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 Race Track. The race has amassed 150 winners to date, its earliest titleholder being a colt named Kentucky in its inaugural …
[Read more...] about Kentucky, the First Winner of the Travers Stakes, Immortalized in Oil
Saturday, July 12, marks the anniversary of the birth of Edward Troye (1808--1874), America's preeminent animal painter of the 19th century. During his 40-year career in the U.S., the Swiss-born Troye painted commissions of hundreds of prized Thoroughbreds, and was recognized by …
Dear Readers: If going to the Keeneland races doesn't provide you with enough "Thoroughbred satisfaction," a number of related art and culture events are occurring around Lexington this month through the Fall race meet and Breeders' Cup World Championships! …
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 …
