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Lot # 1683: Whirlaway Collection (20)

Category: Horse Racing

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "2024 Fall Classic",
which ran from 9/27/2024 7:00 PM to
10/19/2024 10:00 PM



Offered is a lot of one-of-a-kind rare photographs of Whirlaway, an American thoroughbred racehorse, and fifth winner of the coveted American Triple Crown. Included in the lot are the following photos: In winner’s circle at Churchill Downs; overhead shot winning the Kentucky Derby (Photo by Caufield & Shook); arriving for Preakness with trainer Ben Jones; trainer Ben Jones leading Whirlaway onto track for exercise; start of the Preakness with Whirlaway off last; being cooled down; with jockey Longden after a 1940 race; headshot by Bert & Richard Morgan studios; working out; winning Saranac Handicap at Saratoga; after winning the Lawrence Realization; after winning the Massachusetts Handicap with George Woolf up; winning Brooklyn Handicap with George Woolf aboard; working out for Arlington Handicap; retired at Washington Park led away by owner Wright & Ben Jones; emerging from 191-day retirement, finished 3rd to stablemate Mar-Kell; rounders beating Whirlaway in Arlington Handicap; exercising with renowned Calumet employee Pinkey Brown; being led around Wash. Park; and at Lexington after retirement. The photos are in excellent condition overall and are stored in archival page protectors. Some of the photos include descriptive text which was used for newspaper or magazine copy at the time.

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