Citation Working Out at Santa Anita
Photography of horse sports
This photograph of the American Thoroughbred Citation was taken during a workout at Santa Anita Park.
The Calumet Farm legend claimed the Triple Crown in 1948. In that same year, Citation was awarded U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, DRF Champion Male Handicap Horse, and U.S. Horse of the Year. He was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1959.
Charles Christian Cook
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Whirlaway
Photography of horse sports
This conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred and Hall of Famer Whirlaway was taken at Saratoga during his two-year-old season (1940).
Whirlaway, bred and foaled at Calumet Farm in 1938, was trained by Ben Jones. He was a multiple graded stakes-winning champion that claimed the 1941 Triple Crown victory with Eddie Arcaro up. Whirlaway was the first horse with career winnings that exceeded $500,000, and he boasted a record of 32-15-9 from 60 starts.
Whirlaway won the titles of U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1940), U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1941), and the 1941 and 1942 Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year. He was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1959.
Bert Clark Thayer
1940
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Triple Crown's Big Wheel
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts Calumet Farm owner Mrs. Lucille Parker Wright Markey with U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racehorses Alydar and Davona Dale.
Alydar placed second in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in 1978, while Davona Dale was the 1979 U.S. Filly Triple Crown winner and American Champion Three-Year-Old Female Horse.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1755
1979
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Pen and ink; 13.5 x 12.25 in.
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What Do You Know!
Horse racing in art
Peb's caricature/humorist artwork depicts an equine dentist inspecting a racehorse’s teeth; dentist remarks to female owner, “What do you know, I see… a Triple Crown!”
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb EC542
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Pen and ink; 12 x 14.75 in.
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