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One of the greatest
thoroughbred races of 2004 almost was run underwater. During last year’s
Travers Stakes in Saratoga Springs an enormous summer thunderstorm
struck. Growing darker and more massive by the minute, the storm clouds
turned day into night. Only the low-angle yellow lamps at the finish
line illuminated the eerily darkened track.
It had begun to rain
earlier, but as jockey Edgar Prado rode the Belmont Stakes winner,
Birdstone, across the finish line, the skies opened up. To say that it
poured rain does not begin to describe the deluge and winds that
followed. You couldn’t see ten feet. It was not a race that anyone who
darted through the rain will soon forget.
And so, my 20th
Anniversary poster: “Storm Bird.”
About the Artist -
Greg Montgomery's bold and striking images of the Saratoga racing scene are
sought after and hang in public and private collections worldwide.
He received his formal art training at the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque, where he studied painting and lithography, and at the College of
St. Rose in Albany, NY, where he studied serigraphy.
A native of Washington, DC, he travels extensively throughout the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Europe, capturing images with pen, paint,
and camera. His clean colors, dynamic form and unusual use of white space make
his work unparalleled in the field of equestrian art.
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