The National Museum of Racing and the Hall of Fame will feature special exhibitions commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Triple Crown’s 1973 founding by the Secretariat and documenting the famed photographer Bert Morgan’s career in motorsports. racing and social scene in Saratoga. Both exhibitions open on July 13. A third special exhibition featuring some of the works of renowned artist Saul Steinberg has opened in the Museum’s Linked Gallery. Here is an overview of each exhibition:
A Big Machine: 50th Anniversary of the Secretariat’s Trident of Crowns
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Secretariat’s historic 1973 Triple Crown sweep—in which he set records that still stand at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes—The Racing Museum and Hall of Fame The nation presents a special exhibit honoring the achievements and enduring legacy of the famous Meadow Stable pony.
A Big Machine: The Secretariat’s 50th Anniversary Triple Crown will be on display at the Peter McBean Gallery, coinciding with the opening day at Saratoga Racecourse on July 13. The exhibit will showcase the battle. The 1973 Kentucky Derby by the Secretariat, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown Cup. A video component that will take fans through the Secretariat’s unique journey through the Triple Crown races, as well as tell the stories of the people who have guided the horse in his remarkable career. that. In addition to the titles and video component, the exhibition will include a wide range of artwork, artefacts, photography, and pop culture items. Exhibition from July 13 to December 2023
Where Summer Will Come: Bert Morgan Focuses on Saratoga
Bert Morgan was one of the most prominent photographers of purebred racing and American society of the 20th century. He started by photographing racing and socializing scenes at Hialeah Park in Florida. By 1940, Morgan was hired as the official photographer for the New York racetracks (later the New York Racing Association). His son eventually opened the Bert and Richard Morgan Studio with him in 1956. Together they captured some of the most important moments in thoroughbred racing history.
In 2021, the Museum is fortunate to receive a donation of more than 4,000 Bert Morgan negatives from Patrick Montgomery. The images in the exhibition highlight the Museum’s newly preserved and digitized images of scenes at Saratoga Racecourse from the 1930s to the 1980s. Exhibition from July 13 to October 2023
At the races with Saul Steinberg
In 1952, artist Saul Steinberg visited Saratoga Springs at the request of Harper’s magazine to provide drawings for a Spa article. Although he had previously created a series of paintings of horses and their riders in the 1940s, this visit may have sparked his interest in thoroughbred horse racing.
The drawings featured in this exhibition span a four-year period from 1955 to 1959. Three were published in his book The Labyrinth in 1960. One was later published in Sports. The 1963 Illustrated “Steinberg at the Races” featured scenes at the racetrack from Paris to Los Angeles. Exhibition from now to December 2023
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