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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…

This photograph features the three jockeys (from left to right) Sam Doggett, Willie Simms, and Fred Taral pictured in 1894 at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York.

Doggett was one of the country’s top riders in the mid-1890s, and Simms…

Peb's artwork depicts Ted Atkinson, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey.

Ted Atkinson (1916-2005) began riding professionally at the age of 21. In his first decade of riding he rose to America’s leading jockey by wins and money earned in 1944 and…

This photograph, taken in 1905, features jockeys (from left to right) Frank O'Neill, Shaw, Brussells, McDaniels, Creamer, Fisher, L. Smith, and B. Smith walking across a lawn.

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…

This photograph features (from left to right) Thoroughbred trainer and owner Samuel C. Hildreth, Hall of Fame jockey Mack Garner, and owner August Belmont II at Belmont's Suburban Handicap in 1916.

Belmont founded Belmont Park, served as the…

Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen.

Steve Cauthen, son of a farrier and trainer, rode his first race at the age of 16. Within his first year of professional riding, he became America’s top rider by earnings,…

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…

This photograph features the start of the 1902 Futurity Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track.

John A. Drake's Enoch Wishard-trained Savable (Lucien Lyne up) claimed the 1902 Futurity Stakes victory.

This photograph was taken from the infield on May 4, 1908, at a start of race at Jamaica Racetrack in Queens, New York City.