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The 70-foot sycamore tree planted in 1936 that towers over the Paddock at Keeneland remains iconic today. The Sycamore Stakes, run in the fall on the turf course, began in 1995 to honor the stalwart tree.
Alma Headley Haggin, daughter of Hal Price…

New Zealand native Peter Williams was a renowned equine artist and an unofficial artist-in-residence at Keeneland, where visitors could see him at work in the Paddock, painting colorful scenes of horses being saddled or walking to the post parade.

Spectators gather along the hedgerow to view horses in the Walking Ring before a race during the Spring Meet in 1974. By this date, the Grandstand and Clubhouse had been connected into a single building, visible in the background with the pathway for…

The Walking Ring in the Paddock at Keeneland with the sycamore tree as seen before a race during the 1971 Spring Meet. The recently completed Sales Pavilion building is visible to the left and the old administration building to the right behind the…

Tables and chairs are set up in the Paddock at Keeneland for guests of the summer sales.

Crowds gather around the Walking Ring as horses are brought in before the next race during the 1972 Spring Meet.

Horses with crowd gathering in the Walking Ring before the first race of the day at the 1975 Fall Meet.

Spectators standing in the Paddock at Keeneland as horses are led from the saddling stalls building during the 1969 Fall Meet.

Spectators watch horses leaving the Paddock at Keeneland for the post parade to the track before a race at the 1968 Fall Meet.

Spectators watching Angus cattle being shown and judged in the Paddock at Keeneland