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Artwork Description. The famous racehorse Lexington was born in Kentucky in 1850 and went on to sire more winning horses than any other American thoroughbred before or since. Thomas J. Scott painted this image while living in Kentucky in the 1850s, when Lexington was at his peak. In an article for Turf, Field and Farm, Scott described the ...
Luce Center Label. The famous racehorse Lexington was born in Kentucky in 1850 and went on to sire more winning horses than any other American thoroughbred before or since. Thomas J. Scott painted this image while living in Kentucky in the 1850s, when Lexington was at his peak.
This Smithsonian loan returned the legendary thoroughbred’s remains to the town of his birthplace some 160 years after he was born. Known as one of the greatest racehorses of his day and sire to more winning horses than any other American thoroughbred before or since, Lexington is a symbol of the town of Lexington’s latest marketing campaign, which names him the “Official Horse of ...
Lexington (March 17, 1850 – July 1, 1875) was a United States Thoroughbred race horse who won six of his seven race starts. Perhaps his greatest fame, however, came as the most successful sire of the second half of the nineteenth century; he was the leading sire in North America 16 times, and broodmare sire of many notable racehorses.
16 de abr. de 2020 · Legends. April 16th, 2020 by J. Keeler Johnson. Lexington proved even greater as a stallion than he was as a racehorse. (Painting by T.J. Scott/Keeneland Association) The city of Lexington, Ky., has long been considered the center of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States.
ca. 1857. Description. The famous racehorse Lexington was born in Kentucky in 1850 and went on to sire more winning horses than any other American thoroughbred before or since. Thomas J. Scott painted this image while living in Kentucky in the 1850s, when Lexington was at his peak.
