Keeneland Fall Meet, 1969
A horse gets a workout on the backside of Keeneland on the morning of the first day of the Fall Meet, Oct. 4, 1969. In the background is the grandstand. The opening day crowd of 12,020 of the 15-day...
View ArticleKeeneland Fall Meet, 1969
A horse gets a workout on the backside of Keeneland on the morning of the first day of the Fall Meet, Oct. 4, 1969. In the background is the grandstand. The opening day crowd of 12,020 of the 15-day...
View ArticlePete Rose at Keeneland, 1977
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose at Keeneland during the Fall Meet, Oct. 22, 1977. Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball leader in hits, was at the track with Reds manager Sparky Anderson and...
View ArticleEclipse Award-winning photo, 2003
Jockey Patti Cooksey lays injured on the track April 12, 2003 as first aid personnel, Will Lockridge, front, of EMT Mediport, and Mike Stout, horse ambulance driver, try to veer Classikas away from her...
View ArticleAlydar wins Blue Grass Stakes, 1978
Alydar with Jorge Valasquez up ran away from the field coming down the stretch to win the Blue Grass Stakes by 13 lengths on April 27, 1978 at Keeneland. The chestnut colt was bred just down the road...
View ArticleKeeneland Spring Meet preparations, 1961
Eight-year Keeneland employee Roy Carter prepares for the start of the Spring Meet, April 6, 1961. The meet lasted 14 days with no racing on Mondays. The highlight of the meet, the Blue Grass Stakes,...
View ArticleKeeneland tote board, 1993
Preparations for the Keeneland Spring Meet, April 1, 1993. The tote board shown here was initially put up in 1978 but had to be quickly rebuilt before the 1986 Spring Meet after being destroyed by a...
View ArticleKeeneland box seats, 1947
Mrs. Frank Atkins, Mrs. P.J. Sawyer, Mrs. Lewis Bush and Mrs. L.Q. Bickett were guests in Mr. and Mrs. Barckley Storey’s box at during the 1947 Keeneland Spring Meet. The photo was published in the...
View ArticleKeeneland betting ticket search, 1987
Michael James, 12, of Ashland leaned over the rail on April 8, 1987, at Keeneland, looking for possible winning betting tickets. James was in town for the spring meet and visiting family. Keeneland...
View Article‘Seabiscuit’ filming, 2002
Jockey Gary Stevens, played jockey George Woolf in the movie “Seabiscuit.” In this scene, shot Nov. 17, 2002, the last day of filming at Keeneland, Woolf and Seabiscuit return after winning a match...
View ArticleThe Reds’ Rose, Flynn visit Keeneland, 1976
During Keeneland’s fall meet in October 1976, two members of the Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, Pete Rose and Doug Flynn, paid a visit to the Lexington track. The Reds had just won the National League...
View ArticleKeeneland fall meet, 1950
Spectators viewed a close race during Keeneland’s 1950 fall meet. Crowds were generally 5,000 to 6,000, but some days there would would be 12,000 people during the 10-day fall meet. Seven races were...
View ArticlePete Rose at Keeneland, 1977
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose at Keeneland during the Fall Meet, Oct. 22, 1977. Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball leader in hits, was at the track with Reds manager Sparky Anderson and...
View ArticleEclipse Award-winning photo, 2003
Jockey Patti Cooksey lays injured on the track April 12, 2003 as first aid personnel, Will Lockridge, front, of EMT Mediport, and Mike Stout, horse ambulance driver, try to veer Classikas away from her...
View ArticleAlydar wins Blue Grass Stakes, 1978
Alydar with Jorge Valasquez up ran away from the field coming down the stretch to win the Blue Grass Stakes by 13 lengths on April 27, 1978 at Keeneland. The chestnut colt was bred just down the road...
View ArticleKeeneland Spring Meet preparations, 1961
Eight-year Keeneland employee Roy Carter prepares for the start of the Spring Meet, April 6, 1961. The meet lasted 14 days with no racing on Mondays. The highlight of the meet, the Blue Grass Stakes,...
View ArticleKeeneland tote board, 1993
Preparations for the Keeneland Spring Meet, April 1, 1993. The tote board shown here was initially put up in 1978 but had to be quickly rebuilt before the 1986 Spring Meet after being destroyed by a...
View ArticleKeeneland box seats, 1947
Mrs. Frank Atkins, Mrs. P.J. Sawyer, Mrs. Lewis Bush and Mrs. L.Q. Bickett were guests in Mr. and Mrs. Barckley Storey’s box at during the 1947 Keeneland Spring Meet. The photo was published in the...
View ArticleKeeneland betting ticket search, 1987
Michael James, 12, of Ashland leaned over the rail on April 8, 1987, at Keeneland, looking for possible winning betting tickets. James was in town for the spring meet and visiting family. Keeneland...
View Article‘Seabiscuit’ filming, 2002
Jockey Gary Stevens, played jockey George Woolf in the movie “Seabiscuit.” In this scene, shot Nov. 17, 2002, the last day of filming at Keeneland, Woolf and Seabiscuit return after winning a match...
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