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In just less than a week, thousands of Derby-goers will pass under a 36 foot-long mural in the heart of the clubhouse at Churchill Downs depicting every jockey to win one of the first 130 editions of the GI Kentucky Derby. The hand behind this Churchill Downs fixture may be unknown to many passers-by, but generations of racing fans quickly recognize the inscribed signature--Peb. Artwork from Eclipse winner Pierre 'Peb' Bellocq is displayed at racetracks across the country, from Churchill Downs and Keeneland to Arlington, Del Mar, Oaklawn, Belmont, Aqueduct...

What's in a name? Well, potentially quite a lot, if a single letter can weigh as much as it does in that of Kris Stuebs. The one that starts her surname enabled her to call her professional agency Kris S. Bloodstock, in playful homage to her equine namesake. Few who know her in that guise, however, will ever have reflected that you only have to switch one letter in her surname to come up with the ultimate paragon for her second metier: Stubbs. For Stuebs has uniquely entwined two very...