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Secretariat, Triple Crown Winner in 1973,
in his pasture paddock, Claiborne Farms, Paris, Ky |
Triple Crown Winner in 1973 Head
Study of Secretariat |
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Sketch of Triple Crown
Winner in 1973 Secretariat |
Kay Smith Artist Laureate of Illinois
with Secretariat and Groom |
Kay Smith Artist Laureate of Illinois
with Secretariat and Groom |
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Spectacular Bid Delaware Track |
Triple Crown Winner 1978 Affirmed
being washed down afte a workout |
Triple Crown Winner 1978 Affirmed
At
Belmont on Affirmed Day |
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The Artist and John Henry, the great stakes winner, Arlington, Illinois |
Barn Interior, Smith Farm, Vandalia, Illinois
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Seattle Slew, Triple Crown Winner,
1977 at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, Ky
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Secretariat on Claiborne Farms, Paris, Ky
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Keeneland Yearly Sales, Lexington, Kentucky |
Kay speaks about her 1979 experiences painting
Super Horse Triple Crown Winner Secretariat
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The images above were taken at a recent Art Class at the Old Town
Triangle Association where
Kay was speaking
about her experiences
with
Super
Horse Triple Crown Winner Secretariat.
In 1979 Kay spent two weeks with Secretariat to do a painting of him to be featured in a new major book,
The Great American Sports Book, for the Hall of Fame Press.
She was able to get to know him intimately, sitting on the hay in a corner of his stall sketching him in watercolor by way of getting to know his personality. As a host he was quite comical, dropping hay on her sometimes and nuzzling her paint tray out of her reach, finally eating her strawhat --later he seemed to realize he had lost his game of knocking it off her head every day. And when time for him to pose, he was all professional. At his groom's command, it was head up, ears pointed forward, his three white stockinged legs placed just right to be seen by the guest which he expected to be a photographer. Quickly puzzled that no light bulbs were popping, he would break his pose to look around at me to see why I was loafing along with a brush and paints. |
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