National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Established	1950
Location	Saratoga Springs, New York
Type	Professional sports hall of fame
Director	Christopher Dragone
Curator	Victoria Tokarowski
Website	racingmuseum.org

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. Each spring, following the tabulation of the final votes, the announcement of new inductees is made, usually during Kentucky Derby Week in early May. The actual inductions are held in mid-August during the Saratoga race meeting.

The Hall of Fame's nominating committee selects eight to ten candidates from among the four Contemporary categories (male horse, female horse, jockey and trainer) to be presented to the voters. Changes in voting procedures that commenced with the 2010 candidates allow the voters to choose multiple candidates from a single Contemporary category, instead of a single candidate from each of the four Contemporary categories. For example, in 2016, two female horses (Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta) were inducted at the same time.

The museum also houses a large collection of art, artifacts, and memorabilia that document the history of horse racing from the eighteenth century to the present.

Horses in the Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame gallery at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga

Under current rules, a horse must have been retired for a minimum of five full calendar years to be eligible for the hall of fame. Thoroughbreds remain eligible between five and 25 calendar years following their final racing year. Thoroughbreds retired for more than 25 calendar years become eligible through the Historic Review Committee. In the early years, inductions were made exclusively through historical review. In 1955, a group of 9 horses from the earliest years of the American turf were inducted. The 1956 class included 11 horses that raced around the turn of the century, while the 1957 class included 10 horses that raced up to the mid-thirties. Since then, the classes have been significantly smaller as the shift to more contemporary reviews began.

A.P. Indy before the 1992 Belmont

Assault, with Eddie Arcaro up

Beldame

Black Gold

Broomstick, with George Odom up

Citation

Count Fleet winning the 1943 Derby

Curlin before the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic

Exterminator

Forego in retirement at the Kentucky Horse Park

Grey Lag winning the 1921 Brooklyn Handicap

Hamburg, circa 1911

Hannover

Invasor

John Henry in retirement

Lexington, by Edward Troye

Man o' War in 1920

Native Dancer, the Grey Ghost

Northern Dancer

Rachel Alexandra winning the 2009 Kentucky Oaks

Regret and owner Harry Payne Whitney

File:Ruffian with her jockey Jacinto Vazquez.jpg

Ruffian, ridden by Jacinto Vazquez

Seabiscuit, ridden by George Woolfe

Secretariat as an older stallion

Silver Charm at Old Friends

Spectacular Bid

War Admiral

Zenyatta winning the 2009 Lady's Secret

Name	Year Inducted	Career Years	Starts	Wins
A.P. Indy	2000	1991-1992	27	19
Ack Ack	1986	1968-1971	27	19
Affectionately	1989	1962-1965	52	28
Affirmed	1980	1977-1979	29	22
All Along	1990	1981-1984	21	9
Alsab	1976	1941-1944	51	25
Alydar	1989	1977-1979	26	14
Alysheba	1993	1986-1988	26	11
American Eclipse	1970	1818-1823	8	8
Ancient Title	2008	1972-1978	57	24
Armed	1963	1944-1950	41	20
Artful	1956	1904-1905	8	6
Arts and Letters	1994	1968-1970	23	11
Ashado	2014	2003-2005	21	12
Assault	1964	1945-1950	42	18
Azeri	2010	2001-2004	24	17
Battleship (steeplechaser)	1969	1929-1938	55	24
Bayakoa	1998	1986-1991	39	21
Bed o'Roses	1976	1949-1952	46	18
Beldame	1956	1903-1905	31	17
Ben Brush	1955	1895-1897	40	25
Ben Nevis II (steeplechaser)	2009	1976-1980	21	9
Best Pal	2010	1990-1996	47	18
Bewitch	1977	1947-1951	55	20
Billy Kelly	2015	1918-1923	69	39
Bimelech	1990	1939-1941	15	11
Black Gold	1989	1923-4 1927-8	35	18
Black Helen	1991	1934-1935	22	15
Blue Larkspur	1957	1928-1930	16	10
Bold 'n Determined	1997	1979-1981	20	16
Bold Ruler	1973	1956-1958	33	23
Bon Nouvel (steeplechaser)	1976	1963-1968	51	16
Boston	1955	1836-1843	45	40
Bowl of Flowers	2004	1960-1961	16	10
Broomstick	1956	1903-1905	39	14
Buckpasser	1970	1965-1967	31	25
Busher	1964	1944-1947	21	15
Bushranger (steeplechaser)	1967	1932-1936	21	11
Cafe Prince (steeplechaser)	1985	1972-1980	52	18
Carry Back	1975	1960-1963	61	21
Cavalcade	1993	1933-1936	22	8
Challedon	1977	1938-1942	44	20
Chris Evert	1988	1973-1975	15	10
Cicada	1967	1961-1964	42	23
Cigar	2002	1993-1996	33	19
Citation	1959	1947-1951	45	32
Clifford	2014	1892-1897	62	42
Coaltown	1983	1948-1951	39	23
Colin	1956	1907-1908	15	15
Commando	1956	1900-1901	9	7
Cougar II	2006	1968-1973	50	20
Count Fleet	1961	1942-1943	21	16
Crusader	1995	1925-1928	42	18
Curlin	2014	2007-2008	16	11
Dahlia	1981	1972-1976	48	15
Damascus	1974	1966-1968	32	21
Dance Smartly	2003	1990-1992	17	12
Dark Mirage	1974	1967-1969	27	12
Davona Dale	1985	1978-1980	18	11
Desert Vixen	1979	1972-1975	28	13
Devil Diver	1980	1941-1945	47	22
Discovery	1969	1933-1936	63	27
Domino	1955	1893-1895	25	19
Dr. Fager	1971	1966-1968	22	18
Duke of Magenta	2011	1877-1878	19	15
Easy Goer	1997	1988-1990	20	14
Eight Thirty	1994	1938-1941	27	16
Elkridge (steeplechaser)	1966	1941-1951	123	31
Emperor of Norfolk	1988	1887-1888	29	21
Equipoise	1957	1930-1935	51	29
Exceller	1999	1975-1979	33	15
Exterminator	1957	1917-1924	100	50
Fair Play	1956	1907-1909	32	10
Fairmount (steeplechaser)	1985	1923-1931	22	12
Fashion	1980	1840-1848	36	32
Firenze	1981	1886-1891	82	47
Flatterer (steeplechaser)	1994	1982-1987	51	24
Flawlessly	2004	1990-1994	28	16
Foolish Pleasure	1995	1974-1976	26	16
Forego	1979	1973-1978	57	34
Fort Marcy	1998	1966-1971	75	21
Gallant Bloom	1977	1968-1970	22	16
Gallant Fox	1957	1929-1930	17	11
Gallant Man	1987	1956-1958	26	14
Gallorette	1962	1944-1948	72	21
Gamely	1980	1967-1969	41	16
Genuine Risk	1986	1979-1981	15	10
Ghostzapper	2012	2002-2005	11	9
Go For Wand	1996	1989-1990	13	10
Good and Plenty (steeplechaser)	1956	1904-1907	21	14
Granville	1997	1935-1936	18	8
Grey Lag	1957	1920-3, 1927-8, 1931	47	25
Gun Bow	1999	1963-1965	42	17
Hamburg	1986	1897-1898	21	16
Hanover	1955	1886-1889	50	32
Harry Bassett	2010	1870-1874	36	23
Henry of Navarre	1985	1893-1896	42	29
Hill Prince	1991	1949-1952	30	17
Hindoo	1955	1880-1882	35	30
Holy Bull	2001	1993-1995	16	13
Housebuster	2013	1989-1991	22	15
Imp	1965	1896-1901	171	62
Inside Information	2008	1993-1995	17	14
Invasor	2013	2005-2007	12	11
Jay Trump (steeplechaser)	1971	1959-1966	26	12
John Henry	1990	1977-1984	83	39
Johnstown	1992	1938-1939	21	14
Jolly Roger (steeplechaser)	1965	1924-1930	49	18
Kelso	1967	1959-1966	63	39
Kentucky	1983	1863-1866	22	21
Kingston	1955	1886-1894	138	89
L'Escargot (steeplechaser)	1977	1968-1975	53	12
La Prevoyante	1995	1972-1974	39	25
Lady's Secret	1992	1984-1987	45	25
Lava Man	2015	2003-2009	47	17
Lexington	1955	1853-1854	7	6
Lonesome Glory (steeplechaser)	2005	1991-1999	42	23
Longfellow	1971	1870-1872	16	13
Luke Blackburn	1956	1879-1881	39	25
Lure	2013	1991-1994	25	14
Majestic Prince	1988	1968-1969	10	9
Man o' War	1957	1919-1920	21	20
Manila	2008	1985-1987	18	12
Maskette	2001	1908-1910	17	12
McDynamo (steeplechaser)	2013	2000-2007	34	17
Miesque	1999	1986-1988	16	12
Miss Woodford	1967	1882-1886	48	37
Mom's Command	2007	1984-1985	16	11
Myrtlewood	1979	1934-1936	22	15
Nashua	1965	1954-1956	30	22
Native Dancer	1963	1952-1954	22	21
Native Diver	1978	1961-1967	81	37
Needles	2000	1955-1957	21	11
Neji (steeplechaser)	1966	1953-1960	49	17
Noor	2002	1947-1950	31	12
Northern Dancer	1976	1963-1964	18	14
Oedipus (steeplechaser)	1978	1948-1952	58	14
Old Rosebud	1968	1913-4, 1917, 1919–22	80	40
Omaha	1965	1934-1936	22	9
Open Mind	2011	1988-1990	19	12
Pan Zareta	1972	1912-1917	151	76
Parole	1984	1875-1885	138	59
Paseana	2001	1990-1985	36	19
Personal Ensign	1993	1986-1988	13	13
Peter Pan	1956	1906-1907	17	10
Planet	2012	1858-1860	31	27
Point Given	2010	2000-2001	13	9
Precisionist	2003	1983-1988	20	10
Princess Doreen	1982	1923-1927	94	34
Princess Rooney	1991	1982-1984	21	17
Rachel Alexandra	2016	2008-2010	19	13
Real Delight	1987	1952-1953	15	12
Regret	1957	1914-1917	11	9
Reigh Count	1978	1927-1929	27	12
Riva Ridge	1998	1971-1973	30	17
Roamer	1981	1913-1919	98	39
Roseben	1956	1903-1909	111	52
Round Table	1972	1956-1959	66	43
Ruffian	1976	1974-1975	11	10
Ruthless	1975	1866-1867	11	7
Safely Kept	2011	1988-1991	31	24
Salvator	1955	1888-1890	19	16
Sarazen	1957	1923-1928	55	27
Seabiscuit	1958	1935-1940	89	33
Searching	1978	1954-1958	89	25
Seattle Slew	1981	1976-1978	17	14
Secretariat	1974	1972-1973	21	16
Serena's Song	2002	1994-1996	38	18
Shuvee	1975	1968-1971	44	16
Silver Charm	2007	1996-1999	24	12
Silver Spoon	1978	1958-1960	27	13
Silverbulletday	2009	1998-2000	23	15
Sir Archy	1955	1808-1809	7	4
Sir Barton	1957	1918-1920	31	13
Skip Away	2004	1995-1998	38	18
Sky Beauty	2011	1992-1995	21	15
Slew o' Gold	1992	1982-1984	20	12
Spectacular Bid	1982	1978-1980	30	26
Stymie	1975	1943-1949	131	35
Sun Beau	1996	1927-1931	74	33
Sunday Silence	1996	1988-1990	14	9
Susan's Girl	1976	1971-1975	63	29
Swaps	1966	1954-1956	25	19
Swoon's Son	2007	1955-1958	51	30
Sword Dancer	1977	1958-1960	39	15
Sysonby	1956	1904-1905	15	14
Ta Wee	1994	1968-1970	21	15
Ten Broeck	1982	1874-1878	30	23
Tim Tam	1985	1957-1958	14	10
Tiznow	2009	2000-2001	15	8
Tom Fool	1960	1951-1953	30	21
Tom Ochiltree	2016	1875-1877	33	21
Top Flight	1966	1931-1932	16	12
Tosmah	1984	1963-1966	39	23
Tuscalee (steeplechaser)	2013	1963-1972	89	39
Twenty Grand	1957	1930-1935	25	14
Twilight Tear	1963	1943-1945	24	18
Two Lea	1982	1948-1952	26	15
War Admiral	1958	1936-1939	26	21
Whirlaway	1959	1940-1943	60	32
Whisk Broom II	1979	1909-1913	26	10
Winning Colors	2000	1987-1989	19	8
Xtra Heat	2015	2000-2003	35	26
Zaccio (steeplechaser)	1990	1979-1984	42	22
Zenyatta	2016	2007-2010	20	19
Zev	1983	1922-1924	43	23

Jockeys in the Hall of fame

To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a jockey must be licensed for 20 years or have been retired for at least five years.

Name	Year Awarded
John H. Adams	1965
Dooley Adams	1970
Joe Aitcheson, Jr.	1978
Chris Antley	2015
Eddie Arcaro	1958
Ted Atkinson	1957
Braulio Baeza	1976
Jerry D. Bailey	1995
George Barbee	1996
Shelby "Pike" Barnes	2011
Caroll K. Bassett	1972
Russell Baze	1999
Walter Blum	1987
William Boland	2006
Calvin Borel	2013
George Bostwick	1968
Sam Boulmetis, Sr.	1973
Steve Brooks	1963
Don Brumfield	1996
Thomas H. Burns	1983
James H. Butwell	1984
J. Dallett Byers	1967
Steve Cauthen	1994
Frank Coltiletti	1970
Angel Cordero, Jr.	1988
Robert H. Crawford	1973
Pat Day	1991
Eddie Delahoussaye	1993
Kent Desormeaux	2004
Ramon Dominguez	2016
Lavelle Ensor	1962
Laverne Fator	1955
Earlie Fires	2001
Jerry Fishback	1992
Mack Garner	1969
Edward R. Garrison	1955
Avelino Gomez	1982
Henry F. Griffin	1956
Eric Guerin	1972
Bill Hartack	1959
Sandy Hawley	1992
Lloyd Hughes	2014
Albert Johnson	1971
William J. Knapp	1969
Julie Krone	2000
Clarence Kummer	1972
Charles Kurtsinger	1967
Johnny Loftus	1959
Johnny Longden	1958
Daniel A. Maher	1955
Eddie Maple	2009
J. Linus McAtee	1956
Chris McCarron	1989
Conn McCreary	1975
Rigan McKinney	1968
Jim McLaughlin	1955
Walter Miller	1955
Isaac Murphy	1955
Ralph Neves	1960
Joe Notter	1963
Winfield O'Conner	1956
George Odom	1955
Frank O'Neill	1956
Ivan H. Parke	1978
Gilbert W. Patrick	1970
Donald Pierce	2010
Laffit Pincay, Jr.	1975
Edgar Prado	2008
Samuel Purdy	1970
John Reiff	1956
Alfred Robertson	1971
John L. Rotz	1983
Randy Romero	2010
Earl Sande	1955
José A. Santos	2007
Johnny Sellers	2007
Carroll H. Shilling	1970
Willie Shoemaker	1958
Willie Simms	1977
Tod Sloan	1955
Mike E. Smith	2003
Alfred P. Smithwick	1973
Alex Solis	2014
Gary Stevens	1997
James Stout	1968
Fred Taral	1955
Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.	1973
Ron Turcotte	1979
Nash Turner	1955
Bobby Ussery	1980
Ismael Valenzuela	2008
Jacinto Vasquez	1998
Jorge Velasquez	1990
John Velazquez	2012
Thomas M. Walsh	2005
Jack Westrope	2002
Jimmy Winkfield	2004
George Woolf	1955
Raymond Workman	1956
Wayne D. Wright	2016
Manuel Ycaza	1977

Trainers in the Hall of Fame

To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a trainer must be licensed and actively involved with Thoroughbreds for at least 25 years or have been retired for a minimum of five years.

Name	Year Awarded
Steve Asmussen	2016
Roger L. Attfield	2012
Bob Baffert	2009
Laz Barrera	1979
H. Guy Bedwell	1971
Edward D. Brown	1984
J. Elliott Burch	1980
Preston M. Burch	1963
William P. Burch	1955
Fred Burlew	1973
Matthew Byrnes	2011
Frank E. Childs	1968
Henry S. Clark	1982
W. Burling Cocks	1985
James P. Conway	1996
Warren A. Croll, Jr.	1994
Bud Delp	2002
Neil Drysdale	2000
William B. Duke	1956
Janet Elliot	2009
Louis Feustel	1964
James Fitzsimmons	1958
Henry Forrest	2007
Robert J. Frankel	1995
John M. Gaver, Sr.	1966
Carl Hanford	2006
Thomas J. Healey	1955
Samuel C. Hildreth	1955
Sonny Hine	2003
Maximilian Hirsch	1959
William J. Hirsch	1982
Thomas Hitchcock	1973
Jerry Hollendorfer	2011
Hollie Hughes	1973
John J. Hyland	1956
Hirsch Jacobs	1958
H. Allen Jerkens	1975
Philip G. Johnson	1997
William R. Johnson	1986
LeRoy Jolley	1987
Benjamin A. Jones	1958
Gary F. Jones	2014
Horace A. Jones	1959
A. Jack Joyner	1955
Thomas J. Kelly	1993
Lucien Laurin	1977
King T. Leatherbury	2015
J. Howard Lewis	1969
D. Wayne Lukas	1999
Horatio Luro	1980
John E. Madden	1983
James W. Maloney	1989
Richard E. Mandella	2001
Pancho Martin	1981
Frank McCabe	2007
Ron McAnally	1990
Henry McDaniel	1956
Claude R. McGaughey III	2004
MacKenzie Miller	1987
Michael "Buster" Millerick	2010
William Molter	1960
William I. Mott	1998
Winbert F. Mulholland	1967
Carl Nafzger	2008
Edward A. Neloy	1983
John A. Nerud	1972
Burley Parke	1986
Angel Penna, Sr.	1988
Jacob Pincus	1988
John W. Rogers	1955
James G. Rowe, Sr.	1955
Flint S. Schulhofer	1992
Jonathan E. Sheppard	1990
Robert A. Smith	1976
Tom Smith	2001
Daniel Michael Smithwick	1971
Woody Stephens	1976
Mesh Tenney	1991
Herbert J. Thompson	1969
Harry Trotsek	1984
Jack Van Berg	1985
Marion Van Berg	1970
John M. Veitch	2007
Sylvester Veitch	1977
R. Wyndham Walden	1970
Michael G. Walsh	1997
Sherrill W. Ward	1978
Sidney J. Watters, Jr.	2005
Robert L. Wheeler	2012
Frank Whiteley, Jr.	1978
Charles E. Whittingham	1974
Ansel Williamson	1998
William C. Winfrey	1971
G. Carey Winfrey	1975
Nick Zito	2005

Presidents

Name	Term
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney	1950 – 1953
Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.	1953 – 1960
George D. Widener, Jr.	1960 – 1968
John W. Hanes	1968 – 1970
Gerard S. Smith	1970 – 1974
Charles E. Mather II	1974 – 1982
Whitney Tower	1982 – 1989
John T. von Stade	1989 – 2005
Stella F. Thayer	2005 – 2014
Gretchen Jackson	2014 – Present

Exemplars of Racing

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has named only five people in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing as "Exemplars of Racing."

Name	Year Awarded
George D. Widener, Jr.	1971
Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.	1973
John W. Hanes	1982
Paul Mellon	1989
Martha F. Gerry	2007

Pillars of the Turf

Established in 2013, the Hall of Fame states that the Pillars of the Turf category honors those "who have made extraordinary contributions to Thoroughbred racing in a leadership or pioneering capacity at the highest national level."

Name	Year Awarded
Arthur B. Hancock Jr.	2016
William Woodward Sr.	2016
John Hay Whitney	2015
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr.	2015
E. P. Taylor	2014
Edward R. Bradley	2014
August Belmont II	2013
Paul Mellon	2013

Museum Exhibits

In addition to the Hall of Fame, the museum houses numerous exhibits. These include:

Secretariat statue by John Skeaping at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga

• the Link Gallery, which features a bronze statue, Seasick, and a rotating selection of paintings
• the Sculpture Gallery, which features work by June Harrah, Herbert Haseltine, Marilyn Newmark, Jim Reno, John Skeaping and Eleanor Iselin Wade, among others. The gallery looks out onto the inner courtyard, which features a life-size bronze of Secretariat
• the Colonial Gallery, which covers the ocean transportation of horses and the foundations of American racing
• the Pre-Civil War Gallery, covering the expansion of racing during the early 19th century
• the Post-Civil War Gallery, covering the continued expansion of racing after the Civil War until a backlash to gambling in the early 20th century led to the closure of many tracks
• the 20th Century Gallery, which covers more recent topics
• The Eclipse Gallery, featuring award-winning entries from the Eclipse Award photography competition
• The Racing Day Gallery, which features displays about jockeys, odds and the Breeders' Cup
• The Anatomy Room, covering the breeding and biology of the Thoroughbred
• The Triple Crown Gallery, including information and artifacts related to Triple Crown history
• The Steeplechase Gallery, covering the history of steeplechase racing in America
• The von Stade Gallery, which displays a selection of paintings, works on paper, or photographic prints from the Museum Collection
• The Peter McBean Gallery, which houses temporary exhibitions, a semi-permanent Hall of Fame Heroes exhibition and seasonal exhibitions. It also houses a collection bequeathed by John Nerud, including trophies and paintings of the Hall of Fame horses he trained, Gallant Man and Dr. Fager

The Museum Collection includes just over 300 paintings. These range from paintings of the early days of racing in England by John E. Ferneley, Sr. to more contemporary champions by Richard Stone Reeves. Featured artists include: William Smithson Broadhead, Vaughn Flannery, Sir Alfred J. Munnings, Frederic Remington, Martin Stainforth, George Stubbs, Henry Stull, Edward Troye and Franklin Brooke Voss. Also on display are Kelso's five Jockey Club Gold Cup trophies and the Triple Crown trophies of Count Fleet.

United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame

See: Category:United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees (for thoroughbred horse racing horses, jockeys, and trainers who have been inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame)

See also: Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum

See also

• Australian Racing Hall of Fame
• British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame
• British National Horseracing Museum
• Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
• Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame
• New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame

External links

• Official website