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.
The wooden structure of the Grandstand is under construction at left and the saddling stalls and Paddock are at right. The barns can be seen at center.
Jockeys gather in the Paddock before a race at the 1950 Spring Meet. The Grandstand is at center, behind the original saddling stall building at right.
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…