National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Established	1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Location	Saratoga Springs, New York
Type	Professional sports hall of fame
Director	Cate Masterson
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.^[1] 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.

History

The National Museum of Racing was founded in 1950, led by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and a group of people interested in thoroughbred racing. The museum first opened its doors in 1951, at which time it occupied a single room in Saratoga's Canfield Casino. The establishment was supported by the city of Saratoga Springs, which donated $2,500, the Saratoga Racing Association, which donated $5,000, and various patrons of the sport, who also donated various pieces of art and memorabilia. The first item in the museum's collection was a horseshoe worn by the great Lexington.^[2]

In 1955, the museum relocated to its current location on Union Avenue, across the street from the main entrance of the historic Saratoga Race Course. The museum was relocated to a newly reconstructed building and a thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame was included. Since then, the museum has expanded several times to allow for the display of its extensive art collection and more multimedia displays on the history of the sport.^[2]

Horses in the Hall of Fame

In the early years, inductions to the hall of fame were based on the evaluation of a panel of racing historians. In 1955, a group of nine horses from the earliest years of the American turf were inducted.^[3] 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 inductions shifted to more contemporary horses. 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. (Exceptions to this rule have been made; for example, Secretariat was inducted the year after his retirement and Ruffian was inducted the year after her death.) Thoroughbreds remain eligible in the contemporary category between five and 25 calendar years following their final racing year. Thoroughbreds retired for more than 25 calendar years may become eligible through the Historic Review Committee.^[2][4]

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Photo	Name	Inducted	Career years	Starts	Wins
	A.P. Indy	2000	1991–1992	11	8
	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
	American Pharoah	2021	2014-2015	11	9
	Ancient Title	2008	1972–1978	57	24
	Aristides	2024	1874–1878	21	9
	Armed	1963	1944–1950	81	41
	Arrogate	2023	2016–2017	11	7
	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
	Beholder	2022	2012-2016	26	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
	California Chrome	2023	2013–2017	27	16
	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
	Goldikova	2017