Bold Ruler & Gallant Man in Wood Memorial Stakes
Photography of horse sports
This photograph captures Bold Ruler battling Gallant Man to the wire at the 1957 Wood Memorial Stakes. The Wheatley Stable owned champion, trained by Jim Fitzsimmons, won the race in 1:48.80.
Bold Ruler retired with a career record of 23-4-2 from 33 starts, with earnings of $764, 204. He was named U.S. Three-Year-Old Champion Male and Horse of the Year in 1957, and U.S. Champion Sprint Horse in 1958. Bold Ruler was the top North American sire eight times (1963 – 1969, 1973) and was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1973. He sired Triple Crown winner, Secretariat.
Arcaro, known as “The Master” of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey status for much of the 20th century. He claimed a record 17 wins in Triple Crown races during his 30-year career, boasting two Triple Crown wins aboard Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). He led the country in earnings in 1940, 1942, 1948, 1950, 1952, and 1958. Upon his retirement in 1961, Arcaro had run in 24,092 races, with 4,779 wins, 3,807 seconds, 3,302 thirds, and earnings that exceeded $30 million. He remains the only jockey to have ever claimed more than one Triple Crown win.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B5172
1957-04-20
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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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West Side Story
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts Hall of Famer Damascus, Horse of the
Year in 1967, with racehorses Brunch, Royal Malabar, Puntador, Gala Performance, Proviso, and Dawn Glory in a parody of the musical West Side Story.
Damascus’ notable 1967 wins include the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the American Derby, and the Wood Memorial, Dwyer, and Travers Stakes. He also claimed the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes that year.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1570
1967
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Pen and ink; 14.5 x 17 in.
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Greentree Lumber
Horse racing in art
Peb's artwork depicts trainer John Milton Gaver, Sr. with Greentree Stable’s No Robbery before Aqueduct’s 1963 Wood Memorial Stakes.
Other racehorses depicted in the Wood Memorial "tree" include Cool Prince, Crewman, Sky Wonder, Bold Commander, and Bonjour. No Robbery won the Wood Memorial in 1963.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb FBW1510
1963
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Pen and ink; 13.3 x 18.5 in.
English
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