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This is a photographic portrait of the jockey Vincent Powers.

Powers achieved acclaimed success as both a jockey and trainer in the United States and Europe during the first three decades of the 20th century. He is the only rider to have ever led…

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…

This photograph features businessman Clendenin James Ryan, Jr. and former jockey and then trainer for Oak Ridge Stables, John P. "Johnny" Loftus. Although it was not yet deemed the "Triple Crown," Loftus, atop Sir Barton, was the first jockey to win…

This photograph features Samuel C. Hildreth, one of the country's top racehorse trainers in the early decades of the 20th century. Hildreth was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1955.

This is a photograph of John Edward Madden, inductee of both the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame and the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.

Madden was a prominent Thoroughbred and Standardbred owner, breeder, and trainer of the late 19th and early 20th…

This photograph features racehorse trainer Joseph Horace “Bud” Stotler and his wife, Ada Melissa Lowry Stotler. Stotler trained for Sagamore Farm, Shoshone Stable, and for Charles Howard, owner of Seabiscuit.

This is a digitized daguerreotype of the jockey William 'Billy' Walker.

Billy Walker (1860-1933) was an African-American jockey born into slavery near Versailles, Kentucky. Walker rode Baden-Baden (trained by black trainer Edward Dudley Brown) to…

This photograph features Hall of Fame racehorse trainer Horatio Luro on horseback circa 1964. Luro, was a native Argentinian, and third generation horseman. His father Adolfo was a founding member of the Argentine Jockey Club.

During Luro’s career…

This photograph features Hall of Fame racehorse trainer Benjamin Jones on horseback.

He won his first Kentucky Derby with Lawrin in 1938 and was subsequently hired by Calumet Farm in 1939.

Jones trained for Calumet for over 20 years, training…

This photograph features Thoroughbred owner and trainer Alphonse Plicque (left) and jockey Wallace Hicks (right).