Benjamin Jones
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features Hall of Fame racehorse trainer Benjamin Jones on horseback.
He won his first Kentucky Derby with Lawrin in 1938 and was subsequently hired by Calumet Farm in 1939.
Jones trained for Calumet for over 20 years, training legends including Triple Crown winners Whirlaway and Citation. He was the leading money-winning trainer for four years (1941, 1943, 1944, and 1952).
Both Benjamin and his son, Jimmy are in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.
Joel Clyne Meadors
1944-04-18
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Our Boots leads Whirlaway in 1941 Blue Grass
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Hall of Famer Whirlaway trails Our Boots in the 1941 Blue Grass Stakes. Our Boots placed 8th in the Kentucky Derby, while Whirlaway wen ton to become the fifth horse to capture the U.S. Triple Crown. Jockey Conn McCreary, who had piloted Our Boots to victory, would land one more Blue Grass victory in 1949.
Keeneland Association
Keeneland Media Guide
1941
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Ted Atkinson
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This photographic portrait features jockey Ted Atkinson.
Atkinson began riding professionally at the age of 21. He rode War Relic in an upset victory over the 1941 Triple Crown Winner Whirlaway in the Narragansett Special. That ride gained him national recognition that continued over his 21-year career.
He was America’s leading jockey by wins and money earned in 1944 and 1946.
Atkinson won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes riding Greentree’s Capot in 1949. In 1953, he rode Tom Fool, Horse of the Year, for ten consecutive wins.
Atkinson received the George Woolf Memorial Award in 1957. He was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame the same year.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
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1955-06-09
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Whirlaway
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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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Whirlaway wins 1941 Kentucky Derby
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Whirlaway with Eddie Arcaro up wins the 1941 Kentucky Derby by eight lengths. An eventual Hall of Famer, Whirlaway earned back-to-back Horse of the Year titles in 1941 and 1942.
Bernard Stanley Morgan, Keeneland Library Morgan Collection
1941
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