Confessions of a racing memorabilia junky

[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...