Wayne Wright on Polynesian at Belmont Park
Photography of horse sports
This photograph, taken in May of 1946, features jockey Wayne Danforth Wright up on Polynesian.
Wright was the leading North American jockey twice in his 18-year career for earnings, in both 1934 and 1936.
Polynesian, the 1945 Preakness Stakes winner, was the country's Champion Sprint Horse in 1947.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A53734
1946-05-30
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Steve Brooks on Two Lea at Belmont Park
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This photograph features Hall of Fame jockey Steve Brooks up on Calumet's Hall of Famer Two Lea in the winner's circle at Belmont Park.
Two Lea claimed the titles of 1949 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and 1950 U.S. Champion Older Female Horse. A hedge and spectators are visible.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A65149
1949-05-28
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George Woolf
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This is a photographic portrait of jockey George Woolf. Woolf was the country's leading stakes-winning jockey in both 1942 and 1944. He is perhaps most often remembered for his victory on Seabiscuit in the 1938 match race against War Admiral.
George Woolf was inducted in to the Hall of Fame in 1955.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A44957
1944-09-25
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Demoiselle Stakes
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This photograph features (from left to right) Thoroughbred owner Ogden Phipps, trainer James Edward "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, jockey Eddie Arcaro, owner Gladys Livingston Mills Phipps, and an unidentified woman at the 1953 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B14129
1953-09-23
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Arcaro & Fitzsimmons at Saratoga
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This photograph features jockey Eddie Arcaro with trainer James Edward "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons seated on a bench at Saratoga in August of 1958.
Arcaro, known as “The Master” of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey status for much of the mid-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 1955. Upon his retirement in 1961, Arcaro had run in 24,092 races, with 4,779 wins and earnings that exceeded $30 million. He remains the only jockey to have ever claimed more than one Triple Crown win.
Fitzsimmons won 13 Triple Crown races and trained 2 Triple Crown winners Gallant Fox (1930) and Omaha (1935).He was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1958.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan B9631
1958-08-06
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Arcaro at Jamaica
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This photographic portrait features jockey Eddie Arcaro at Jamaica Race Course on April 13, 1948.
Arcaro, known as the “Master” of U.S. racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey status for much of the mid-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).
Arcaro led the country in earnings in 1940, 1942, 1948, 1950, 1952, and 1955. Upon his retirement in 1961, he had 24,092 mounts, with 4,779 wins and earnings that exceeded $30 million.
Arcaro remains the only jockey to have won more than one Triple Crown.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A60853
1948-04-13
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Three Jockeys on a Bench, 1905
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Pictured (left to right) are jockeys Frank O’Neill, Thomas H. Burns, and Willie Shaw in 1905. Shaw won on 19 percent of his 288 mounts that year.
Frank O’Neill took major U.S. races at the turn of the century, including the Brooklyn Handicap on Irish Lad and the Travers Stakes on Ada Nay in 1903. He rode Beldame to 14 of her 17 victories. Like many other jockeys facing pressures from anti-gambling legislation in the early 20th century, O’Neill pursued racing in Europe. He was the leading rider in France 11 times between 1909 and 1923.
Thomas Burns was the country’s top jockey by wins in 1898 and 1899. He claimed the 1898 Tennessee Derby atop Lieber Karl and the Manhattan Handicap on Firearm (1900) and Castalian (1903). Burns rode W.C. Whitney’s Gunfire to victory in the 1903 Metropolitan Handicap and James R. Keene’s Delhi to win the 1905 Brooklyn Handicap. Other notable wins include the 1897 Kentucky Oaks on White Frost and the 1904 Travers Stakes aboard Broomstick.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 329
1905
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Silvio Coucci
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This photographic portrait features jockey Silvio Coucci.
Coucci, a native New Yorker, was recruited to ride for Greentree Stable in 1932 after an impressive season at the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico.
In 1934, in a close contest that came down to the last day of racing, Maurice Peters claimed top jockey honors with five wins over Coucci. Coucci went on to hold the top earnings title in 1935, winning a tremendous $319,760. His notable victories that year include the Belmont Futurity Stakes, the Santa Anita Derby, and the Travers Stakes.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 382
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Sophie Tucker with Jockeys at Saratoga
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This photograph of Sophie Tucker and jockeys was taken at Saratoga Racecourse in July of 1936. Tucker, a Ukrainian-American actress, comedian, and radio personality, is standing on a jockey scale holding a saddle and saddle towel. Eight jockeys in flanking lines on either side of the the scale are also pictured, and observers are visible in the background.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 387
1936-07-30
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Jockeys at Saratoga Jockey Quarters
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This photograph features jockeys at Saratoga Racecourse sitting on the back of a bench in silks. The jockeys are pictured in front of the jockey's quarters with saddle towels and other equipment. The third jockey from the left is James Stout; the sixth from the left is Charles E. Kurtsinger.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 391
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