Keeneland officials announced Wednesday that the Keeneland Library has
secured the Thoroughbred Times library collection, which was recently
sold via an online auction.
Approximately 10,000 volumes and 57 file cabinets comprising books, journals,
historic clip files and photographs are among the contents acquired by
Keeneland. The collection will be open to the public once it is inventoried and
cataloged.
“The Thoroughbred Times library is an extremely well-crafted
collection,” Keeneland Library Director Becky Ryder said. “Much of it will fill
gaps in Keeneland’s collection, and some of it will be used in future
digitization projects. The photographs and photographic negatives are unique,
priceless resources that will greatly enhance the work of researchers.”
Books and journals, some dating from the 19th century, which cover an
extensive range of Thoroughbred-related topics, highlight the Thoroughbred
Times collection. Featured among its other contents are complete runs of
such fundamental titles as The Blood-Horse, Daily Racing Form
Monthly Charts, Thoroughbred Record and Thoroughbred Times, as
well as such historical materials as The Spirit of the Times, Turf
Field and Farm, Irish Racing Calendar and British Racing Calendar.
The collection includes stallion registries and stud books from Europe, Asia,
Australia, Latin America and the United States.
Keeneland also acquired approximately 220,000 photographic prints and 250,000
digital images from the 1940s to the present.
The Thoroughbred Times, a trade magazine covering the Thoroughbred
industry, was published from 1985 until September 2012.
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