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8 de jun. de 2022 · In her new historic novel, Brooks reimagines the life of the itinerant artist Thomas J. Scott, who rendered the distinguished race horse in the oil painting, Portrait of Lexington, ca. 1857, a...
- Samantha Baskind
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
On his last day, his breathing became labored until, "game to the last," Lexington died around midnight on July 1, 1875 at the age of 25. Lexington was buried outside his stall at Woodburn and his grave was topped with a stone marker, the first monument to a racehorse in Kentucky.
