the Blue Grass Stakes" on WVLK with Tom Leach
In 1991, radio personality Tom Leach produced this top ten ranking of Blue Grass Stakes races. The ranking was voted on by a panel of featured interviewees including legendary racing jockeys, owners, trainers, and farm managers including former…
Tomy Lee in the Keeneland Paddock
This photograph shows Tomy Lee in Keeneland’s paddock before the Blue Grass in 1959. Bred in England and owned by Texans Fred Turner Jr. and his wife Juliette, Tomy Lee, piloted by Bill Shoemaker, broke a track record in Keeneland’s Forerunner Stakes…
Bill Shoemaker on the scales at Aqueduct
This photograph features jockey William Lee "The Shoe" Shoemaker on the scales after riding his 300th win at Aqueduct in 1959.
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…
Champagne Stakes
Peb's artwork depicts jockey Bill Hartack, Jr. and entries Tomy Lee, Hoist Away, Demobilize, Crafty Skipper, Restless Wind, First Landing, and Intentionally before the 1958 Champagne Stakes.
Christopher Chenery’s First Landing, ridden by Eddie…
Christopher Chenery’s First Landing, ridden by Eddie…
William Lee “Bill" Shoemaker
Peb's artwork depicts Bill Shoemaker, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, atop his four Kentucky Derby winners: Ferdinand, Lucky Debonair, Tomy Lee, and Swaps.