Today, Wednesday, February 11, marks the anniversary of the birth of two men who dominated the Louisiana race tracks prior to the Civil War: Col. Adam L. Bingaman of Natchez, Mississippi (1793–1869), and Duncan F. Kenner (1813–1887). You can read more about Col. Bingaman's …
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Dear Readers: Antebellum Turf Times is pleased to announce that its article on the master of antebellum equine art is now available for reading in the January/February 2015 issue of American Racehorse magazine! See page 26 of the online issue. In addition to extending our …
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Happy 2015 to our readers! We have several items to report pertaining to our favorite antebellum equine artist, Edward Troye. First, in follow up to our previous post regarding the impending sale of one of Troye's portraits of Kentucky, the painting ultimately sold for $15,000 …
It’s Travers Week, and we look forward to crowning the next three-year-old champion of the mile-and-a-quarter “Mid-summer Derby” this Saturday at Saratoga. The race has amassed 144 winners to date, its earliest titleholder being a colt named Kentucky in its inaugural running on …
The Turf Times is pleased to announce that our article about these two Louisiana horsemen is currently posted on the Deep South Magazine website here! Interested in learning even more about these heroes of Ashland Plantation? Read more on our website …
