“Profile of Lexington from American Classic Pedigrees”

This profile contains Lexington’s statistics and allows visitors to the site to trace Lexington’s progeny through the generations and track their accomplishments and descendants.

“The Lost Story of Lexington, the Record-Breaking Thoroughbred, Races Back to Life” by Samantha Baskind

This article in Smithsonian Magazine covers the history of Lexington and describes how Brooks was inspired by the Smithsonian Institution.

"Antebellum Sports Illustrated: Representing African Americans in Edward Troye’s Equine Paintings” by Dr. Jessica Dallow

This page describes Swiss American painter Edward Troye’s depiction of Black handlers and jockeys in his paintings of racehorses. It also details horseracing in the South in the mid-to-late 1800s, including the involvement of enslaved and free Black horse trainers. 

"Pollock With a Dark Side” by Kelly Crow

This Wall Street Journal article details Jackson Pollock’s convertible, the paintings for which he exchanged it, and the car crash that followed.

Lexington, The Racehorse



A seven-minute video by Kentucky Educational TV on the return of Lexington’s skeleton to Kentucky.