Collections Connections
- Audience: Ages 8 and up
Collections Connections uses objects from the Museum's collections to connect youths to the horses, people, and places of the sport's past and present. Virtual series segments, designed for learners ages 8 and up, spotlight myriad stories from the rich history of thoroughbred racing.
Hollywood Park trophy collection
About: In this Collections Connections segment, Museum educator Matt Reichel talks about historic Hollywood Park and trophies from the Museum Collection.
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Call to the Post
About: In this Collections Connections segment, Museum educator Matt Reichel talks about the most iconic sound in horse racing — the "Call to the Post"
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Triple Crown winners signed jockey goggles
About: This Collections Connections segment spotlights the Triple Crown and goggles autographed by Ron Turcotte, Jean Cruguet, Steve Cauthen, Victor Espinoza, and Mike Smith.
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Portrait of Stephen Sanford
About: This Collections Connections segment spotlights the legacy of prominent racehorse owner and breeder Stephen Sanford.
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1927 Jockey Club Gold Cup Trophy
About: This Collections Connections segment spotlights Hall of Fame jockey Earl Sande and Triple Crown winner and Hall of Famer Gallant Fox.
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Citation 1948 Belmont Stakes Horseshoe
About: This Collections Connections segment spotlights Hall of Fame trainer Horace A. “Jimmy” Jones and Hall of Fame Triple Crown winner Citation.
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Hamburg, by Henry Stull
About: This Collections Connections episode highlights Hall of Fame trainer John E. Madden and Hall of Fame racehorse Hamburg.
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War Admiral's 1937 Triple Crown Trophy
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights Hall of Fame jockey Charles Kurtsinger and Hall of Fame Triple Crown winner War Admiral.
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"The Great $10,000 Match Race" by Henry Stull
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights Hall of Fame jockey Isaac Burns Murphy and Hall of Fame horse Salvator.
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Isaac Burns Murphy
About: Our previous Collections Connections episode spotlighted Hall of Fame jockey Isaac Burns Murphy. In this episode, we meet with Bruce Mundy of Phoenix Rising Lex in the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden in Lexington, Kentucky, to learn more about Murphy's life and impact.
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Charles Town Race Course Program
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights jockey Barbara Jo Rubin.
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July 31, 1972 Sports Illustrated
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights jockey Robyn Smith.
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Julie Krone's Saddle
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone.
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1972 Jockey Club Gold Cup Program
About: This Collections Connections episode features highlights from Hall of Fame trainer Frank Martin’s career.
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1945 Kentucky Derby Program
About: This Collections Connections episode spotlights the life and career of Hall of Fame jockey Ivan Parke.
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1922 Saratoga Cup Trophy
About: This Collections Connections episode features highlights from Hall of Fame jockey Albert Johnson’s life and career.
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