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This photograph features riders dismounting after the 1904 Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica Racetrack.

This photograph, taken in January of 1942, features two-year-olds being "schooled at the gate" at Hialeah Park Race Track.

This photograph, taken in 1936, features the archway from the paddock to track at Hialeah Park Race Track.

This photograph features Thoroughbred owner James B. "Diamond Jim" Brady and jockey Arthur Redfern in conversation at Saratoga Race Course in 1905.

Brady, Gilded Age businessman and financier, is often remembered for his voracious appetite and…

This photograph features (from left to right) Alfred Gwynne "A.G." Vanderbilt, Jr., jockey John Gilbert, and Thoroughbred owner Ogden Phipps at the 1941 Withers Stakes at Belmont Park.

King Cole, owned by Phipps and ridden by Gilbert, claimed the…

This photograph, taken at Keeneland on April 18, 1959, features jockeys (seated, left to right) Bill Shoemaker, Walter Blum, John Ruane, and Manuel Ycaza. The standing jockeys (left to right) are Bill Hartack, Jr., Johnny Sellers, James Nichols, C.E.…

This photograph, taken at Keeneland in October of 1936, features eight jockeys sitting on a bench against a stone fence and nine jockeys sitting on the fence above the seated jockeys.

Pictured (left to right) are jockeys Brussel, Yorke, Sweet, Gilbert, Sumter, and McCahey at Saratoga Race Course in 1908.

That year, McCahey led the group in wins with 105 from 725 mounts. Gilbert led by earnings, with 88 wins totaling $71,360.…

This photograph features jockeys (left to right) R. McDaniel, Mack Garner, and Eddie Dugan in 1908.

Mack Garner began his racing career at the age of 14. By 1915, he was the country’s top jockey in both purses earned and races won. He was the…

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.