#jockeys

[this-is-a-stickup]

something magical about the early stages of trouser removal as the white briefs make their first appearance. And you know all those clothes are coming off.

[dreamingofbarbaro]

Congratulations to Napoleon Solo and his humans on winning the 2026 Preakness Stakes🖤💛

[vintagepromotions]

'I dropped a little at the races today - but I'll clean up later!'

Postcard featuring a cartoon of a funny horse racing scene (1943).

[impressionim-paintings]

The Races

Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)

Date: 1871-1872

Medium: Oil on wood

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States

[detroitlib]

View of jockey Howard Craig walking horse no. 8 "Interfere" and jockey Richard Lawless walking horse no. 7 "Ruth Murphy" on track at the Hazel Park Raceway. Handwritten on page: "In 8th race, Aug. 28th, 1952. #7, Ruth Murphy, Richard Lawless, jockey. #8, Interfere, Howard Craig, jockey. With telephoto lens, Hazel Park." Handwritten on back: "Aug. 28, '52. 8th race, #7 Ruth Murphy, jockey Richard Lawless. #8 Interfere, Howard Craig, jockey."

Part of an album of photographs taken by Cathie Monticelli. Inscribed inside front cover: "My book, at the race track, 1952 by Cathie Monticelli, 1426 Pearson Ave., Ferndale 20, Michigan."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[thunderstruck9]

Wadsworth Jarrell (American, 1929), The Jocks #2, 1981. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 68 in.

"The Jocks #2" is an expressive group portrait of five African American Kentucky Derby winning jockeys. Left to right: James "Soup" Perkins, Alonzo Clayton, Isaac Murphy, Jimmy Winkfield and William Walker. Isaac Murphy, who was the first jockey to win three consecutive Kentucky Derbys and who won more races than any other jockey, is placed center with a glowing crown around his head.

[lukec721]

Just a peek