Confessions of a racing memorabilia junky

[Downthestretch55]

Shadow Roll,
My most prized is the 1969 Bloodhorse stallion register. One of my favorites is listed. 20-16-2-1-1, earnings $900,592. Stood at Tartan Farms, Ocla Fl.
owner John A. Nerud. The bay's name...Dr. Fager.

DTS

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Shadow Roll,
My most prized is the 1969 Bloodhorse stallion register. One of my favorites is listed. 20-16-2-1-1, earnings $900,592. Stood at Tartan Farms, Ocla Fl.
owner John A. Nerud. The bay's name...Dr. Fager.

DTS

Very nice! One of my favorites, too. I've got a photo of him with Baeza's autograph, framed and hanging in my office.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

My non-racing friends (and my wife) think I'm crazy for the amount of racing keepsakes and collectibles I buy. I regularly browse ebay (mostly for photos), always buy a souvenir at the track on the big days (usually a lapel pin) and always keep the program, and if I go to a second-hand store or a flea market or a yard sale, I've got this kind of racing memento radar that lets me home in on the horsey coffee cup sitting three deep on the bottom shelf.

What's your best piece of racing memorabilia and what's the story behind it?

My favorite would probably be the "win" tickets I saved from Seattle Slew's Belmont.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

Very nice! One of my favorites, too. I've got a photo of him with Baeza's autograph, framed and hanging in my office.

Very cool.
Actually, two of mine carry Dr Fager blood. He sired a mare named Remedia, the dam of Too Chic, the dam of Alpargata (sire Alydar), dam of Daygata (Dayjur by Danzig). One is a 2yo filly, Darlin' by Day, one is a yearling colt, Daring Day.

Also, your avitar is very good.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

thanks to sammy steves god son a few of us a have a stunning photo of alydar..then the bykster got it signed by the jock..

Sammy's pop, John Hubbard, was the photographer for the Bennington Banner at the time and instead of waiting at the finish line, cleverly positioned himself on the backstretch opposite the Saratoga grandstand for the Travers. He got a terrific shot of Affirmed, Alydar and Nasty and Bold heads apart right before the incident that resulted in Affirmed's DQ...

The original hangs at Sperry's on Caroline St. Hubbs got a number of oversized copies made and I had Jorge Velasquez sign them. It's a totally unique shot of the race and rather cool piece of memorabilia with the original "J.V.'s" autograph...

[Echo Farm]

I have a fairly diverse collection. Lots of original time win composites (2 John Henry, & Lady's Secret, signed, Cigar BC, and many more) My favorites are some of the older matted ones from the 40s and 50s of claimers. I also have several cool win photos of Calumet horses from Southern CA wins in the 50s,
and a Calumet stall webbing from the Lundy era.
Somehow I managed to get all of the Santa Anita Steins to collect dust, too, along with 3 Chris McCarron win trophies: Cavonieer Cal Cup Juve, Purdue King, and Love Smitten (Swain's Dam).
A few saddle cloths, shoes, halters and other odball stuff. Too much to display. It becomes addicting.
I guess my most unusual thing is a harness item, a 3' x 4' banner that hung in the old Quad City Downs commerating the "Fastest nighttime mile" there 10/1/82, by Rambling Willie.
Lots of books.

Someday............... I'll get pics of everything in an album on the web.

[-BT-]

My prize collectible is a 1973 Saratoga Whitney program signed by Secretariat’s trainer Lucien Laurin.

As a 20-something year old college student, I actually bumped into him after the running of the Whitney. He graciously signed my program even though he must have been disappointed and upset over the outcome of the race. A true gentleman as well as an outstanding trainer

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

Peter Fox sells great photos at http://www.championsgallery.com/ and he sells on ebay as pedrozorro. Eclipse award winning photographer Bob Coglianese sells on ebay as photoad.

I buy Peter Fox's photos all the time. He even sent me a free DVD of past great racehorses and great races when I purchased a Bernardini photo. That was really nice of him.

My favorite racehorse memorabilia is the entire Danberry Mint Racehorse collection, my Breyer collection of many great racehorses, my original oil painting of Barbaro winning the Kentucky Derby by Pat Delong, and my Secretariat photo of the entire Belmont stretch run (you all know which one I am talking about) signed by Ron Turcotte.

Pat Delong has an awesome store now where she sells a ton of memorabilia through paintings...I could buy her out. I love that kind of stuff.

http://stores.prime-equine.com/Categ...=Store+Catalog

Here's my Barbaro painting again...I know that I've shown it on here a million times, but we have a lot of new members...

http://www.finalturngallery.com/SmartyJones/barbaorftg

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by Echo Farm

I have a fairly diverse collection. Lots of original time win composites (2 John Henry, & Lady's Secret, signed, Cigar BC, and many more) My favorites are some of the older matted ones from the 40s and 50s of claimers. I also have several cool win photos of Calumet horses from Southern CA wins in the 50s,
and a Calumet stall webbing from the Lundy era.
Somehow I managed to get all of the Santa Anita Steins to collect dust, too, along with 3 Chris McCarron win trophies: Cavonieer Cal Cup Juve, Purdue King, and Love Smitten (Swain's Dam).
A few saddle cloths, shoes, halters and other odball stuff. Too much to display. It becomes addicting.
I guess my most unusual thing is a harness item, a 3' x 4' banner that hung in the old Quad City Downs commerating the "Fastest nighttime mile" there 10/1/82, by Rambling Willie.
Lots of books.



Someday............... I'll get pics of everything in an album on the web.

Echo Farm....

Sounds like a very nice collection to me. And you've given me some ideas of things I'd like to find!

I posted awhile back that I was recently thrilled to find and buy a winner's circle photo from 1950.

From Ascot.

Ascot Park.

In Akron, Ohio. It's where I cut my horseracing fan teeth! And my real teeth!