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Eadweard Muybridge ( / ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ /; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname ...
The Horse in Motion studies are commonly regarded as a pinnacle in the development of motion picture media (although dates, titles, and pictures from different periods are often mixed up in statements about Muybridge's influence). Jordan Peele's 2022 film Nope made reference to Plate 626, published in Animal Locomotion. The film's main ...
Edgar Degas, Before the Race, 1882–1884, oil on panel, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion features an animated sequence of a race horse galloping, using photos published in 1887. Thoroughbred racing was an inspiration for Romantic and Impressionist artists of the 19th century.
Photo-finish cameras were developed during the 1940s and 1950s as a means of regulating the racing industry and to reduce cheating. Betting on races became increasingly popular during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Authorities were therefore concerned to improve the probity of racing which was widely regarded as corrupt.
This is a list of notable jockeys, both male and female, covering jockeys who have competed worldwide in all forms of horse racing A. Fred Archer ...
Sierra Leone (horse) 1. Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Westerburg, Rocket Ship Racing & Peter Brant (2023) 2. Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Westerburg, Brook T. Smith & Peter Brant (2024–) Sierra Leone (foaled March 31, 2021) is a multiple-Grade winning American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Ruffian. Ruffian (April 17, 1972 – July 7, 1975) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won ten consecutive races, including the Acorn, Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks, then known as the American Triple Tiara. She was in the lead at every point of call in every race she ever ran and set new stakes records in each of the eight ...
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Avenue near Saratoga Race Course, at which time inductions into the hall of fame began.