2023 Official Guide to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and HALL OF FAME

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown

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20 Welcome to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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History of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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Museum Exhibition Spotlight: At the Races with Saul Steinberg

By Jessica Cloer, Museum Curator

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Museum Collection Spotlight: Pre-Civil War Gallery Paintings

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Hall of Fame Horses Roster

58 Hall of Fame Jockeys Roster

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Hall of Fame

Class of 2023: Corey Nakatani

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Hall of Fame Class of 2023: Fernando Toro

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Hall of Fame

Class of 2023: John W. Hanes II

By Edward L. Bowen, Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chairman

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Hall of Fame

Class of 2023: Leonard W. Jerome

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Hall of Fame

Class of 2023: Stella F. Thayer

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

By Edward L. Bowen, Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chairman

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

By Edward L. Bowen, Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chairman

62 Hall of Fame Trainers Roster

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Hall of Fame Pillars of the Turf Roster

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Hall of Fame Class of 2023: Arrogate

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Hall of Fame Class of 2023: California Chrome

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Hall of Fame Class of 2023: Songbird

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

128 A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Citation’s Crowning Achievement: Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Citation’s Triple Crown

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Hall of Fame jockey profile: Ted Atkinson

By Brien Bouyea, Hall of Fame and Communications Director

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Photo Finish: Selections from the Museum’s 2022 juried photography exhibition

162 Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor

166 Museum Events

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Congratulations to the 2023 inductees to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame!

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Congratulations Corey Nakatani, Fernando Toro, Arrogate, California Chrome, and Songbird. You truly are national treasures.

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Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, home of the fabled Saratoga Race Course, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has been chronicling and promoting thoroughbred racing’s rich history for more than 70 years. Established in 1950, the Museum was initially housed within the Canfield Casino in Congress Park before moving to its permanent home on Union Avenue in 1955.

Throughout its history, the Museum has preserved and interpreted the full spectrum of thoroughbred racing in America and honored the

sport’s greatest achievers with racing’s most coveted and significant honor — enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.

The Museum features arguably the world’s finest collection of equine art, numerous comprehensive historical exhibits emphasizing prestigious trophies and artifacts, and a variety of interactive displays that convey the excitement of thoroughbred racing and educate fans of all ages. A stateof-the-art Hall of Fame featuring the immersive signature film What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame opened to the public in 2020.

As of Hall of Fame Induction Day 2023, the Museum’s Hall of Fame

Gallery includes the interactive plaques and details the tremendous accomplishments of 223 thoroughbreds, 110 jockeys, 101 trainers, and 44 Pillars of the Turf. This year, the Hall of Fame will induct the racehorses Arrogate, California Chrome, and Songbird; jockeys Corey Nakatani and Fernando Toro; and Pillars of the Turf John W. Hanes II, Leonard W. Jerome, and Stella F. Thayer.

The 2023 induction ceremony will be held at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 4. For more information on the ceremony, please visit racingmuseum.org

We also invite you to experience the Museum’s newest exhibits: A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown (Peter McBean Gallery, through December 2023); The Summer Place to Be: Bert Morgan’s Focus on Saratoga Race Course (von Stade Gallery, through September 2023); the 5th annual Photo Finish: Juried Photography Exhibition (von Stade Gallery, opening November 2023); and At the Races with Saul Steinberg (Link Gallery, through December 2023).

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum.

The Day of Algiers, Nat Flatman up, winning the Tradesmen’s Cup, 1840 Chester Race Course, Chester, England

By James Pollard, oil on canvas

Charles H. Thieriot Collection

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Where Racing History Comes to Life

Since 1950, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has chronicled, honored, and promoted the sport of American thoroughbred racing in both traditional and innovative ways

BY EDWARD L. BOWEN Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chairman

Led by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, a group of people prominent within the sport of thoroughbred racing founded the National Museum of Racing in 1950. The Museum’s location of Saratoga Springs, New York, home of the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in America, proved to be an ideal setting. On Aug. 6, 1951, amid a great deal of fanfare, the Museum made its public debut in a temporary location at the Canfield Casino in Congress Park.

“The long-range purpose,” Whitney said at the opening in the famous old casino, originally opened by Saratoga racing founder John Morrissey in 1870, “is to build a permanent home for the important memorabilia for the sport whose beginnings in this country antedate by 100 years or more the United States of America.”

Joining Whitney in the founding group that signed the charter for

the Museum were Carleton F. Burke, Kenneth K. Burke, John C. Clark, Nelson Dunstan, Donald P. Ross, F. Skiddy von Stade, John Hay Whitney, and George D. Widener, Jr. Also recognized as organizers of the Museum were Francis Dorsey, Spencer Eddy, Howell E. Jackson, Walter M. Jeffords, Robert F. Kelley, Paul Kerr, Addison Mallery, Denis Mansfield, Dr. Charles H. Strub, and Bryce Wing.

The first gift for the Museum project was $5,000 from the Saratoga Association, which owned and operated Saratoga Race Course. Harold O. Vosburgh, a steward for the Saratoga Association, donated the first piece of memorabilia, a shoe from the legendary horse Lexington.

The Museum has evolved with the times while staying true to its core concepts — preserving and promoting the history of thoroughbred racing in America and honoring its most accomplished participants with induction into the Hall of Fame. A major project was completed in 2020,

Above: The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame opened to the public at its Union Avenue home in Saratoga Springs, New York, on June 2, 1956. Opposite page: A modern rendering of the Museum by artist Greg Montgomery shows the expansion of the building and the colorful jockey statues that represent some of the most iconic stables in the sport’s history.

when a dynamic new Hall of Fame and Race Day Gallery opened to the public. The new Hall of Fame includes the immersive signature film “What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame,” which is narrated by iconic broadcaster Bob Costas. The reimagined Hall also features state-of-theart interactive plaques for all 478 Hall of Fame inductees that include a variety of multimedia content.

“The new Hall of Fame experience, which we will continually update, is a true game-changer for the Museum. Our sport deserves the best and I

believe we now have the greatest sports Hall of Fame in the country,” said John Hendrickson, the Museum’s chairman. “These are exciting times for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. This is a vibrant and wonderful sport with a significant history and we are passionate about honoring that. We will always be looking for new ways to give our guests an exceptional visitor experience that is both entertaining and informative.”

The Museum has grown significantly in size and scope since its founding. After a few years in Congress Park, the Museum moved to

Above: Ground was broken on the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in November 1954 and the cornerstone was laid the following April.

Opposite page left: The Museum was originally located inside the Canfield Casino in Congress Park before moving to Union Avenue across from Saratoga Race Course.

Opposite page right: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was one of the Museum’s founders and served as its first president.

a newly constructed facility at 191 Union Avenue, directly across the street from the historic track, in 1955. The Museum now occupies a sprawling building with some 45,000 square feet of space.

C. V. Whitney served as the first president of the Museum from 1950 to 1953. He was followed by Jeffords, 1953 to 1960; Widener, 1960 to 1968; John W. Hanes, 1968 to 1970; Gerard S. Smith, 1970 to 1974; Charles E. Mather II, 1974 to 1982; Whitney Tower, 1982 to 1989; John T. von Stade, 1989 to 2005; Stella F. Thayer, 2005 to 2014; Gretchen Jackson, 2014 to 2017; and Hendrickson, 2017 to present.

The Museum was popular from the beginning. During its first year of operation at the Canfield Casino in 1951, the Museum attracted more than 8,000 visitors. At the end of 1952, the register showed 11,500 names.

When it was announced the Museum would move out of its original quarters in the Canfield Casino into a structure being built specifically to house it, a Saratoga citizen, James E. Benton, applauded. He sparked some of the impetus toward a Hall of Fame with a letter to journalists Nelson Dunstan and Gene Ward. He made an eloquent plea, noting that some aspects of Saratoga were changing — the demise of the Grand Union and United States hotels, for example — but that tradition was an important part of the area and racing.

“If a board of turf writers, for instance, were to elect annually to the Hall of Fame one or more jockeys, horses, or trainers, it would be of national importance,” Benton wrote. “An annual special award would be coveted.”

By early 1955, it was announced by Jeffords that the new building would, indeed, include a Hall of Fame. The Museum board had passed the following: “Resolved that the National Museum of Racing create and be custodian of racing’s Hall of Fame and its president be empowered to

appoint a committee whose duties it will be to recommend to the board of trustees ways and means of selecting candidates.”

Given that thoroughbred racing had been a part of life in America since the colonial days, a bit of catching up was needed. It was decided that the first group of Hall of Fame inductees would be comprised of horses which had raced prior to 1900 and jockeys and trainers who were no longer active.

The inaugural class of inductees included the horses Ben Brush, Boston, Domino, Hanover, Hindoo, Kingston, Lexington, Salvator, and Sir Archy; jockeys Laverne Fator, Edward Garrison, Danny Maher, James McLaughlin, Walter Miller, Isaac Murphy, George Odom, Earl Sande, Tod Sloan, Fred Taral, Nash Turner, and George Woolf; and trainers William P. Burch, Thomas Healey, Sam Hildreth, A. J. Joyner, John Rogers, and James Rowe, Sr.

Ground was broken for the Museum’s permanent home during the final week of November 1954. The cornerstone was laid the following April and New York Gov. W. Averell Harriman presided over the formal dedication during the 1955 Saratoga racing season. Harriman spoke briefly prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“Racing must remain as a sport,” he said, “and not as a commercial enterprise. We must maintain the traditions of racing, and Saratoga is rich in such traditions.”

The National Museum of Racing opened to the public on June 2, 1956. The building was designed by New York City architect Augustus Noel. The New York Times’ report on the dedication said the building cost $300,000. In 1957, the first addition, called the Patrons of the Turf Gallery, was completed. More expansion followed. A third wing was added in 1979 and became the home of the Hall of Fame.

Until the mid-l980s, the Museum functioned primarily as a

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diversified set of galleries and was open only during the summer. The Museum then began evolving into a professionally managed institution. The Board of Trustees raised $6.4 million and hired an English design team experienced with thoroughbred racing to completely renovate the building and develop historical galleries covering three centuries of racing in America. The renovation took 10 months and the building reopened on July 14, 1988.

Between 1999 and 2000, a major renovation and a 10,000 square-foot

expansion of the physical plant costing $18 million improved collections storage and created a changing exhibition space, a curatorial workroom, and a children’s gallery. The story line of the semi-permanent historical galleries also expanded to include 20th century history and current events in racing. Extensive audio and video presentations, as well as interactive exhibits for all ages, were added throughout the Museum.

There has been tremendous change in all areas of Museum operations in the 21st century. The unique horse racing simulator was developed

Above: The Museum and Hall of Fame underwent significant renovations in 2020 that included updated galleries and a new state-of-the-art Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame features the signature film What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame , as well as interactive Hall of Fame plaques for every inductee.

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and opened to the public in 2006; a new interactive Steeplechase Gallery opened in 2012; the Museum celebrated 150 years of racing at Saratoga with a two-year exhibit that opened in June 2013; in 2016, the Museum opened the Edward P. Evans Gallery, which displays some of the most coveted and prestigious trophies in the history of American racing; in 2018, the Museum unveiled its renovated interior courtyard, named in honor of C. V. Whitney; and in 2023, the Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown sweep with both traveling and on-site exhibitions.

Now in its eighth decade — with a new state-of-the-art Hall of Fame experience to inspire current racing fans and cultivate new ones — the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame continues to thrive as a dynamic and integral part of the sport it celebrates.

Current Special Exhibitions

A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s historic 1973 Triple Crown sweep — in which he set records that still stand in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes — the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame presents a special exhibition honoring the accomplishments and enduring legacy of the famed Meadow Stable colt. A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown will be on exhibition in the Peter McBean Gallery, coinciding with opening day at Saratoga Race Course. The exhibit will feature Secretariat’s 1973 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, and Triple Crown trophies. A video component will take fans through Secretariat’s unique journey on the Triple Crown races and tell the stories of the people who guided the horse through his remarkable career. In addition to the trophies and video components, the exhibit will include an extensive array of artwork, artifacts, photography, and pop culture items.

On exhibition through December 2023

At the Races with Saul Steinberg

In 1952, artist Saul Steinberg visited Saratoga Springs, New York, on commission from Harper’s magazine to provide drawings for an article about the Spa. Though he previously produced a series of drawings of horses and their riders in the 1940s, this visit may have prompted his interest in thoroughbred horse racing. The drawings featured in this exhibition span a period of four years from 1955 to 1959. Three were published in his book The Labyrinth in 1960. One was later published in the 1963 Sports Illustrated article “Steinberg at the Races” that featured scenes at racetracks from Paris to Los Angeles.

On exhibition through December 2023

The Summer Place to Be: Bert Morgan’s Focus on Saratoga

Bert Morgan was one of the most prominent photographers of thoroughbred racing and American society in the 20th century. In the 1930s, he began photographing at Hialeah Park in Florida. By 1940, Morgan was hired as the official photographer for the tracks in New York (later the New York Racing Association). His son eventually joined him to open Bert and Richard Morgan Studio in 1956. Together they captured some of the most significant moments in thoroughbred racing history, until Bert Morgan’s death in 1986. In 2021, the Museum was fortunate to receive a donation of more than 4,000 photographic negatives by Bert Morgan from Patrick Montgomery. The images in the exhibition showcase the Museum’s newly conserved and digitized images of scenes at Saratoga Race Course from the 1930s to the 1980s.

On exhibition through October 2023

Top: A statue of Hall of Fame member Secretariat by John Skeaping is featured in the Museum’s Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Courtyard. Above: A skeleton of the steeplechaser Heaton Park is on display in the Museum’s Anatomy Gallery.

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At the Races with Saul Steinberg

Famed artist turned his eye to thoroughbred racing for several iconic pieces during his distinguished career

BY Jessica Cloer Museum Curator

Born and raised in Romania, Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) studied for a year at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Bucharest. He then applied to the Faculty of Architecture but was denied entry because of his Jewish heritage. Steinberg then moved to Italy, enrolled in the architecture school at the University of Milan and began creating cartoons for the Italian humor magazines Bertoldo and Settebello

By 1940, Steinberg was seeking to leave Italy and began drawing for American publications. Once in the United States in 1942, The New Yorker offered him a contract. Soon after he was recommended for employment as a consultant at the Office of War Information, then received a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1943, and was granted citizenship. After the war, he returned to New York to resume his work.

Steinberg resisted convention throughout his career as an artist. He produced drawings, paintings, prints, collages, sculptures, and murals. Best known for the visual wit of his pen-and-ink drawings featured in The New Yorker for close to 60 years, Steinberg also contributed to other magazines, including TIME, LIFE, Vogue, Harper’s, and Sports Illustrated

In 1952, Steinberg visited Saratoga Springs, New York, on commission from Harper’s to provide drawings for an article about the Spa. Though he previously produced a series of drawings of horses and their riders in the 1940s, this visit may have prompted his interest in thoroughbred horse racing. The drawings featured in this exhibition span a period of four years from 1955 to 1959. Three were published in his book The Labyrinth in 1960. One was later published in the 1963 Sports Illustrated article “Steinberg at the Races” that featured scenes at racetracks from Paris to Los Angeles.

The Saul Steinberg Foundation made this exhibition possible with its generous donation of artworks to the Museum’s permanent collection. At the Races with Saul Steinberg is on exhibit at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame through December 2023.

Saul Steinberg, photographed in 1978 by Evelyn Hofer Courtesy of the Estate of Evelyn Hofer

Untitled, 1956 – 1959

Ink and watercolor on paper

Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.2

Saul Steinberg enjoyed capturing scenes from everyday life. Rather than focus on the big finish, Steinberg shows two horses galloping by during a warmup before the race as two spectators stand at the fence. His mastered use of line is evident in the background landscape of outlined trees, buildings, and the track.

Untitled, 1958

Ink, pencil, and crayon on paper torn from sketchbook

Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.7

This amusing scene of bettors waiting in line to place their wagers shows Saul Steinberg’s use of humor. The variety of characters with exaggerated forms and colorfully highlighted clothing draw the viewer to the scene. Steinberg also enjoyed gambling and frequented casinos in Las Vegas and Monte Carlo.

Saul Steinberg captures the backstretch scene in this drawing of a horse with a groom standing next to the presumed owner. A spotted dog looks up at the horse and there are four birds on the ground below. Steinberg, who studied architecture, was fascinated with the built environment, which is evident from the dimensionality of the barn in the background. This drawing was published in The Labyrinth

Untitled,

Untitled, 1958

1955 Watercolor on paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.1

Ink, crayon and white-out on paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.6

This watercolor captures an everyday moment on the track prior to the races. Two horses with jockeys and one pony with an outrider run past during what is likely a morning workout. Saul Steinberg published this watercolor in The Labyrinth

Untitled, 1956-1959

Ink, colored pencil, and crayon on paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.3

Saul Steinberg uses contrast in this drawing of two figures. An elegant woman with a detailed face, ornate hat, and simple outlined large fur coat stands side by side with a jockey who is smaller in stature, with simple facial features and detailed colorful silks, helmet, and boots. This drawing was published by Saul Steinberg in his book The Labyrinth

Untitled, 1958 Ink, crayon, and colored pencil on paper torn from sketchbook Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2022.49.5

These three expressive cheering women with boxy bodies holding their wagering tickets and standing on chairs demonstrate Saul Steinberg’s interest in multiplicity. These characters appear almost identical with similar stances and features, but the details of their clothing, faces, and stances make them distinctive. Steinberg’s depiction of these characters may also be viewed as a commentary on the excesses of fashion and ego.

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT

Pre-Civil War Gallery Thoroughbred Portraits

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s Pre-Civil War Gallery details the rich history of American racing’s formative years. Highlights of the space include portraits of five thoroughbreds of great historical importance: American Eclipse, Boston, Glencoe, Lexington, and Priam.

— Brien Bouyea

Priam, by John E. Ferneley

Oil on canvas, 1830

Gift of the Estate of Harry LaMontagne 1959.1.1

Priam won 17 of 19 races, including the 1830 Epsom Derby. He was imported to Virginia from England for stallion duty in 1837 and topped the American sire list four times.

The Hall of Fame son of Boston won six of his seven races before becoming the greatest sire in American history. Lexington topped the sire list a record 16 times and among his 238 winners were Hall of Famers Duke of Magenta, Harry Bassett, Kentucky, Preakness, Tom Bowling, and Tom Ochiltree.

Racing from 1818 through 1823, Hall of Fame member American Eclipse won all eight of his career races. He is portrayed with owner Cornelius Van Ranst and Hall of Fame jockey Samuel Purdy.

Known as “Old White Nose,” Hall of Famer Boston is considered to be America’s first great racehorse. Competing from 1836 through 1843, he won 40 of his 45 races, including 15 in a row. Boston sired Lexington and Lecomte.

Imported to Alabama after an exceptional racing career in England, Glencoe became the greatest broodmare sire of the 19th century. He topped the American sire list eight times between 1847 and 1858.

American Eclipse, by Alvan Fisher Oil on canvas, Ca. 1823 Gift of Augustus Van Cortlandt 1963.2.1

Glencoe, by Edward Troye Oil on canvas, 1857 Gift of Courtney Burton 1962.3.2

Lexington, by Edward Troye Oil on canvas, ca. 1870 Gift of Courtney Burton 1962.3.3

Boston, by Edward Troye Oil on canvas, 1839 Gift of Courtney Burton 1962.3.1

Hall of Fame Horses, Jockeys, Trainers, and Pillars of the Turf Rosters

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HALL OF FAME TRAINERS

HALL OF FAME PILLARS OF THE TURF

With the induction of eight new members in 2023, the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame now features 223 thoroughbreds, 110 jockeys, 101 trainers, and 44 pillars of the turf. They are the immortals of the sport, the best of the best. Their achievements and impact on the game are both rare and timeless.

James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons

August Belmont I

HALL OF FAME HORSES

Domino

Sysonby

Roamer

Billy Kelly

HALL OF FAME HORSES

HALL OF FAME HORSES

HALL OF FAME HORSES

HALL OF FAME HORSES

HALL OF FAME HORSES

HALL OF FAME HORSES

Rachel

John Adams

Joe Aitcheson, Jr.

Chris W. Antley

G. Edward Arcaro

Ted F. Atkinson

Braulio Baeza

Carroll K. Bassett

Russell Baze

Walter Blum

Bill Boland

Calvin H. Borel*

Eight-time leading steeplechase rider, won 301 career steeplechase races

Three-time national riding leader, won 3,270 races, including the Preakness

Seven-time leading steeplechase rider, won record 440 career steeplechase races

Won 3,480 races, including two editions of the Kentucky Derby, one Preakness

Six-time national riding leader, won 4,779 races, including record 17 in Triple Crown series, rode Whirlaway, Citation, Kelso

Two-time national riding leader, won 3,795 races, including Preakness and Belmont, rode Tom Fool, Nashua, Bold Ruler

Two-time Eclipse Award winner, won 4,013 races, including three editions of the Belmont, one Kentucky Derby

Seven-time Eclipse Award winner, won 5,893 races, including 15 Breeders’ Cup races, six Triple Crown events

Three-time Preakness winner, won Travers and Saratoga Cup twice each, Belmont once

Two-time national riding leader, won the Belmont, Travers, Alabama, and inaugural Futurity

1929-1936 Won more than 100 steeplechase races, including several aboard Battleship

Won record 12,842 races, national leader in wins 13 times, George Woolf Award winner

Two-time national riding leader, won 4,382 races, including Belmont, Santa Anita Derby, Whitney

1949-1969 Won 2,049 races, including two editions of the Belmont, one Kentucky Derby

1983-present Has won more than 5,200 races, including three editions of the Kentucky Derby, one Preakness, Travers, Haskell, Alabama

George H. “Pete” Bostwick 1968 1927-1949

Sam Boulmetis, Sr.

Steve Brooks

Six-time amateur steeplechase riding leader, later trained Neji and Oedipus

1973 1948-1966 Won 2,783 races, including seven stakes aboard Tosmah, four-time riding leader at Monmouth

1963 1938-1975 Won 4,451 races, including the Kentucky Derby, riding titles at Arlington, Churchill, Monmouth

Don Brumfield 1996 1954-1989 Won 4,573 races, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, 16 riding titles at Churchill Downs

Thomas H. Burns

1983 1895-1913

Two-time national riding leader, won 1,333 races, including three editions of the Manhattan Handicap

James H. Butwell 1984 1907-1928 Won 1,402 races, including two editions of the Belmont, one Preakness

J. Dallett Byers

1967 1916-1932

Javier Castellano* 2017 1997-present

Steve Cauthen

Three-time steeplechase riding leader, won races aboard Jolly Roger and Fairmount

Four-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 5,600 races, 12 Breeders Cup events, four Triple Crown races, record six Travers

1994 1976-1992 Eclipse Award winner, won 2,794 races, including Triple Crown with Affirmed, three-time riding leader in England

Frank Coltiletti 1970 1919-1934 Won 667 races, including the Preakness, Travers, Futurity, Metropolitan Handicap

Angel Cordero, Jr.

1988

1962-1992

Robert H. Crawford 1973 1916-1928

Pat Day 1991

1973-2005

Three-time national riding leader, won 7,057 races, three Eclipse Awards, six Triple Crown events, 14 Saratoga riding titles

Four-time leading steeplechase rider, won the American Grand National three times

Four-time Eclipse Award winner, won 8,803 races, 12 Breeders’ Cup races, nine Triple Crown events, rode Easy Goer, Lady’s Secret

Jockey Elected Career Summary

Eddie Arcaro

Russell Baze

Steve Brooks

Javier Castellano

HALL OF FAME JOCKEYS

Edward J. Delahoussaye 1993

1967-2002 Won 6,384 races, including seven Breeders’ Cup races, five Triple Crown events, rode A.P. Indy and Princess Rooney

Kent J. Desormeaux* 2004 1986-present Three-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 6,100 races, including seven Triple Crown events, rode Real Quiet, Big Brown

Ramon A. Dominguez

Three-time Eclipse Award winner, won 4,985 races, including Saratoga record 68 in 2012, rode Havre de Grace and Gio Ponti

Lavelle “Buddy” Ensor 1962 1917-1945 Won 436 races, including Travers, Brooklyn, and Suburban, rode Exterminator and Grey Lag

Victor Espinoza* 2017 1993-present Has won more than 3,400 races, Triple Crown with American Pharoah, Kentucky Derby and Preakness with War Emblem, California Chrome

Laverne Fator

Earlie Fires

1919-1933 Two-time national riding leader, won 1,075 races, including two editions of the Travers

Won 6,470 races, all-time leading rider at Arlington Park with 2,886 wins

Five-time leading steeplechase rider, won 301 career steeplechase races, rode Café Prince and Flatterer Mack Garner

Jerry Fishback

1914-1936 Won 1,346 races, including two editions of the Belmont, one Kentucky Derby

Famous 19th century rider, won the Belmont, American Derby, three editions of the Jerome Handicap Avelino Gomez

Edward R. “Snapper” Garrison

Sovereign Award winner, won 4,081 races, including four editions of the Queen’s Plate

Four-time national riding leader, won 3,769 races, two Eclipse Awards, 13 Breeders’ Cup races, including Classic with Blame Henry F. Griffin

Elite 19th century rider, won 569 races, rode Henry of Navarre and Clifford, won both Preakness and Belmont in 1896

O. Eric Guerin 1972 1941-1975 Regular rider of Native Dancer, won 2,712 races, including Kentucky Derby, Preakness, two editions of the Belmont

Anthony Hamilton 2012 1881-1904

William J. Hartack 1959 1952-1974

Sandy Hawley 1992 1968-1998

Lloyd Hughes

Albert M. Johnson

William J. Knapp

2014 1872-1883

1971 1917-1929

Won American Derby and Futurity, as well as Brooklyn, Suburban, and Metropolitan handicaps

Four-time national riding leader, won 4,272 races, including nine Triple Crown events, rode Northern Dancer, Tim Tam, Ridan

Eclipse Award winner, won 6,450 races, including 10 Canadian Triple Crown races

First rider to win the Preakness three times, also won Belmont and Travers twice each

Two-time winner of both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, rode Exterminator and Crusader

1969 1901-1919 Won 649 races, including the Kentucky Derby with Exterminator, rode Upset to defeat Man o’ War

Julie Krone 2000 1981-2004

Clarence Kummer

Charles E. Kurtsinger

John P. Loftus

John Longden

Daniel A. Maher

Won 3,704 races, first woman in Hall of Fame, first to win a Triple Crown race and Breeders’ Cup race

1972 1916-1928 Won Preakness and Belmont twice each, rode Man o’ War, Sir Barton, Exterminator, Sarazen, and Zev

1967 1924-1939 Two-time national riding leader, won 721 races, Triple Crown with War Admiral, Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Twenty Grand

1959

1958

1909-1919 Rode Man o’ War, Sir Barton, and Pan Zareta, won Kentucky Derby and Preakness twice each, Belmont once

1927-1966 Three-time national riding leader, won 6,032 races, including Triple Crown with Count Fleet

1955 1895-1915 National riding leader in America and England, won 3,192 races, including three editions of the Epsom Derby

Eddie Maple 2009

Darrel McHargue

2020

1965-1998 Won 4,398 races, including the Travers and Belmont twice each, seven editions of the Saranac Handicap

1972-1988 Won 2,553 races, Eclipse Award, set single-year earnings record, won Preakness, rode John Henry, My Juliet, Ancient Title

Jockey Elected Career Summary

Victor Espinoza Mack Garner

Julie Krone John Loftus

Chris McCarron

Conn McCreary

Rigan McKinney

James McLaughlin

Walter Miller

HALL OF FAME JOCKEYS

Won 930 races, including two editions of the Kentucky Derby, one Preakness

Two-time Eclipse Award winner, won 7,141 races, including eight Breeders’ Cup races, six Triple Crown events

Won 1,263 races, including two editions of both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness

Four-time leading amateur steeplechase rider, won American Grand National twice

Four-time national riding leader, won Belmont six times, Travers four times, Kentucky Derby and Preakness once each

Two-time national riding leader, won 1,094 races, including Preakness, Travers, and Alabama, rode Colin

First three-time Kentucky Derby winner, won American Derby and Clark Handicap four times each Corey S. Nakatani

Isaac B. Murphy

Won 3,909 races, including 10 Breeders’ Cup events, 10 riding titles in Southern California, rode Lava Man, Serena’s Song, Shared Belief Ralph Neves

Joe Notter

Won 3,772 races, including three editions of the Hollywood Derby, also won Santa Anita Derby, Santa Anita Handicap

Rode Colin, Fair Play, Maskette, Peter Pan, Regret, and Whisk Broom II

National riding leader, won 1,229 races in America and Europe, won Futurity aboard Yankee George M. Odom

Winfield “Winnie” O’Connor

Won 527 races, rode and later trained a Belmont winner, trained Busher Frank O’Neill

Rode Beldame and Roseben before becoming an 11-time leading rider in France

Two-time national riding leader, later trained Kentucky Derby winner Hoop Jr. Gilbert W. Patrick

Ivan H. Parke

Craig Perret

Donald Pierce

Laffit Pincay, Jr.

Vincent Powers

Edgar S. Prado*

Samuel Purdy

John Reiff

Alfred M. Robertson

Randy P. Romero

John L. Rotz

Earl Sande

Jose A. Santos

1970

2018

2010

1975

1836-1879

Rode Boston, Lexington, Kentucky, and Ruthless, won inaugural editions of the Travers, Belmont, Saratoga Cup

1967-2005 Eclipse Award winner, won Kentucky Derby, Belmont, two editions of both the Travers and Queen’s Plate

1954-1985 Won 3,546 races, including five editions of the Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Anita Handicap four times, Santa Anita Derby twice

1966-2003

2015 1907-1923

2008

1986-present

1970 1800-1823

Seven-time national riding leader, won 9,530 races, five Eclipse Awards, seven Breeders’ Cup races, four Triple Crown events

Two-time national riding leader, won Kentucky Derby, also leading steeplechase rider and trainer

Three-time national riding leader, has won more than 7,100 races, Eclipse Award, two editions of the Belmont, one Kentucky Derby

Amateur standout, rode American Eclipse to defeat Sir Henry in famous 1823 match race

1956 1898-1914 Won 1,016 races in America and Europe, including the Kentucky Oaks, English Derby, 2000 Guineas, French Derby, French Oaks

1971 1927-1943 Won 1,856 races, including two editions of the Travers, rode Top Flight and Whirlaway

2010

1983

1955

2007

John Sellers 2007

1973-1999 Won 4,294 races, including two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, rode Go for Wand and Personal Ensign

1953-1973 Won 2,907 races, including the Preakness and Belmont, rode Gallant Bloom, Carry Back, and Ta Wee

1918-1953

1984-2007

Three-time national riding leader, won 968 races, including nine Triple Crown races, rode Gallant Fox, Grey Lag, and Zev

Four-time national riding leader, won 4,083 races, Eclipse Award, seven Breeders’ Cup races, three Triple Crown events, rode Funny Cide

1955-1977 National riding leader, won 2,797 races, Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Carry Back, Belmont with Hail To All

Jockey Elected Career Summary

James McLaughlin Laffit Pincay, Jr.

Earl Sande Jose Santos

1904-1912 National riding leader, won 969 races, including Kentucky Derby, Travers, two editions of the Alabama

1949-1990 Ten-time national riding leader, won 8,833 races, Eclipse Award, 11 Triple Crown events, 11 editions of the Santa Anita Handicap Willie Simms

William Shoemaker

National riding leader, won 1,125 races, including two editions of both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, one Preakness

Tod Sloan 1955 1889-1900 Rode both Hamburg and Clifford in America, starred in England, won Ascot Gold Cup and One Thousand Guineas

Mike E. Smith* 2003 1982-present Two-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 5,700 races, record 27 Breeders’ Cup events, Triple Crown with Justify

P. “Paddy” Smithwick

O. Solis

Fernando Toro

Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.

Ron Turcotte

Nash Turner

Robert N. Ussery

1980

Ismael Valenzuela 2008

Jacinto Vasquez

Jorge Velasquez

John R. Velazquez*

Thomas M. Walsh

Jack Westrope

James Winkfield

George M. Woolf

Raymond Workman

Wayne D. Wright

Manuel Ycaza

*Active members

1998

1990

Four-time leading steeplechase rider, second all time with 398 steeplechase wins

Won 5,035 races, including three Breeders’ Cup races, Preakness, Dubai World Cup

Eclipse Award winner, won 5,187 races, including 11 Breeders’ Cup events, nine Triple Crown races

Won 2,056 races, including three editions of the Belmont, one Kentucky Derby, rode Granville, Johnstown

Won 1,437 races, including the Kentucky Derby, Belmont, and two editions of both the Preakness and Travers

Won 3,555 races, including 80 graded stakes, won stakes with Royal Heroine, Ancient Title, Cougar II, Manila

Outstanding amateur steeplechase rider, later a trainer, owner, leading executive

1961-1978 Won 3,032 races, Triple Crown aboard Secretariat, Kentucky Derby and Belmont with Riva Ridge

1895-1914 Won the Belmont, Alabama, Suburban, Jerome, and Clark in America before starring in France

1951-1974 Won 3,611 races, including two editions of the Kentucky Derby and one Preakness

1951-1980 Won 2,545 races, including Kentucky Derby and Preakness twice each, rode Kelso

1959-1996 Won 5,231 races, including two editions of the Kentucky Derby, rode Ruffian, Forego, and Genuine Risk

1963-1997 National riding leader, won 6,795 races, including Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Breeders’ Cup Classic

2012 1990-present Two-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 6,500 races, 19 Breeders’ Cup events, six Triple Crown race wins

2005 1956-1967 Two-time leading steeplechase rider, won 253 career steeplechase races, including six editions of the American Grand National

2002 1933-1958 National riding leader, won 2,467 races, including Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Suburban Handicap

2004 1898-1932

Two-time Kentucky Derby winner, also won Latonia Derby and Clark Handicap, later had success riding in France and Russia

1955 1927-1946 Won 721 races, including the Preakness and three editions of the Hollywood Gold Cup, rode Seabiscuit, Alsab, Challedon, and Whirlaway

1956 1926-1940

2016 1931-1949

1977 1957-1983

Two-time national riding leader, won 1,169 races, including the Preakness, rode Equipoise, Top Flight, and Discovery

Two-time national riding leader, won 1,492 races, including Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont, Travers, Santa Anita Handicap

Won 2,367 races, including the Belmont and four editions of Kentucky Oaks, rode Dr. Fager, Damascus, Fort Marcy, and Ack Ack

Jockey Elected Career Summary

Bill Shoemaker

Mike Smith

Bobby Ussery

John Velazquez

Steven M. Asmussen* 2016

Roger L. Attfield* 2012

Bob Baffert* 2009

Lazaro S. Barrera

H. Guy Bedwell 1971

Edward D. Brown 1984

J. Elliott Burch 1980

Preston M. Burch

William P. Burch 1955

Fred Burlew

Matthew Byrnes

Mark E. Casse* 2020

Frank E. Childs

Henry S. Clark 1982

W. Burling Cocks 1985

James P. Conway 1996

Warren A. “Jimmy” Croll, Jr. 1994

Grover G. “Bud” Delp 2002

Neil D. Drysdale* 2000

William Duke 1956

Janet Elliot* 2009

Louis Feustel 1964

Jack Fisher* 2021

James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons 1958

Henry Forrest 2007

Robert J. Frankel 1995

HALL OF FAME TRAINERS

1986-present Two-time Eclipse Award winner, has won a record 10,000-plus races, including eight Breeders’ Cup races, Preakness twice, Belmont once

1972-present Eight-time Sovereign Award winner, has won more than 2,000 races, including 22 Canadian Triple Crown events

1979-present Four-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 3,300 races, including record 17 Triple Crown events, 18 Breeders’ Cup wins

1945-1991 Four-time Eclipse Award winner, won 2,268 races, Triple Crown with Affirmed, Kentucky Derby and Belmont with Bold Forbes

1907-1951 Seven-time national training leader, won Triple Crown with Sir Barton, also trained Billy Kelly

1874-1903 Won the Belmont as a jockey, Kentucky Derby, two editions of the Kentucky Oaks as a trainer, conditioned Hindoo, Ben Brush

1955-1985 National training leader, won three editions of the Belmont, trained Sword Dancer, Arts and Letters, Fort Marcy, Bowl of Flowers

1902-1957 National training leader, won 1,236 races, including Preakness, trained Flower Bowl

1866-1926 Won Saratoga Cup, Maryland Handicap, Saratoga Handicap, Spinaway and Withers

1889-1927 Won 977 races, trained Beldame, won Kentucky Derby with Morvich

1881-1900 Trained Parole, Salvator, and Firenze, won the Belmont with Scottish Chieftain

1979-present Record 15-time Sovereign Award winner, more than 3,400 wins, six Breeders’ cup victories, won Preakness and Belmont

1932-1972 Trained Kentucky Derby winner Tomy Lee, also won Kentucky Oaks, Blue Grass Stakes, Del Mar Oaks, and Hollywood Oaks

1929-1989 Won four editions of the Delaware handicap, two each of the Massachusetts and Diana handicaps, one Travers

1941-1993 Four-time leading steeplechase trainer, won American Grand National six times, trained Zaccio

1946-1984 Won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont with Chateaugay, also trained Miss Request, Grecian Queen, Pucker Up

1940-2002 Won 1,909 races, trained Holy Bull and Housebuster, won the Belmont with Bet Twice

1962-2006 Eclipse Award winner, won 3,674 races, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Spectacular Bid

1974-present Has won more than 1,500 races, six Breeders’ Cup races, Kentucky Derby and Belmont, trained A.P. Indy, Princess Rooney, Bold ’n Determined

1887-1925 Won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Travers, as well as five editions of the French Derby

1979-present Two-time leading steeplechase trainer, first woman trainer in the Hall of Fame, trained Correggio, Flat Top, and Census

1908-1950 National training leader, conditioned Man o’ War, as well as Chance Play, Ladkin, and Rock View

1987-present 14-time leading steeplechase trainer in wins, eight-time leader in earnings, won 10 graded stakes with Hall of Famer Good Night Shirt

1894-1963

Five-time national training leader, won 2,275 races, Triple Crowns with Gallant Fox and Omaha, total of 13 Triple Crown race wins

1938-1975 Won 1,837 races, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness with both Forward Pass and Kauai King

1966-2009 Five-time Eclipse Award winner, won 3,654 races, including six Breeders’ Cup races, trained Ghostzapper, won Belmont with Empire Maker

Trainer Elected Career Summary

Steve Asmussen

Edward D. Brown

Mark Casse

W. Burling Cocks

John M. Gaver, Sr. 1966

Carl Hanford 2006

Thomas J. Healey

HALL OF FAME TRAINERS

1936-1977 Two-time national training leader, won three editions of the Belmont, Kentucky Derby and Preakness once each, trained Tom Fool, Devil Diver

1939-1968 Trained five-time consecutive Horse of the Year Kelso, winning 31 stakes with the immortal gelding

1888-1941 Won the Preakness five times, the Belmont once, trained Equipoise and Top Flight

Samuel C. Hildreth 1955 1887-1929 Nine-time national training leader, won the Belmont and Brooklyn Handicap seven times each, Suburban five times, trained Grey Lag, Zev

Hubert “Sonny” Hine 2003

Maximillian Hirsch 1959

William J. “Buddy” Hirsch 1982

Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. 1973

Jerry Hollendorfer* 2011

Hollie Hughes

John J. Hyland

Hirsch Jacobs 1958

H. Allen Jerkens

Philip G. Johnson 1997

William R. Johnson 1986

LeRoy S. Jolley 1987

Benjamin A. Jones 1958

Gary F. Jones 2014

Horace A. “Jimmy” Jones 1959

Andrew J. “Jack” Joyner 1955

Thomas J. Kelly 1993

William Lakeland 2018

Lucien Laurin 1977

King T. Leatherbury* 2015

J. Howard Lewis 1969

D. Wayne Lukas* 1999

1948-2000 Won 1,314 races, including the Breeders’ Cup Classic and a total of 16 stakes with Horse of the Year Skip Away

1900-1969 Won 10 Triple Crown races, trained Triple Crown winner Assault, as well as Gallant Bloom, Grey Lag, Sarazen, Stymie

1932-1982 Trained Gallant Bloom, won two editions of the Santa Anita Derby, also won the Santa Anita Handicap and Hollywood Derby

1895-1941 Steeplechase pioneer, won two editions of the American Grand National as a trainer/owner, trained flat standout Salvidere

1979-present Has won more than 7,700 races, including three editions of the Kentucky Oaks, trained Songbird, Blind Luck, Shared Belief

1914-1975 Won six editions of the American Grand National, trained Kentucky Derby winner George Smith, won the Whitney with Round View

1886-1913 Two-time Belmont winner, also won three editions of the Futurity, trained Beldame and Henry of Navarre

1926-1970 National training leader in wins 11 times and earnings three times, won 3,596 races, trained Affectionately and Stymie

1950-2015 Eclipse Award winner, won 3,859 races, 14 training titles in New York, trained Sky Beauty, Beau Purple, and Onion

1943-2004 Won 2,315 races, including Breeders’ Cup Classic with Volponi, eight training titles in New York

1801-1849 America’s most prominent pre-Civil War trainer, conditioned Boston and Sir Archy

1958-2017 Won the Kentucky Derby with Foolish Pleasure and Genuine Risk, also trained Manila, General Assembly, and Ridan

1909-1953 Four-time national training leader, won nine Triple Crown races, trained Whirlaway, Citation, Twilight Tear, Armed, Coaltown

1975-1996 Won 1,465 races, 15 training titles in Southern California, trained Best Pal and Turkoman

1926-1964 Five-time national training leader, won seven Triple Crown races, trained Citation, Bewitch, Tim Tam, and Two Lea

1884-1943 National training leader, won two editions of the Preakness, enjoyed considerable success training in England

1945-1998 Won 1,553 races, trained 65 stakes winners, including Plugged Nickle, Noble Dancer II, and King’s Bishop

1877-1908 Trained Domino and Hamburg, won more than 110 stakes races, including the Preakness and three editions of the Futurity

1942-1990 Eclipse Award winner, won 1,161 races, Triple Crown with Secretariat, Kentucky Derby and Belmont with Riva Ridge, Belmont with Amberoid

1959-present Has won more than 6,500 races, 52 training titles in Maryland, 26 stakes with Ben’s Cat

1901-1937 Trained Bushranger and Fairmount, won the Temple Gwathmey six times and the American Grand National five times

1974-present Four-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 4,900 races, including 20 Breeders’ Cup races, 14 Triple Crown events

Trainer Elected Career Summary

John M. Gaver, Sr.

William R. Johnson

Jack Joyner King Leatherbury

Horatio A. Luro 1980

John E. Madden 1983

James W. Maloney 1989

Richard E. Mandella* 2001

Frank “Pancho” Martin, Sr. 1981

Ronald L. McAnally* 1990

Frank McCabe 2007

Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey* 2004

Henry McDaniel

MacKenzie “Mack” Miller 1987

Michael E. “Buster” Millerick 2010

William Molter 1960

William I. Mott* 1998

W. F. “Bert” Mulholland 1967

Carl A. Nafzger 2008

Edward A. Neloy 1983

John A. Nerud 1972

Burley E. Parke 1986

Angel Penna, Sr. 1988

Jacob Pincus 1988

Todd A. Pletcher* 2021

John W. Rogers 1955

James G. Rowe, Sr. 1955

Flint S. “Scotty” Schulhofer 1992

Jonathan E. Sheppard 1990

Robert A. Smith 1976

1937-1984 Won the Kentucky Derby twice, Preakness once, three editions of the Queen’s Plate, trained Northern Dancer

1888-1912 Won the Kentucky Derby and Travers, trained Hamburg, bred 182 stakes winners, including 14 recognized as champions

1935-1984 Trained 42 stakes winners, including Gamely and Lamb Chop, won the Travers, Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Gold Cup

1974-present Has won more than 2,200 races, including nine Breeders’ Cup races, trained Beholder, Pleasantly Perfect, Kotashaan

1947-2012 National training leader, won 3,241 races, trained Outstandingly, Sham, and Autobiography

1956-present Three-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 2,500 races, trained John Henry, Paseana, Bayakoa

1885-1907 Won the Belmont and Travers three times each, trained Hanover, Kingston, Miss Woodford, and Tremont

1979-present Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 2,200 races, including nine Breeders’ Cup races, Kentucky Derby, Belmont

1884-1947 Won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, trained Exterminator, Reigh Count, Sun Beau, Sun Briar

1949-1995 Won 1,104 races, including the Kentucky Derby, two editions of both the Travers and Whitney, trained Sea Hero and Java Gold

1935-1984 Won 1,886 races, including 34 stakes with Native Diver, trained a total of 54 stakes-winning horses

1935-1960 Four-time national training leader, won 2,158 races, including the Kentucky Derby, trained Round Table and T.V. Lark

1973-present Three-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 5,300 races, including 12 Breeders’ Cup events, trained Cigar, Royal Delta

1926-1967 Won the Travers a record five times, three editions of the Hopeful, Belmont once, trained Eight Thirty and Jaipur

1973-2022 Won more than 1,100 races, Kentucky Derby and Travers twice each, trained Street Sense, Unbridled, Banshee Breeze

1945-1971 Three-time national training leader, trained Buckpasser, Gun Bow, Bold Lad, Successor

1935-1978 Won 1,006 races, including the Belmont, trained Dr. Fager, Gallant Man, Ta Wee, Intentionally, Fappiano

1927-1966 Defeated Citation four times with Noor, also trained Roman Brother, Raise a Native, Occupation, Occupy

1950-1991 Trained Bold Reason, Private Account, Waya, Relaxing, and Allez France, won two editions of the l’Arc de Triomphe

1861-1907 Trained Iroquois, the first American-bred to win the Epsom Derby, also won the Belmont with Fenian, Travers and Jerome with Glenelg

1996-present Eight-time Eclipse Award winner, has won more than 5,500 races, Belmont four times, Kentucky Derby twice, 14 Breeders’ Cup wins

1880-1907 Won the Preakness and Belmont, trained Artful, Clifford, Tanya, Burgomaster

1876-1929

Three-time national training leader, won 11 Triple Crown races, trained 10 Hall of Fame horses, including Colin, Miss Woodford, Regret

1964-2002 Won 1,328 races, including two editions of the Belmont, trained Cryptoclearance, Lemon Drop Kid, Colonial Affair, Fly So Free

1966-2020 Won 3,426 races, led all steeplechase trainers in earnings 29 times and in wins 26 times, trained Café Prince, Flatterer

1894-1937

Two-time national training leader, won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Travers, trained Cavalcade, High Quest, Psychic Bid

John Madden

Bill Mott

John Nerud Scotty Schulhofer

Trainer Elected

Career Summary

Tom Smith 2001

D. M. “Mikey” Smithwick 1971

Woodford C. “Woody” Stephens

Meshach A. “Mesh” Tenney 1991

H. J. “Derby Dick” Thompson 1969

Harry Trotsek

Jack C. Van Berg

Marion Van Berg

John M. Veitch

Sylvester E. Veitch

Thomas H. Voss

R. W. Walden

Michael G. “Mickey” Walsh 1997

Sherrill W. Ward 1978

Sidney Watters, Jr. 2005

Robert L. Wheeler 2012

Oscar White 2022

Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. 1978

Charles E. Whittingham 1974

Ansel Williamson 1998

G. Carey Winfrey 1975

William C. Winfrey 1971

1933-1957 Two-time national training leader, trained Seabiscuit, Kayak II, won the Kentucky Derby with Jet Pilot

1952-2006 Twelve-time leading steeplechase trainer, conditioned Neji, Bon Nouvel, Jay Trump, Top Bid

1936-1997 Eclipse Award winner, won 1,937 races, five consecutive editions of the Belmont, also won Kentucky Derby and Preakness

1935-1973 Two-time national training leader, won Kentucky Derby and Preakness, trained Swaps, Prove It, Candy Spots, Olden Times

1918-1937 Four-time Kentucky Derby winner, also won Preakness and Belmont, trained Blue Larkspur, Burgoo King

1931-1988 National training leader, won 1,690 races, including the Preakness, trained Moccasin, Hasty Road, Oil Capitol

1955-2017 Eclipse Award winner, won 6,523 races, Kentucky Derby, two editions of the Preakness, trained Alysheba

1945-1966 Fourteen-time leading owner in wins, four-time leading owner in earnings, owned most of the horses he trained

1974-2003 Won 76 graded stakes, trained Alydar, Davona Dale, Sunshine Forever, Proud Truth, Our Mims, Before Dawn

1946-1988 Two-time Belmont winner, trained Counterpoint, First Flight, Phalanx, Career Boy, What a Treat, Fisherman

1974-2013 Five-time leading steeplechase trainer, conditioned Slip Away, John’s Call, Guelph, Planets Aligned, Ginz, Ironfist

1872-1902 Won seven editions of the Preakness, Belmont four times, Travers twice, trained Duke of Magenta, Tom Ochiltree

1941-1990 Three-time leading steeplechase trainer, won six editions of both the Carolina Cup and Saratoga Steeplechase

1929-1975 Eclipse Award winner, trained Forego, Summer Tan, Idun, Wise Daughter

1948-1999 Six-time leading steeplechase trainer, won 1,159 races, trained Slew o’ Gold, Hoist the Flag, Love Sign, Quick Call

1938-1992 Won 1,336 races, trained Silver Spoon, Bug Brush, Track Robbery, Tompion

1940-1978 Won the Belmont twice, Travers and Alabama three times each, Saratoga Cup twice, trained One Count

1936-1986 Won 848 races, including two editions of the Preakness and one Belmont, trained Ruffian, Damascus, Forego, Tom Rolfe

1950-1999 Seven-time national training leader, won 2,534 races, three Eclipse Awards, trained five Hall of Famers, including Sunday Silence

1860-1881 Won the Kentucky Derby, Belmont, two editions of the Travers, trained Aristides, Norfolk, Asteroid, Tom Bowling

1917-1962 Won 940 races, trained Dedicate, Squared Away, Martyr, Son of Erin

1932-1978 National training leader, conditioned 38 stakes winners, won the Preakness and Belmont, trained Native Dancer, Bed o’ Roses,

1972-present Has won more than 2,000 races, including the Kentucky Derby and Belmont twice each, Preakness once *Active members

Nicholas P. Zito* 2005

Woody Stephens

Charles Whittingham

William C. Winfrey

Nick Zito

Trainer Elected Career Summary

Name Elected Summary

Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin 2018

James E. “Ted” Bassett III 2019

August Belmont I 2018

August Belmont II 2013

Prominent California owner/breeder, opened the original Santa Anita racetrack, campaigned four American Derby winners, Hall of Famer Emperor of Norfolk

Longtime Keeneland president, chairman of Keeneland board, president Breeders’ Cup, Ltd., Eclipse Award of Merit 1996

Established Nursery Stud, influential in the creation of Jerome Park and Monmouth, as owner won the Travers twice, namesake Belmont once

Bred 129 stakes winners, including Man o’ War and Beldame, chairman of The Jockey Club from 1895 through 1924

James Cox Brady 2022 NYRA chairman, leadership roles with Jockey Club and TRA, successful owner and breeder, Thoroughbred Club of America Honored Guest

Edward R. Bradley 2014

Cot Campbell 2018

Marshall Cassidy 2022

Alice Headley Chandler 2020

Christopher T. Chenery 2019

Penny Chenery 2018

Bred 128 stakes winners, including 15 champions, won the Kentucky Derby four times as an owner

Pioneer of racehorse ownership syndication with Dogwood Stables, won Preakness and Belmont, Eclipse Award of Merit 2012

Jockey Club executive secretary, NYRA racing director, devised the modern starting gate among many innovations

Founder of Mill Ridge Farm, bred Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor, Eclipse Award of Merit 2009, served as director of Breeders’ Cup, Keeneland, TOBA

Established Meadow Stud, key figure in the restructuring of New York racing in the 1950s, bred 43 stakes winners, including Secretariat

Campaigned Triple Crown winner Secretariat, served in leadership roles with TOBA, Grayson Foundation and others, Eclipse Award of Merit 2005

J. Keene Daingerfield, Jr. 2020 Eclipse Arad of Merit 1985, Jockey Club member, Kentucky Chief State Steward 1973 through 1985, association steward at 17 racetracks

Richard L. “Dick” Duchossois 2019

William S. Farish 2019

John R. Gaines 2017

John W. Galbreath 2018

James Ben Ali Haggin 2022

Arthur B. Hancock, Sr. 2018

Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr. 2016

John W. Hanes II 2023

Hal Price Headley 2018

John Hettinger 2019

Leonard W. Jerome 2023

James R. Keene 2019

Purchased Arlington Park in 1983, led Arlington Million into international prominence, Special Eclipse Award 1989, Eclipse Award of Merit 2003

Two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder, Eclipse Award of Merit 2009, has bred more than 300 stakes winners, industry leader

Organized the creation of the Breeders’ Cup, established Gainesway Farm as an elite international operation, Eclipse Award of Merit 1984

Established Darby Dan Farm, first person to breed and own a Kentucky Derby and English Derby winner, Eclipse Award 1974, bred 91 stakes winners

Campaigned Hall of Famers Firenze and Salvator, transformational breeder, won Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes as an owner

Founded Claiborne Farm, bred 138 stakes winners, including 10 champions, leading breeder in wins eight times, earnings five times

Bred 112 stakes winners at Claiborne Farm, which was leading stud farm in America four times under his direction

Spearheaded creation of NYRA and New York racing revitalization in 1950s, Jockey Club steward, bred 19 stakes winners

One of the founders of Keeneland, track’s president from 1936 to 1951, bred 88 stakes winners, including four champions

Eclipse Award of Merit 2000, leading aftercare advocate, influential figure in Fasig-Tipton resurgence early 1990s, successful New York breeder/owner

Influential in the creation of three major New York tracks, president of both Sheepshead Bay and Morris Park

Bred 113 stakes winners, including Colin, Sysonby, Kingston, Maskette, Commando, and Peter Pan, won the Belmont Stakes six times

Lucky Baldwin

James R. Keene

Arthur B. Hancock

August Belmont II

Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe 2019

Paul R. Mellon 2013

John Morrissey 2018

Ogden Phipps 2019

Gladys Mills Phipps 2019

Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps 2017

Dr. Charles H. Strub 2018

Edward P. Taylor 2014

Stella F. Thayer 2023

Alfred G. Vanderbilt 2015

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 2018

Harry Payne Whitney 2018

Helen Hay Whitney 2019

John Hay “Jock” Whitney 2015

Revered racing secretary in both California and New York, Eclipse Awards of Merit 1979, Jockey Club member and steward

Two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder, only individual owner to win the Kentucky Derby, Epsom Derby, and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

Bare-knuckle boxing champion and later politician, established racing at Saratoga in 1863 and presided over the sport in the village until his death in 1878

Earned four Eclipse Awards, bred 108 stakes winners and 12 champions, including Buckpasser, Easy Goer, and Personal Ensign, Jockey Club chairman

Established Wheatley Stable, bred 11 champions among 102 stakes winners, bred top sire Bold Ruler, leading owner by earnings 1964

Chairman of The Jockey Club from 1983 through 2015, bred 89 stakes winners, including Inside Information, Eclipse Award of Merit 1978

Spearheaded the opening of Santa Anita Park and brought prominence to California racing, introduced the use of photo-finish cameras, electric starting gate

Two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder, bred more than 320 stakes winners worldwide, bred and owned Northern Dancer

President of Tampa Bay Downs, has served in leadership roles with the National Museum of Racing, Thoroughbred Racing Associations, Jockey Club, etc.

Bred 77 stakes winners, including six champions, held various roles in the sport, including owner of Pimlico, chairman of NYRA

Bred 176 stakes winners, including five champions, won the Travers three times, Belmont twice, founder and first president of the National Museum of Racing

America’s leading breeder 11 times, leading owner eight times, bred 20 champions among 191 stakes winners, including Regret, Equipoise, Top Flight

Established Greentree Stable, won Kentucky Derby and Belmont with homebreds Twenty Grand and Shut Out, bred 79 stakes winners

Bred 91 stakes winners, including four champions, campaigned Tom Fool and Belmont winner Stage Door Johnny

Marylou Whitney 2019 Eclipse Award of Merit 2010, Jockey Club member, as an owner won Belmont, Kentucky Oaks, and Travers with homebreds, industry leader

William Collins Whitney 2018

George D. Widener, Jr. 2020

Matt Winn 2017

William Woodward, Sr. 2016

Warren Wright, Sr. 2019

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Led revitalization of Saratoga racing at the start of the 20th century, bred 26 stakes winners, including four champions, leading owner in 1903

Chairman of The Jockey Club 1950 through 1963, as owner won five editions of the Travers and 1962 Belmont Stakes, bred 102 stakes winners

Formed a syndicate to purchase Churchill Downs in 1902, developed the Kentucky Derby into one of the world’s premier events, industry leader

Bred 101 stakes winners, including seven champions, chairman of The Jockey Club 1930 through 1950, won the Triple Crown with Gallant Fox and Omaha

Bred 73 stakes winners at Calumet Farm, including 10 champions and eight Hall of Famers, leading owner seven times, leading breeder six times

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Arrogate the Great

In a brief but spectacular career, the Juddmonte-owned colt set records at Saratoga and Gulfstream and earned more money than any North American-based racehorse in history

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

It took less than two minutes — 1:59.36 to be precise — for a gray freight train of a colt named Arrogate to go from being an unknown commodity to earning his way into the history books with a performance for the ages.

On Aug. 27, 2016, the Juddmonte-owned son of Unbridled’s Song delivered an exhibition of brilliance and dominance in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. In overwhelming an accomplished field of sophomores in the Midsummer Derby, Arrogate, with Mike Smith up, romped to a 13½-lengh victory and shattered a 37-year-old track record. His time of 1:59.36 for 1¼ miles is the lone instance of a horse traveling 10 furlongs on dirt in less than two minutes in the history of the fabled Spa track.

“I watched the race again a couple of times and I still can’t believe the way he kept on rolling. It was just incredible,” Arrogate’s trainer Bob Baffert said the day after the Travers. “You’re always hoping that they’re that good. I knew he was good, but I didn’t know he was really, really that kind of good.”

Arrogate absolutely was that kind of good. In breaking General Assembly’s 1979 track record of 2:00 for 1¼ miles, Arrogate dispatched opponents such as future Horse of the Year Gun Runner, Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator, and Belmont Stakes winner Creator, among others.

Following the Travers, Arrogate went on to defeat California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, set a track record at Gulfstream in the Pegasus World Cup, and rallied for an improbable victory in the Dubai World Cup after missing the break. That remarkable stretch of excellence — part of a seven-race win streak — helped produce an Eclipse Award for Arrogate and led to him being retired with record earnings of $17,422,600. Overall, he posted a ledger of 7-1-1 from 11 starts.

Bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, Arrogate was out of the Distorted Humor multiple stakes-winning mare Bubbler. Purchased by Juddmonte for $560,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Arrogate was sent to Southern California begin his training with Hall of Famer Baffert. Unraced as a 2-year-old, Arrogate finished third in his career debut in April 2016 at Los Alamitos. He broke his maiden by 4½ lengths next out at Santa Anita then won allowance optional claimers at Santa Anita and Del Mar before making his stakes debut in the Travers.

After his record-breaking trip around the Saratoga oval, Arrogate trained up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic. After breaking a bit slow and settling off the pace under Smith, Arrogate moved toward the rail around the far turn. He took aim at 2014 and 2016 Horse of the Year California Chrome in the stretch and pulled ahead in the final yards for a half-length victory, which was somewhat of a surprise to Baffert.

Above: Arrogate, Mike Smith up, set a stakes and track record of 1:59.36 for 1¼ miles in winning the 2016 Travers at Saratoga Race Course by 13½ lengths. Arroagte went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita that year to earn the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male. Opposite page: Arrogate, Smith up, overcame a difficult start in the 2017 Dubai World Cup to rally past Gun Runner and win by 2¼ lengths for his seventh consecutive victory.

“Deep down, I really wasn’t sure if we could beat California Chrome, because I have total respect for the horse. He’s a great horse,” Baffert said. “Turning for home, I thought I was going to run second, but there’s nothing wrong with that, because Chrome is a really good horse, and running second to him is no bad thing. I never thought he would be able to catch Chrome.”

“You just don’t see things like this from a young 3-year-old. He literally was prancing after the race was over,” Smith said after the Classic. “He’s so talented. He’s got amazing stamina. He doesn’t quit. He could have gone around again. He’s incredible.”

As he did in the Travers, Arrogate demonstrated his tremendous talent before a Breeders’ Cup crowd of 72,811 at Santa Anita. With the Classic win — his fifth consecutive victory — Arrogate secured the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male.

Arrogate began his 4-year-old season in 2017 with another impressive outing in the Pegasus World Cup. In what was billed as a rematch between Arrogate and California Chrome, the latter was never a factor, finishing ninth in his final career start. Arrogate, however, was in top form, rolling to a 4¾-length victory over Shaman Ghost. His time of 1:46.83 for 1⅛ miles on dirt set a new Gulfstream track record.

Even though he had two track records and a Breeders’ Cup Classic victory to his credit, Arrogate’s signature moment was still to come. Following the Pegasus, Arrogate journeyed overseas to contest the Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse. A seventh consecutive victory appeared to be unlikely when Arrogate did not break with the field when the gate opened.

“I missed the break completely,” Smith said. “I had no choice but to just sit there and let him collect himself.”

Arrogate was well behind the field and Smith wasn’t pushing the horse after the poor start. Baffert said he was internally second-guessing his decision to bring Arrogate to Dubai and was simply hoping Smith would bring the colt back safe and sound. Arrogate had other ideas. He began to surprisingly work his way into contention, gliding by horse after horse with his huge strides. Baffert’s mindset began to change.

“I thought then, ‘If he wins this race, he’s the most incredible horse I’ve ever seen,’” he said.

Arrogate was moving with such speed and determination that Smith had to gear him down a bit.

“I didn’t want him to hit the lead at the quarter pole,” Smith said. With apparent ease, Arrogate gobbled up his foes and was 2¼ lengths in front of Gun Runner at the wire. It was another five lengths back to Neolithic in third. With the victory, Arrogate pushed his bankroll to $17,084,600, making him the highest-earning North American-based thoroughbred of all time. He surpassed California Chrome ($14,752,650) among horses with one start or more in North America.

“Everybody who was here tonight is going to say, ‘I’m glad I was here to see that,’” Baffert said after the Dubai World Cup. “If anybody wasn’t super impressed with that, they just don’t like horse racing. I still can’t believe he won the race.”

Arrogate was never the same horse again after his Dubai exploits. He returned to California and was winless in three starts at Del Mar — fourth in the San Diego Handicap, second in the Pacific Classic, and fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Following the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Arrogate was retired to Juddmonte’s farm in Kentucky to begin his stallion career. His time in the

Above: Arrogate, Mike Smith up, cruises to victory in the 2016 Travers Stakes, part of a seven-race win streak. Opposite page top left: Smith celebrates Arrogate’s Travers victory. Opposite page top right: Arrogate is led onto the track prior to the Travers. Opposite page bottom: Arrogate, Smith up, battled with California Chrome, Victor Espinoza up, in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Arrogate surged past California Chrome in the final yards for the victory.

stallion barn, however, was brief. Arrogate died of what was suspected to be a neurological illness on June 2, 2020. Although he sired only three crops while at stud, Arrogate has made a mark on the breed with progeny that includes graded stakes winners such as Arcangelo (Belmont Stakes), Secret Oath (Kentucky Oaks), Cave Rock (Del Mar Futurity), And Tell Me Nolies (Del Mar Debutante), and Fun to Dream (La Brea Stakes), among others.

“We will never forget the ride Arrogate took us on,” said Juddmonte general manager Garrett O’Rourke. “Those four amazing races established him as one of the great racehorses of our time, breaking two track records, taking down champion California Chrome in a battle for the ages, and then running by Gun Runner in another worldly performance in Dubai. We hope that the heartbreak of losing him so young can be soothed by proudly watching the achievement of his runners.”

Arrogate is the fifth horse trained by Baffert to be elected to the Hall of Fame, joining American Pharaoh, Point Given, Silverbulletday, and Silver Charm.

“That horse was one of the greatest horses I ever trained,” Baffert said of Arrogate. “His race in the Dubai World Cup will go down as the greatest

performance of any horse I’ve trained. What he did in the Travers and what he did in the Breeders’ Cup, running down the great California Chrome, and then he destroyed the field in the Pegasus and ran past Gun Runner in Dubai from last like it was nothing. I’ll never have another horse put together four magical races like that.

“He would come back (from a race) and never take a deep breath. He came back in Dubai and wasn’t tired or blowing, nothing. He must have had a heart like Secretariat. You read stories about Spectacular Bid — he was like that, pure greatness.”

Smith, who was aboard for seven of Arrogate’s 11 starts, said piloting the imposing gray was an incredible experience.

“He felt like a train going downhill — the farther he went, the faster he went, and he just kept going faster and faster,” he said. “It was so much fun to ride him. It was amazing, the stride and the stamina he had. He’s the fastest horse I ever got on going a mile and a quarter. When he won the Travers and set that record, that was phenomenal.

“He died much too young. His career was real fast and he went the same way, but in a short amount of time he made a tremendous impact on horse racing.”

Above: Arrogate posted a career record of 7-1-1 from 11 starts and earned a North American-record $17,422,600. He was voted the Eclipse Award winner for Champion 3-YearOld Male in 2016 . Opposite page: Artist Greg Montgomery’s 2017 Travers Stakes artwork featured Arrogate’s spectacular record-breaking win in the 2016 Midsummer Derby.

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Gray/roan colt, 2013 – 2020

By Unbridled’s Song—Bubbler, by Distorted Humor

Owner: Juddmonte Farms

Breeder: Clearsky Farms

Trainer: Bob Baffert

Notable:

• Broke General Assembly’s 37-year-old track record in winning the 2016 Travers Stakes

• Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male 2016

• Defeated two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic and 2017 Pegasus World Cup, setting track record in the latter

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7 Consecutive wins from 2016 to 2017

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The People’s Champion

Two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome won 14 stakes races and became one of the most popular racehorses of all time

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

California Chrome’s remarkable career on the racetrack was defined by exceeding expectations — and doing so in exquisite style. The chestnut son of Lucky Pulpit soared to heights his modest pedigree failed to foreshadow, reaching racing’s pinnacle multiple times during a fairytale journey that captivated millions of fans affectionately known as “Chromies.”

Bred in California by co-owners Perry Martin and Steve Coburn, California Chrome was out of the Not For Love mare Love the Chase. The owners added a dash of self-humbling humor to the story when naming their partnership DAP Racing — Dumb Ass Partners — after someone questioned their intelligence when they purchased Love the Chase.

Trained by Art Sherman and ridden primarily by Hall of Fame jockey

Victor Espinoza, California Chrome produced a spectacular career that included Horse of the Year honors in 2014 and 2016 and a record of 164-1 with earnings of $14,752,650 from 27 starts. His signature victories included the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Hollywood Derby (turf), Dubai World Cup, and Pacific Classic. He won 14 stakes overall and earned victories at seven different tracks.

“He took us on the ride of a lifetime. What Chrome did for all of us was something we could never have dreamed of,” said Sherman, who retired in 2021 after 43 years as a trainer. “He was a tremendous blessing for racing. Not too many horses come along like him. You see very few, if any, in a lifetime … and you’re extremely lucky if you get one in your barn. He was so special.”

California Chrome’s 2-year-old season in 2013 didn’t provide many

Above: California Chrome, Victor Espinoza up, wins the 2014 Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anta Park. Opposite page: California Chrome, Espinoza up, wins the 2014 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

glimpses of imminent greatness. He broke his maiden in his second career start at Hollywood Park, but his stakes performances that year were a bit uneven. He mixed victories in the Graduation Stakes at Del Mar and King Glorious Stakes at Hollywood with disappointing results in the Willard L. Proctor Memorial (fifth), Del Mar Futurity (sixth), and Golden State Juvenile (sixth). The King Glorious victory (by 6¼ lengths) closed out the campaign in December and was the first time Espinoza was aboard. From that point forward, no other rider was ever in the irons aboard California Chrome.

“I liked him and I could tell he had a great mind,” Espinoza said of his first impressions of Chrome. “I wasn’t thinking he was going to be some megastar, but he was trained so well, found his form, and kept getting better and better all the time.”

Beginning his sophomore season in late January 2014, California Chrome announced his presence with authority on the trail to the Kentucky Derby. He won the California Cup Derby by 5½ lengths, took the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes by 7¼, and defeated Hopportunity by 5¼ in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. And just like that — with four consecutive wins by a combined 24¼ lengths — California Chrome was the favorite to win the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. He didn’t disappoint.

Espinoza settled California Chrome off the pace in the Derby. As the leaders began to tire, California Chrome moved near the front turning for home. He took the lead at the quarter pole and shook clear to lead by as many as five lengths before Espinoza geared him down. At the wire, California Chrome was 1¾ lengths clear of longshot Commanding Curve. With the victory, he became only the fourth Cal-bred to win

the Derby, joining Morvich (1922), Hall of Famer Swaps (1955), and Decidedly (1962).

California Chrome went on to defeat Ride On Curlin by 1½ lengths in the Preakness. None of the other Cal-bred Derby winners added a Preakness victory — California Chrome was in the record books. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who entered three horses in the Preakness, said, “I’m done chasing him. He’s super, the real deal.” Coburn said California Chrome had become “America’s horse.”

A Triple Crown, however, was not to be. California Chrome was stepped on breaking from the gate in the Belmont Stakes and suffered a cut that seemed to bother him throughout the race. He ran gallantly, finishing fourth, only 1¾ lengths behind winner Tonalist.

In The BloodHorse, Steve Haskin wrote, “When I think back ... the one image that will last forever will be of an exhausted colt walking back through the tunnel with a bloodstained foot, his head down and breathing hard, and every vein protruding from his sweat-soaked body. He had given every ounce of himself, and with it all, still was beaten only 1¾ lengths.”

Following the Belmont, California Chrome was given some time off before finishing sixth in the Pennsylvania Derby and third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, both of which were won by Bayern. He then closed out his year with a bounce-back performance in the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. On the turf for the first time, California Chrome looked like his old self, defeating Queen’s Plate winner Lexie Lou by two lengths. After the race, Espinoza simply said, “He’s back.” With a record of 6-0-1 from nine starts and seasonal earnings of more than $4 million, California Chrome

Above: California Chrome, Victor Espinoza up, wins the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Opposite page top: California Chrome, as depicted by artist Nick Martinez. Opposite page bottom left: Espinoza celebrates winning the Derby. Opposite page bottom right: California Chrome, Espinoza up, wins the 2016 Dubai World Cup.

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won the 2014 Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Male.

California Chrome’s 4-year-old season consisted of only two races — he finished second to champion Shared Belief in the Santa Anita Handicap and second to Prince Bishop in the Dubai World Cup — and the tumultuous year included physical ailments and ownership changes. A bruised hoof prevented a planned start in England at Ascot and more bruising was later discovered in his cannon bones, ending California Chrome’s season. Martin, who owned a controlling interest of 70 percent in California Chrome, intended to retire the horse to stud at the end of the year. Coburn, however, sold his 30 percent stake to Taylor Made Farm and an agreement was reached to race California Chrome for another year. After enjoying some paddock rest at Taylor Made in Kentucky, California Chrome returned to Sherman’s barn in the fall of 2015 to prepare for his 5-year-old campaign.

A rejuvenated California Chrome returned to the races on Jan. 9, 2016, defeating Imperative and Hopportunity in the Grade 2 San Pasqual. He then made a return trip to Dubai, where he prepped for the World Cup with an easy victory over the Meydan course in late February. Espinoza said California Chrome was “magnificent” in his second attempt at the $10 million Dubai World Cup. Breaking from post 11 in the field of 12, Espinoza and California Chrome settled comfortably into third early on, using four-wide positioning on the first turn and three-wide on the second to establish forward placement behind pacesetter Mshawish with Special Fighter in second. Espinoza’s athleticism and balance was called on as California Chrome’s saddle slid during the race, but the rider kept his wits and pressed on undaunted. California Chrome unleashed a huge run exiting the final turn and left the competition in his wake en route to a 3¾-length

Right: California Chrome is pictured in the saddling enclosure at Santa Anita Park prior

victory over Mubtaahij. With the win, California Chrome became the richest North American racehorse of all time. The $6 million winner’s share pushed his earnings to $12,532,650, surpassing 2008 Dubai World Cup winner and Hall of Fame member Curlin’s $10,501,800.

“I’m just elated. I’ve always wanted to run this horse as a 5-year-old, because that’s the best year a horse can have,” Sherman said after the race. “And in our world right now, we don’t have the handicap horses any more … I’m just so happy that it gives racing a big boost to have a horse like that.”

California Chrome extended his win streak to six with victories in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap, Grade 1 Pacific Classic, and Grade 1 Awesome Again. California Chrome was especially dominant in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar, defeating future Hall of Famer Beholder by five lengths. Knowing the victory was secure, Espinoza geared California Chrome down in the stretch. The time for 1¼ miles was 2:00.13. Track announcer Trevor Denman described California Chrome’s effort as “one of the greatest performances you’ll ever see.”

“I saw the hold he had on him,” Sherman said. “He was just cruising. It’s all over. Turning for home, (Beholder) was already under a drive trying to catch him. … That was the race. How can you say any more about him? That’s why he’s the best horse in the country.”

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who piloted Beholder, said, “Victor was playing with us. I don’t think he really let him run. That’s scary to think about.”

California Chrome’s win streak was snapped next out in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita. Three-year-old Arrogate proved too powerful in the stretch for California Chrome to hold off in a half-length defeat. That December, California Chrome earned his 16th and final victory in the Winter Challenge Stakes at Los Alamitos, romping by 12 lengths. With a record of 7-1-0 from eights starts and seasonal earnings of $8,180,000, California Chrome was voted the Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male.

After finishing a disappointing ninth in the 2017 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, California Chrome was retired. He began his stallion career that year at Taylor Made and resided there until the farm announced the 50-member California Chrome syndicate agreed to sell the horse to a company in Japan to stand him at Arrow Stud in Hokkaido. The American syndicate retained a right of first refusal and a provision that when California Chrome is retired from stallion duty he will return to America and live the remainder of his life at Taylor Made

CALIFORNIA CHROME (CA)

Chestnut colt, 2011 –By Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love

Owner: Perry Martin, Steve Coburn, California Chrome, LLC

Breeder: Perry Martin and Steve Coburn

Trainer: Art Sherman

Notable:

• Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year 2014 and 2016, Champion 3-Year-Old Male 2014, Champion Older Male 2016

• Set North American record for career earnings at $12,532,650 with Dubai World Cup victory (surpassing Curlin)

• Major wins included the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby, Dubai World, Cup, Pacific Classic

By the Numbers:

14 Number of stakes victories

7 Number of different tracks California Chrome won races at $14,752,650 Career earnings (No. 6 all time for a North American racehorse)

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Songbird’s Sweet Music

Two-time champion filly won 13 of 15 races and became one of the sport’s most popular performers

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Songbird came tantalizingly close to an undefeated career on the racetrack. In 15 starts, the brilliant dark bay daughter of Medaglia d’Oro won 13 times, including nine Grade 1 victories. She did just about everything that can be asked of a great racehorse. Only a nose in one race and a neck in another kept her from perfection. Songbird’s Hall of Fame trainer, Jerry Hollendorfer, had the highest levels of confidence every time his filly was on the track.

“I never like to say it’s easy, but she’s just got a lot of talent,” Hollendorfer said after Songbird won the 2016 Alabama Stakes by seven

lengths for her 10th consecutive victory to start her career. “She makes it look easy … I just take every race as it comes up and do my best and she does her best.”

Songbird’s best was always a sight to behold. She won at seven different tracks — in California, Delaware, Kentucky, New York, and Pennsylvania — and was spectacular everywhere she went. Owned by the late Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farms, Songbird was picked out by bloodstock agent Tom McGreevy at the 2014 Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. Bred in Kentucky by John Antonelli, Songbird was a $400,000 purchase by Fox Hill. McGreevy had previously selected 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de

Above: Songbird is pictured in her stall at Keeneland Race Course prior to the 2015 Breeders’ Cup. Opposite page: Songbird, Mike Smith up, rolls to a 5¼-length victory in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course in 2016.

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Grace for Porter’s prominent stable.

“She’s the best horse I’ve bought, in a rout,” McGreevy said. “You just run out of words to use for her. It really brings a tear to your eye. I don’t know what else you can say.”

Songbird made her career debut at Del Mar on July 26, 2015. She toyed with the competition that day, winning by 6½ lengths with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the irons. Smith was aboard for all 15 of Songbird’s races. Following her maiden win, Songbird dove into Grade 1 company, winning the Del Mar Debutante and Chandelier before shipping to Kentucky for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland.

It was fitting that the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile was contested on Halloween — Songbird was scary good. Looking every bit the 3-5 favorite

she was, Songbird controlled the pace throughout and drew off to defeat Grade 1 winner Rachel’s Valentina by 5¾ lengths. Her third consecutive Grade 1 win locked up the Eclipse Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Filly. Smith said the Breeders’ Cup victory was never in doubt.

“Once we jumped out the gate, it was just a matter of me staying on,” he said following the race. “She’s so talented and she gives you so much confidence. I almost felt like yawning as we went along. I don’t mean that in a bragging way. She just gives me that much confidence.”

Songbird spent the first half of her 3-year-old campaign in 2016 at Santa Anita. She clicked off four consecutive graded wins — easy scores in the Las Virgenes (G2), Santa Ysabel (G3), Santa Anita Oaks (G1), and Summertime Oaks (G2) — to run her win streak to eight. The only

Above: Songbird, Mike Smith up, wins the 2016 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. Opposite page: Songbird, Smith up, wins the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland Race Course.

hiccup during this period was when she was forced to skip the Kentucky Oaks because of a fever.

Journeying to the East Coast, Songbird made it nine in a row with a 5¼-length victory in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga prior to her Alabama victory.

“The fans just loved Songbird and she put on a performance for them that day at Saratoga,” Porter later said of the Alabama. “That was a beautiful thing to watch. It showed how well she got over the ground. She was a piece of perfection that day. She ran to a different beat than they did. (Hall of Fame trainer) Bill Mott told me he had to go down and applaud when she got back to the winner’s circle.”

Following the Alabama, she crushed the field in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx in Pennsylvania, setting up a Breeders’ Cup showdown for the ages at Santa Anita. In the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Songbird delivered one of the finest performances of her career, but her win streak was snapped at 11 by future Hall of Famer Beholder by a nose at the wire. Smith and Songbird battled furiously with Gary Stevens and Beholder in

a remarkable stretch showdown. The 6-year-old champion mare got the better of the photo finish by the slimmest of margins.

“She ran incredible and I’m so proud of her,” Smith said. “The real Beholder showed up today. That was probably the best race she has run in her life. My filly made her reach down as deep as she has. In losing, I feel like we won. We got beat a short nose.”

The narrow defeat only enhanced Songbird’s reputation. She was an easy choice for the Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Eclipse Award. Songbird returned to the races as a 4-year-old in June 2017 to win the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park and followed with her ninth Grade 1 victory a month later in the Delaware Handicap.

Songbird lost by a neck to Forever Unbridled in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign that August at Saratoga. It was her 15th and final start, as an injury was discovered after the race and Porter made the decision to retire her. Songbird finished her remarkable career with a record of 13-2-0 from 15 starts with earnings of $4,692,000.

“There’s no question she was the best horse I’ve ever owned,” Porter

Above: Songbird is depicted by artist Nick Martinez winning the 2016 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. Opposite page left: Songbird, Smith up, is led to the winner’s circle after the Alabama. Opposite page right: Smith celebrates aboard Songbird after winning the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland.

said following Songbird’s retirement. “I don’t think there’s any question about that. I’ve had some good horses, but Songbird was something special. She won 11 in a row … won nine Grade 1s at seven different tracks. She was spectacular.”

“Every moment with her was special. Everything she did was extraordinary and eye-catching. Everything she did was a blessing,” Smith said. “Her losses weren’t really defeats. She ran amazing in them. The first time I didn’t get the bob against one of the greatest fillies of all time in a Breeders’ Cup race that was right up there with Personal Ensign and Winning Colors. The other was to a mare who went on to win the Distaff. Those were great fillies that beat us. It shows how great Songbird was.

“Everyone loved her. They loved her on both coasts. You couldn’t help but love her. You don’t see too many horses like her.”

Following her retirement, Songbird was sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for $9.5 million during the 2017 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. It was the second-highest price ever for a broodmare prospect, topped only by Whisper Hill’s $10 million purchase of Havre de Grace in 2012.

SONGBIRD (KY)

Dark bay filly, 2013 –

By Medaglia d’Oro—Ivanavinalot, by West Acre

Owner: Fox Hill Farms, Inc.

Breeder: John Antonelli

Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer

Notable:

• Won the Eclipse Award for Champion

2-Year-Old Filly in 2015 and Champion

3-Year-Old Filly in 2016

• Won the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filles

• Won races at seven different tracks

By the Numbers:

11 Number of consecutive victories by Songbird to begin her career

60¼ Combined lengths Songbird won her first 11 races by

9 Number of Grade 1 races won by Songbird

Bold and Brilliant

Corey Nakatani’s determination to win and his confidence in his abilities to do so were hallmarks of a Hall of Fame career in the saddle

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Any conversation about the fiercest competitors to ever ride a racehorse has to include Corey Nakatani. Complementing his fiery demeanor on the racetrack, Nakatani also possessed magnificent talent and uncanny instincts in the irons. That combination of elite skills and driven mindset served Nakatani well throughout his distinguished 31-year career as a jockey — it landed him in the Hall of Fame.

Born in 1970 in Covina, California, Nakatani was one of Roy and Marie Nakatani’s 10 children. A champion high school wrestler, Nakatani became interested in racing when he visited Santa Anita Park with his father after a wrestling tournament.

“My dad wanted to play a couple races and I wandered down to the apron,” Nakatani said. “The place and the atmosphere intrigued me. I went up to (Hall of Fame trainer) Jack Van Berg … I had no idea who he was at the time. I asked him if these guys made any money doing this.

He pointed and said, ‘That guy there is (Hall of Fame trainer) Charlie Whittingham and that guy there is (Hall of Fame jockey) Bill Shoemaker. They both make a million dollars a year.’ I was interested.

“I immediately thought I could be a jockey. Just like that. I didn’t know anything about the sport, but I had a belief in myself. I was always a really good athlete and I knew I would be successful no matter what it was. I wasn’t trying to be arrogant or anything … I just had confidence. I was always told I was too small. That put a chip on my shoulder. I was going to beat you and prove you wrong. That was my mentality.”

Nakatani connected with trainer Roger Stein and took an entry-level job mucking stalls and walking horses. Even though he had never been on a horse, Nakatani wanted to ride. Stein suggested Nakatani get some experience on a working farm, which he did for elite jockey agent Tony Matos, before eventually breaking and galloping horses for the legendary Johnny Longden and his son, Eric.

Above: Corey Nakatani won 3,909 races in his career, including 10 Breeders’ Cup events. The California native won a total of 341 stakes, including 120 Grade 1s. Opposite page: Nakatani celebrates winning the 2009 Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar aboard Global Hunter.

“I was fortunate to get some good opportunities and learn from some very experienced and knowledgeable horsemen,” Nakatani said. “I was able to soak up a lot of different aspects of horsemanship and get a good foundation before I started as a jockey. I think that was important. I was very comfortable around horses. I always bonded well with them. They’re amazing athletes.”

In 1988, Nakatani traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, to make his debut as a professional rider. Showing immediate aptitude, he was a winner with his first mount, Blue King, in a dead heat at the Caliente track. The following April, Nakatani returned to Southern California and began his ascent to stardom. By the time he announced his retirement in 2019, Nakatani had won 3,909 races with purse earnings of $234,554,534 (No. 12 all time at the time of his retirement). He won 341 graded stakes, including 120 Grade 1s, as well as 10 Breeders’ Cup races. Nakatani finished in the top 20 in annual earnings 16 times, including 11 times in the top 10. A winner of 10 riding titles on the Southern California circuit, Nakatani ranks in the top 10 in overall wins and stakes wins at both Santa Anita and Del Mar. He won 1,033 races at Santa Anita (No. 9 all time), including 131 stakes (No. 8), and 705 races at Del Mar (No. 6), including 104 stakes (No. 2).

Nakatani’s significant mounts included Hall of Famers Lava Man and Serena’s Song, as well as champions Itsallgreektome, Jewel Princess, Lit de Justice, My Miss Aurelia, Shared Belief, Sweet Catomine, Thor’s Echo, and Wandesta. His 10 Breeders’ Cup victories included the 1996 Distaff (Jewel Princess) and Sprint (Lit de Justice); 1997 Sprint (Elmhurst); 1999 Mile (Silic) and Sprint (Reraise); 2004 Juvenile Fillies (Sweet Catomine); 2006 Sprint (Thor’s Echo); 2011 Turf Sprint (Regally Ready) and Juvenile Fillies (My Miss Aurelia); and the 2012 Dirt Mile (Tapizar).

Grade 1 races Nakatani won multiple times include the Hollywood Derby (1990, 1993, 2013, 2015), Matriarch (1990, 1996), Hollywood Turf Cup (1990, 1998, 2010), Las Virgenes (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005), Santa Anita Oaks (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2008), Kentucky Oaks (1991, 1996), Hollywood Starlet (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996), Santa Margarita Handicap (1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2014), Santa Maria Handicap (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000), Oak Leaf (1994, 2006), Eddie Read Handicap (1994, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2009), Ramona Handicap (1995, 1996, 1998), Caesar’s International (1995, 1996), Beverly D. (1995, 2001), Del Mar Oaks (1998, 2003, 2007, 2014), Shoemaker Mile (2000, 2006, 2010), Manhattan (2000, 2001), Santa

Above: Corey Nakatani rides Hall of Fame member Lava Man to victory in the 2006 Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Santa Anita Park. Nakatani partnered with Lava Man for 10 wins.

Anita Handicap (2000, 2006, 2007), Frizette (2004, 2011), Clement L. Hirsch (2005, 2013), Hollywood Gold Cup (2006, 2007), and Kilroe Mile (2014, 2018).

During his early days riding in California, Nakatani was competing against some of the greatest jockeys of all time. Instead of being intimidated by the Hall of Famers surrounding him, Nakatani saw a chance to shape his riding style by studying his elite peers.

“In California at that time we had Shoemaker, we had (Laffit) Pincay, (Chris) McCarron, (Eddie) Delahoussaye, (Gary) Stevens, (Kent) Desormeaux … all these Hall of Fame legendary jocks,” Nakatani said. “Being around guys like that would be difficult for a lot of riders, but I approached it a different way. I saw opportunity. If I wanted to get to

that level, I had to learn from them, watch how they handled certain situations, pay attention to how they prepared, how they took care of themselves. I took a little bit of knowledge, a little bit of style from each of them. That’s how I developed.”

Nakatani was criticized at times during his career for his riding style. He served his share of suspensions and was somewhat of a controversial figure but insists he never intentionally sought to cause trouble on the track.

“I was an aggressive rider, absolutely was. My job was to win races and I have always been extremely competitive in everything that I do,” Nakatani said. “I honestly don’t think I crossed the line very much at all. I was never out there trying to put someone else in danger. It’s a tough job and everyone wants to win races, but your fellow riders are family and you’re friends with

Above: Corey Nakatani is presented a commemorative surfboard after winning the 2014 Zuma Beach Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Nakatani finished his career in the top 10 in both wins and stakes wins at Santa Anita and Del Mar. Opposite page top left: Nakatani is pictured at Del Mar in 2004. Opposite page bottom right: Nakatani celebrates with Lava Man after winning the 2007 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park.

them. I understood that. We’re not trying to hurt each other. I was fierce, but I wasn’t trying to be flagrant. There is a difference between race riding and crossing lines. I always rode my best no matter who it was for or the type of race. I’m proud of the effort I gave — I gave my all.”

A severe injury at Del Mar in 2018 ended Nakatani’s career. His mount, Irish Spring, clipped heels and tossed him after the horse was impeded by a rival. Nakatani suffered a broken neck, compression fractures of the T9 and T10 vertebrae, herniated discs in the C5, C6, and C7 vertebrae, and spinal cord compression.

“Those weren’t the terms I wanted to end my career on, obviously,” said Nakatani, who formally announced his retirement in November 2019. “You always want to be the one who decides how it ends, but the racing gods make those calls.”

Nakatani is at peace with his career and legacy.

“I left it all out there. There’s nothing else you can do as an athlete that is more than that,” he said. “Horses and horse racing gave me a great career for a long time. It was a true blessing. It was a great ride for sure.”

Nakatani’s love for the sport has been passed down to his son, Matt, a jockey agent for Umberto Rispoli and Mario Gutierrez. Matt Nakatani was serving as his father’s agent when the career-ending injury occurred. Another of Nakatani’s children, his youngest daughter, Lilah, is an upand-coming rider on the show circuit.

“My family is my everything. My wife Lisa has been my biggest supporter,” Nakatani said. “All of my kids — Brittany, Matt, Austin, Tayler, and Lilah — they have been the biggest blessings in my life. Getting into the Hall of Fame is all about them; it’s something the whole family achieved. I couldn’t have done this alone. I wouldn’t be the person I am without their support and sacrifices and what they have done for me.”

COREY S. NAKATANI

Born: Oct. 21, 1970, Covina, California

Career Dates: 1988 – 2018

Career Statistics

Mounts: 23,740

Wins: 3,909

Win Percentage: 16.80

Earnings: $234,554,534

Notable:

• Rode Hall of Fame members Lava Man and Serena’s Song, as well as champions Itsallgreektome, Jewel Princess, Lit de Justice, My Miss Aurelia, Shared Belief, Sweet Catomine, Thor’s Echo, and Wandesta

• Ranks in the top 10 all time in both wins and stakes wins at Del Mar and Santa Anita

• Ranked No. 12 all time in career earnings at the time of his retirement

• Won 10 riding titles in Southern California

By the Numbers:

10 Number of Breeders’ Cup wins for Nakatani

341 Number of stakes races won by Nakatani

1,738 Number of races won by Nakatani at Santa Anita (1,033) and Del Mar (705)

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A California King

Chilean-born Fernando Toro was consistently among the top California-based jockeys during a career in which he won 3,555 races in North America

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Throughout his distinguished career in the irons, Fernando Toro consistently ranked among the best of the best in some of the most accomplished and deepest jockey colonies in the history of American thoroughbred racing.

Based in California, Toro competed successfully against the likes of Hall of Famers Laffit Pincay, Jr., Sandy Hawley, William Shoemaker, Don Pierce, and Darrel McHargue, among other standouts, during the 1970s. In the 1980s, California’s talent pool of exceptional riders added alltime greats such as Chris McCarron, Gary Stevens, Eddie Delahoussaye, Alex Solis, and Patrick Valenzuela. Throughout both decades, Toro was entrenched among the elite.

Born in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 31, 1941, Toro was a proven rider in his native country prior to moving to the United States. After winning his first race in November 1956 at the age of 15, Toro went on to become a two-time leading jockey in Chile in the mid-1960s. His major victories there included three editions of the prestigious Gran Premio. In 1964, he

won the Clasico St. Leger — the second leg of the Chilean Triple Crown — aboard Pair of Aces.

Opportunities, however, were more abundant for a top rider in the United States, prompting Toro to take his shot at American racing in 1966. When he retired in 1990 at the age of 49, Toro had won 3,555 races in North America, including just about every significant race contested in Southern California.

“I was blessed to have the career I did. I never took it for granted,” Toro said. “I rode a lot of good horses for a lot of good trainers. It meant a lot to me that the trainers trusted me. I always gave my best and I’m proud of how hard I worked and the results.”

Toro ranked in the top 10 in stakes wins at Del Mar (No. 6), Hollywood Park (No. 8), and Santa Anita (tied at No. 8) at the time of his retirement. At Del Mar, he won 38 stakes, including four editions of the San Clemente (1974, 1975, 1979, 1987); consecutive runnings of the Ramona Handicap (1971, 1972); and two renewals of the Del Mar Derby (1970, 1981), Del Mar Oaks (1970, 1978), and Escondido (1970,

Above: Fernando Toro is pictured aboard Hall of Famer Ancient Title prior to the 1974 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Opposite page: Toro, shown in 1973 at Santa Anita, won 3,555 races in North America, including 80 graded stakes.

1978). He also won the Del Mar Futurity (1971), Eddie Read (1977), and San Diego (1978). Only Shoemaker, Pincay, McCarron, Pierce, and Delahoussaye had more Del Mar Stakes wins than Toro through 1990.

At Hollywood Park, Toro ranks No. 8 in both overall wins (823) and stakes (83). He won the Beverly Hills Handicap five times (1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986); the American (1975 both divisions, 1982, 1989) and Wilshire (1972, 1976, 1980, 1987) four times each; the Sunset (1976, 1985, 1988) and Premiere (1976, 1986, 1987) three times each; and the Gamely (1979, 1980), Inglewood (1973, 1984), and Vanity (1971, 1976) twice each. Toro also swept both divisions of the 1983 Hollywood Derby and won the Hollywood Turf Cup (1982), Swaps (1983), and Triple Bend (1978), among others.

Toro’s 620 wins at Sant Anita included 55 stakes. He had three wins

in both the Santa Margarita (1974, 1976, 1984) and Strub (1976, 1981, 1986); two in the Carleton F. Burke (1979, 1981), San Carlos (1973, 1977), San Felipe (1975, 1981), San Pasqual (1975, 1977), Santa Ana (1978, 1985), Santa Monica (1974, 1975), Santa Susana (1976, 1977), and San Marcos (1976, 1985); and single wins in the Arcadia (1976), Malibu (1974), Monrovia (1973), Oak Leaf (1974), Oak Tree Mile (1987), Palos Verdes (1972), San Fernando (1978), San Gabriel (1985), San Luis Obispo (1976), San Luis Rey (1977), San Vicente (1973), Santa Maria (1978), and Yellow Ribbon (1986), among others.

“I loved riding in California. The competition kept you sharp every day,” Toro said. “You knew in every race that the guys you were competing against were really good and that you had to give your best if you were going to have a chance to win.”

Top: Fernando Toro pilots Ancient Title to victory in the 1974 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita. Above: Toro guides Estrapade to a win in 1985 at Santa Anita.

Although best known for his California success, Toro ventured throughout the United States and into Canada with tremendous results. He won the Apple Blossom (1988) at Oaklawn in Arkansas; the Arlington Million (1986) and Stars and Stripes (1987) at Arlington Park in Illinois; the Ashland (1977) at Keeneland in Kentucky; the Dominion Day (1979), Jockey Club Cup (1979), and Seagram Cup (1968) at Woodbine in Canada; the Longacres Derby (1984) in Washington; the Hawthorne Gold Cup (1987) at Hawthorne in Illinois, the Louisville Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs in Kentucky; the Manhattan (1976) and Tremont (1969) at Belmont Park in New York; the Pan American (1968) and Rampart (1988) at Gulfstream in Florida; and the Widener (1969) at Hialeah in Florida.

In November 1983, Toro took over as the regular rider of Royal Heroine for emerging trainer John Gosden. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022, Royal Heroine won the Hollywood Derby (Division 1), Inglewood, Beverly Hills Handicap, inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile, and Matriarch with Toro aboard.

“I rode some special horses … Royal Heroine was right up there at the top,” Toro said. “We won some really big races together. She was great … tremendous talent and just moved so well … a lot of natural ability.”

Gosden was one of several top-level trainers who regularly gave Toro a leg up on their horses. The list included Hall of Famers Laz Barrera, Gary Jones, Richard Mandella, Ron McAnally, and Charlie Whittingham. Although he earned a reputation as a brilliant turf rider, Toro proved more than efficient on the dirt and at any distance.

Along with Royal Heroine, Toro won stakes with Hall of Famers Ancient Title, Cougar II, and Manila. He also won multiple stakes with champion Estrapade, as well as Adored, By Land By Sea, Caucasus, Dahar, Miss Toshiba, Nostalgia’s Star, Spence Bay, Super Moment, Tizna, and Wishing Well, among others.

According to Equibase statistics, Toro won 80 graded stakes from 1976 through 1990 and finished with career earnings of $56,299,765 in North America. Known as a fierce competitor but also as someone who respected the rules of the sport, Toro was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1975.

“I’m very thankful for the career I had,” Toro said. “To be a jockey was my dream and it turned out pretty well. Can’t ask for more than that.”

FERNANDO TORO

Born: Jan. 31, 1941, Santiago, Chile

Career dates: 1956 – 1990

Achievements:

• Won the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile and four other stakes with Hall of Famer Royal Heroine

• Won stakes aboard Hall of Fame members Ancient Title, Cougar II, and Manila

• Won the Beverly Hills Handicap five times (1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986)

• Won the San Clemente four times (1974, 1975, 1979, 1987)

• Won the American Handicap four times (1975 both divisions, 1982, 1989)

• Won the Wilshire Handicap four times (1972, 1976, 1980, 1987)

• Ranked in the top 10 in stakes wins at Del Mar (No. 6), Hollywood (No. 8), and Santa Anita (tied at No. 8) at the time of his retirement

By the numbers:

3,555 North American races won by Toro

80 graded stakes won by Toro from 1976 through 1990

$56,299,765 in career North American earnings

Above left: Fernando Toro, left is pictured with fellow Hall of Fame jockeys Johnny Longden, middle, and Ralph Neves, right, in 1984 at Santa Anita. Above right: Toro and Sister Fleet prior to the 1975 Hawthorne Handicap at Hollywood Park. Below: Toro and Don’s Music win the 1977 La Centinela Stakes at Santa Anita.

A Visionary Leader

During a tumultuous period in New York racing, John Hanes directed a revitalization effort that ushered in an era of remarkable success

BY Edward L. Bowen Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chairman

“Johnny Hanes is unquestionably the most beloved powerful man or the most powerful beloved man that any of us is ever likely to know.”

The occasion of that accolade was John Wesley Hanes II being celebrated as honor guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America’s annual Testimonial Dinner in 1983.

The heartfelt tribute was written by the worldly Kentucky horseman and sportsman Stanley D. Petter, Jr., whose professional vantage points of Hanes included New York racing, Kentucky sales, and service on behalf of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Petter placed his testimonial in part within context of having walked with Hanes from the parking lot of Belmont Park to the box section of that iconic New York track.

“Everyone from the car parker to the program seller to members of The Jockey Club will crowd around to get near him, not because they sense his star appeal (which he genuinely has), but because they are intuitively drawn by his deep concern for his fellow man,” Petter wrote. “He is Everyman: the patrician with the common touch, the Common Man of noble ways.”

The timing of that Testimonial Dinner on the night of Nov. 13, 1983, allowed the racing world nearly three decades to appreciate the role Hanes had played in a pivotal chapter in New York racing. Hanes had been one of three musketeers of a sort who had come to the rescue of New York racing. And rescue is not too strong a word, for the status of the city’s and state’s racing had diminished to the point that a powerful racing commission chairman had vowed that government would take charge if the industry itself failed to act.

Since post-Civil War eras, New York racing had emerged as the most influential circuit of the United States’ first national sport. Sportsmen such as Leonard Jerome, August Belmont I and II, Joseph E. Widener, and Alfred Vanderbilt had peopled a history of achievement which had earned and maintained pride of place. Indeed, when New York racing had been shut down by overwrought anti-betting morality early in the 20th century, the thoroughbred sport/business of the entire nation had staggered. Such was the importance of the Gotham Turf scene.

By 1953, however, New York racing was in decline, while the racing qualities of Chicago and New Jersey seemed emergent. Ashley T. Cole, chairman of the New York Racing Commission, was the spokesman of

Above: John Hanes, right, is pictured at Saratoga Race Course with Marshall Cassidy. Opposite page: Hanes served as Under Secretary of the Treasury during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.

state government’s threat to step in if industry leaders could not correct the decline. Fittingly, although perhaps ironically, that threat had one of its stark iterations during a dinner held by The Jockey Club in Saratoga.

Ogden Phipps was vice chairman of The Jockey Club under George D. Widener. Phipps’ name has been associated ever since with the rapid appointment of three combination sportsmen/breeders/captains of industry as a three-person committee. Hanes was one of those members and was joined by Capt. Harry Guggenheim and Christopher T. Chenery.

The three hunkered down to a working relationship, including many letters exchanged as well as personal meetings. Out of the chaos came a vision at once embracing a reduction in tracks countered by expansion of remaining facilities. The title organization New York Racing Association came to be associated with this tripartite effort, and, in a phrase, New York Racing reassumed its perch.

Hanes was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1892. His father and an uncle were associates of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco empire, which was sold into the American Tobacco Trust. As Hanes once described it to The BloodHorse, “When Teddy Roosevelt began his trust busting in 1911, the Supreme Court decrees came down separating all the tobacco companies and oil companies.” Hanes’ family elected to take stock in Reynolds, but soon “hocked that stock and borrowed money,” in order to build up Hanes Hosiery Co., which his father had founded in 1903.

Hanes attended Yale and launched into a business career which in time found him senior partner of Charles Barney and Company and a member of some 30 other boards. In 1938, Hanes was asked to become a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon which he sold his seat

on the exchange. He later moved to Washington, D.C., to take a post in the Treasury Department, which led to his becoming Under Secretary of the Treasury. Hanes’ professional vs. personal standards found him leaving that post because of disappointment in Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to break precedent by running for a third term as President.

Back in private business, Hanes succeeded in a milieu which later would make him a prime candidate for the New York racing economic puzzle. In what he once said was “the most complicated thing I ever got into,” he was engaged to reorganize and revitalize William Randolph Hearst’s financial empire of some 90 companies. This led to Hanes being recruited to organize the merger of Olin Industries and Mathieson Chemicals. Olin Industries and Mathieson Chemical merged in 1954 to form the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. The new company had 35,000 employees, 46 domestic plans, and 17 foreign plants.

Hanes’ other qualifications to help lead New York racing began tangentially in his playing polo as a young man, and his second wife, Hope Yandell Hanes of the Central Kentucky town of Danville, had owned horses since the 1930s. George D. Widener asked Hanes to become a director of Belmont Park in 1949, during the time Mr. and Mrs. Hanes were assembling a broodmare band. Also, in 1952, Hanes entered into a partnership with Spendthrift Farm owner Leslie Combs II involving stallion syndication as well as breeding and selling high quality yearlings.

Hanes, Guggengheim, and Chenery poured similar sporting and business acumen into the New York racing problem. They came up with the idea of selling two New York City tracks, Jamaica and Empire City, in order to shore up the position of Aqueduct and Belmont. All the while,

Above: John Hanes speaks with Lucille Markey in the box seats at Saratoga Race Course. Opposite page top left: John Hanes is pictured in the paddock at Saratoga before the 1982 Spinaway Stakes. Opposite page top right: Hanes is depicted by artist Gardner Cox in a paining from the National Museum of Racing’s Collection.

they were determined to maintain and foster the historic racing at upstate Saratoga as well.

Looking back nearly 30 years during the Thoroughbred Club Testimonial Dinner, Hanes told his audience: “Many in the horse world were skeptical. No one dreamed that we could borrow over $50 million to finance the purchases from the stockholders” of all those racetracks. One factor which made it politically palatable, Hanes stressed, was that the committee plan was that the gambling franchise would “never be given to individuals.” Instead, it would rest in the hands of “a stock company organized under the same business laws as … General Electric, U.S. Steel, American Telephone or any other corporation in New York State.”

The stock was to be held by 20 trustees who “would purchase it for $50 a share and … no dividends, no emoluments, no rewards, would be forthcoming. We said here was a rare example of government and private enterprise joining hands in a corporation from which only the citizens of New York State would receive all the profit and benefit.”

Aqueduct was first to be rebuilt by the resulting New York Racing Association (NYRA) and reopened, grandly hailed by the public as “The Big A,” in 1959. Before Belmont Park could be rebuilt along a timeline, it had deteriorated enough that it was condemned in 1962, so New York City had only one track for a few years. Belmont Park’s own grand reopening came in time for the 100th Belmont Stakes in 1968. As Hanes said in his address, “The racetrack attendance and the income to New York State jumped by leaps and bounds.”

Hanes was the first chairman of NYRA and served as a trustee until 1973. His individual career in the horse business continued apace. His partnership with Combs found them breeding and selling Idun for a record price for a yearling filly. Idun brought $63,000 at Keeneland in 1956 and became a two-time champion filly. The partnership bred 14

stakes winners before its conclusion in 1964, and Hanes bred five stakes winners individually.

Service was always a key part of Hanes’ many roles in racing. In the 1970s, he became an officer in a hastily organized group which purchased the revered Hialeah Park in Florida when its existence was threatened. In addition to the Thoroughbred Club honor, Hanes was voted other important awards by varied constituencies of the sport. He was named an Exemplar of Racing by the National Museum of Racing, of which he served as president, as well as being voted Man of the Year by the Jockeys’ Guild. The National Steeplechase Association, of which he was also president, voted Hanes its F. Ambrose Clark Award

Hanes was 95 when he passed away in 1987. A Pillar of the Turf he was, indeed.

JOHN W. HANES II

Born: April 24, 1892, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Died: Dec. 24, 1987, Millbrook, New York

Achievements:

• Led revitalization of New York racing beginning in the 1950s, including spearheading the creation of NYRA

• Served as the first chairman of NYRA

• Served as president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association

• Bred or co-bred 19 stakes winners, including multiple champion Idun

• Honors included Exemplar of Racing from the National Museum of Racing, F. Ambrose Clark Award from the National Steeplechase Association, and Honored Guest of the Thoroughbred Club of America

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Challedon Horse of the Year 1939 and 1940, world record holder–inducted 1977

Cigar Horse of the Year 1995 and 1996, $9,999,815 in earnings–inducted 2002

Elkridge Champion Steeplechaser 1942 and 1946, 123 starts, retired as the all-time leader in steeplechase earnings–inducted 1966

Gallorette Champion Older Female in 1946, voted the greatest lly in American racing history in 1955–inducted 1962

Good Night Shirt Champion Steeplechaser 2007 and 2008–one of only three steeplechasers to earn over $1 million–inducted 2017

Jay Trump Only American-bred, owned and ridden winner ever of the English Grand National and three Maryland Hunt Cups–inducted 1971

Safely Kept Champion Sprinter 1989 earned over $2 million sprinting, beating the best males and females of her era–inducted 2011

Tuscalee Champion Steeplechaser 1966, 10 steeplechase wins in a single year, 37 career wins 1963-1972–inducted 2013

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New York Titan

Leonard Jerome was a monumental figure in American society and thoroughbred racing who spearheaded the creation of three iconic New York tracks in the 19th century

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Leonard Jerome’s imprint on American thoroughbred racing in the 19th century — specifically on the prominent and prestigious New York scene — was enormous. Known as the “King of Wall Street,” Jerome was a flamboyant stock speculator, financier, and patron of the arts who became a powerful figure in the thoroughbred game as the driving force behind the conception of three major racetracks in the New York City area. One of those tracks, the iconic Jerome Park, introduced the classic Belmont Stakes.

Born in Pompey, New York, in 1817, Jerome was one of 10 children — he had eight brothers and one sister — who grew up on the family farm in Onondaga County. Jerome studied briefly at Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey) before leaving for Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he graduated with a law degree. He then practiced law for a time with an uncle in Rochester before, according to the New York Times, his disposition became “too restless to find contentment in the drudgery of the law, and so for a short time he drifted into the more exciting arena of journalism.” This led Jerome and one of his brothers, Lawrence, to start the Rochester Native American paper.

The Times said the Native American became a success “as a strong Whig journal, and the editors scored their opponents without gloves. The paper … introduced the Jerome brothers to public notice, so that when Millard Fillmore became President, Leonard was sent as Consul to Trieste and

Lawrence was made Collector of the Port of Rochester. The election of Franklin Roosevelt returned the Democrats to power, and involved the retirement of the Jeromes from national politics. Then they sold their paper and began their remarkable career in (New York City).”

Jerome became a significant public figure in the Big Apple. His career was “remarkable alike for its alternation of enormous gains and losses and its success as a whole,” wrote the Times. Along with another brother, Addison, Jerome formed a partnership with William R. Travers in a financial firm that soon became a powerhouse on Wall Street. It was so successful that the Times said it “startled the boldest operators” and Jerome’s name “became known throughout the country as that of one of the boldest, coolest, and most successful manipulators in Wall Street.”

Through his association with Travers, Jerome took an interest in thoroughbred racing in the mid-1860s. Travers helped establish Saratoga Race Course and served as its first president. Jerome was named Saratoga’s vice president. In “They’re Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga,” author Edward Hotaling suggests Jerome was not content with the background role at Saratoga. According to Hotaling, Jerome “had to have his track. In fact, he had to have several tracks, and he started by triumphantly founding the American Jockey Club in Manhattan to run the first one.”

In 1866, Jerome bought the 230-acre estate and mansion of James Bathgate in what was then rural Westchester County, New York. Jerome and August Belmont I built Jerome Park on that land and held the

Above: Jerome Park played host to the inaugural Belmont Stakes in 1867. The race was held there until it moved to Morris Park in 1890. Leonard Jerome was instrumental in the creation of both tracks, as well as a third New York racing venue, Sheepshead Bay. Opposite page: Jerome is shown in a portrait by an unknown artist from the collection of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

inaugural Belmont Stakes there in 1867. The Belmont was contested at Jerome Park until 1890. Other key races inaugurated at Jerome Park include the Champagne Stakes, Juvenile Stakes, and Ladies Handicap. Racing historian William H. P. Robertson described Jerome Park as “the fanciest racing plant in America. Among the features of Jerome Park … was a clubhouse on the order of a luxury hotel. Besides spacious dining rooms and a magnificent ball room, there were facilities for sleighing, trap shooting, skating and, later, polo. Overnight accommodations were also available, and it was quite the fashion for an owner to entertain his friends at a lavish ball, after which they could spend the night in the clubhouse and watch the morning gallops the next day.”

The Times eagerly anticipated the opening of Jerome Park.

“A feverish interest is felt in all sporting circles in the approaching inauguration of the superb course at Jerome Park,” the paper commented. “Racing is fast becoming with us a national sport, and not only a sport but a matter of marked interest and general participation. The evils attending it are such as can be remedied by good management and prompt policemen. If the parties in charge of a race or a race track are men to whom the improvement of stock, the sport and the excitement are the object, rather than the turning into selfish pockets a few thousand dollars, it is obvious that for their own credit, reputation and self-respect they are bound to insure order and preserve decorum about the grounds.”

The Times, which Jerome was a significant shareholder of for many years, was equally giddy in its reporting on Jerome Park after the track opened.

“Fate smiles upon the American Jockey Club. Its inaugurative meeting opened with a success unprecedented in the annals of American turf,” the Times reported. “As a mere popular success it was complete; as a record of turf intelligence it was most interesting; as an event in the progress of reporting it opens an era.”

Jerome went on to establish his own racing stable. He paid $40,000, a record price for a thoroughbred at the time, for future Hall of Fame member Kentucky, who was previously owned by Travers in partnership with John Hunter and George Osgood. Kentucky was unquestionably

the best horse in America when Jerome purchased him as a 5-year-old in 1866. Kentucky won his 19th consecutive race on Jerome Park’s opening day, Sept. 25, 1866, in the Inauguration Stakes, prompting the purchase by Jerome. Kentucky made it 20 in a row in his first and only start for Jerome, romping in the Grand National Handicap at Jerome Park while carrying 19 or more pounds than any other horse in the field. With suitable competition no longer interested in facing Kentucky, Jerome retired the great champion to the breeding shed.

Jerome founded the Coney Island Jockey Club in 1879. The organization held race cards at Prospect Park in New York City while constructing the Sheepshead Bay Race Track, which opened in 1880. Jerome was backed in the Sheepshead Bay endeavor by such racing luminaries as Belmont, Travers, Pierre Lorillard IV, and William K.

Top left: Leonard Jerome founded the American Jockey Club at Jerome Park. Top right: An artist’s rendering of the clubhouse at Jerome Park. Above: Jerome is pictured holding the reins of his coach.

Vanderbilt. In its first year, Sheepshead Bay played host to a famous match race between future Hall of Famer Luke Blackburn and Uncas, which Luke Blackburn won by 20 lengths. Sheepshead Bay was the home to numerous premier events, including the Suburban Handicap, first contested in 1884, and the Futurity Stakes, which debuted in 1888 and featured the richest purse in American history to that date. The inaugural Futurity winner, Proctor Knott, earned $41,675. In comparison, the 1888 Kentucky Derby winner’s share was $4,740, and that year’s Belmont Stakes winner earned $3,440. In 1886, Sheepshead Bay became the first oval track in America to add a turf course.

Jerome was also instrumental in the building of Morris Park, which opened in 1890 as a successor to Jerome Park. John Albert Morris was the majority shareholder with Jerome on board as a partner and track president. Morris Park held several prominent stakes races, including the Belmont from 1890 through 1904, as well as the Champagne and Matron, and the Manhattan and Metropolitan handicaps. On June 10, 1890, Morris Park became the only track in American history to play host to two races that later became part of the Triple Crown series on the same day, as both the Belmont (won by Burlington) and Preakness (won by Montague) were featured on the same card.

Jerome was president of both Sheepshead Bay and Morris Park at the time of his death at the age of 73 in March 1891. Jerome died of heart failure in Brighton, England, with his wide, Clarissa, and his three daughters by his side. He had been suffering for some time with rheumatism and gout. Jerome had been in England since the previous October.

The Jerome Handicap, which was first contested in 1866 at Jerome Park, remains a fixture at Belmont Park and is one of the oldest stakes races in America. Jerome’s daughter, Jennie, married Lord Randolph Churchill and became the mother of Sir Winston Churchill.

The tracks Jerome built and presided over are long gone. Jerome Park, despite its grandeur and importance in racing, existed for only 28 years; New York City purchased it and built a reservoir on the land. The former Westchester County property was annexed into the city and is now part of the Bronx. Morris Park met its demise in 1904. John Albert Morris died in 1895 and the track began to struggle in the early 1900s. Belmont Park, led by August Belmont II, opened in 1905 and assumed many of the former stakes races held at Morris.

Sheepshead Bay was the last of the tracks tied to Jerome to fade into history. In 1908, the administration of New York Gov. Charles Evans Hughes signed into law the Hart-Agnew bill that effectively banned all racetrack betting in the state. Sheepshead Bay was already facing stressful times. In 1909, Daily Racing Form reported that “Sheepshead Bay, which for years led the country in daily average (purse) distribution, yielded first place in 1909 to Belmont Park, which August Belmont and his associates are ambitious to make the ‘turf headquarters of America.’” A 1910 amendment to the Hart–Agnew legislation added further restrictions that made the owners and directors of a racetrack personally liable for any betting done on their premises, with or without their consent. Such severe laws meant that by 1911 all racetracks in the state ceased operations. Although a 1913 court ruling paved the way for racing to resume, by then it was too late for Sheepshead Bay to recover. The track was ultimately sold and used for automobile racing.

Much of New York’s rich racing history would not have existed without the contributions of Leonard Jerome. In his obituary, the Times said he “held a commanding social position for more than 30 years” and “as a turfman, he was for a long time without a peer in the country.”

Above: Leonard Jerome was named the first vice president of Saratoga Race Course and went on to have influential roles in the creation of three racetracks: Jerome Park, Sheepshead Bay, and Morris Park. Jerome also paid a record $40,000 for the great racehorse Kentucky, winning the Grand National Handicap with him in 1866 at Jerome Park.

LEONARD W. JEROME

Born: Nov. 3, 1817, Pompey, New York

Died: March 3, 1891, Brighton, England

Achievements:

• Led the creation of Jerome Park, Sheepshead Bay, and Morris Park

• President of Sheepshead Bay and Morris Park

• First vice president of Saratoga Race Course

• Founded the American Jockey Club at Jerome Park and the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay

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Taking the Lead

As the president of Tampa Bay Downs and through numerous other influential roles in racing, Stella Thayer has been one of racing’s greatest ambassadors and leaders

BY Edward L. Bowen Chairman, Hall of Fame Nominating Committee

The range of responsibilities that hover within the mindset of the leader of a thoroughbred racetrack has wide parameters. And seeming to be doing “the right thing” is not simple to every vantage point.

Horses’ and jockeys’ safety has to come first. It is incumbent that one not only professes, but follows through meticulously, that the safety of horses and jockeys is the paramount consideration. At the same time, the product being offered to the public involves a track’s customers’ money multiple times a day. Thus, any suggestion that you are not looking out for every patron’s every dollar promulgates accusations of a corporate mentality indifferent to interests of “the little guy.” Then, too, giving the horsemen — owners and trainers — a fair shake can hardly be seen as a marginal priority.

As co-owner and president of Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Florida, Stella Thayer has put down various markers indicating her ability to serve — and prosper within — all those criteria.

As for safety of the horses, the Tampa Bay turf course is praised for its quality and the dirt track has overcome any suggestion of a former reputation for a degree of depth hinting of additional strain on runners. All the while, the interests of patrons, owners, and trainers have been enhanced to a status higher than many years of history of Tampa Bay Downs under various names. Hall of Fame trainers now regard the track’s Kentucky Derby preps as legitimate. The day-to-day quality of racing has distanced itself from the “minor league” image that was a challenge to a track whose location meant for many years bore comparison to the glamor of not one, but two, in-state neighbors — Hialeah and Gulfstream Park.

Peter Berube has been a key compatriot of Mrs. Thayer for nearly 30 years. (Mrs. Thayer and her brother, Howell Ferguson, purchased the track in 1986.) Now in his 23rd year as vice president and general manager of Tampa Bay Downs, Berube has deep appreciation for Mrs. Thayer’s qualifications as a horsewoman, business leader, and civic benefactor.

“She has been a horsewoman her entire life,” said Berube. “She started riding when she was five, and her father, Chester Ferguson, headed the group that acquired the track (then named Sunshine Park) in 1965. She was elected to The Jockey Club in 2004 and was named a steward for the organization in 2012. Mrs. Thayer is also a past president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations. She has also been an owner. As a result, she understands that without keen attention to the welfare and safety of the horses, we cease to exist, both as a racetrack and an industry.”

Berube also is impressed by Mrs. Thayer’s ability develop a broad, innovative perspective: “As the racing business has evolved and consumer tastes have shifted, the need to expand our offerings to generate additional revenue led to the addition of our golf practice facility and The Silks Poker Room, both opening in 2003, and more recently, our backyard picnic area. However, despite those popular changes, Mrs. Thayer has emphasized marketing Tampa Bay Downs first and foremost for its racing product and as a venue for people to enjoy a day at the races, no matter where they end up on their visit.

“She has also fostered a spirit of teamwork within all departments, creating a level of employee loyalty that seems to be rare these days. It is indeed rewarding and reassuring to work with someone as perceptive and caring as she is.”

Above: From left, Bronson Thayer, Stella Thayer, Gretchen Jackson, and Roy Jackson are pictured at the 2016 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Ball. Opposite page: Thayer is pictured in 2023 at Tampa Bay Downs, the track she has operated since 1986.

Mrs. Thayer’s extensive background as a Tampa attorney and her community involvement and philanthropy have elevated the standing of Tampa Bay Downs both within and outside the area. Mrs. Thayer has served on the board of trustees of the Tampa General Hospital Foundation and the University of South Florida Foundation and as chairman of both the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority and Hillsborough County Hospital Authority. She is also a past president of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

“Additionally, Tampa Bay Downs holds five charity days during the meet, with proceeds going to organizations that benefit Tampa Bay-area residents and the thoroughbred racing community,” Berube said. “Awards that we have been fortunate enough to receive include the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award in 2006; America’s Best Racing’s ‘Fan Choice Favorite Small-Mid Circuit Racetrack’ in 2021; the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber’s 2012 award for outstanding contributions; and the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence in 2014 and 2015.”

The track known in racing publications simply as “Tampa” opened in 1926. The founding owner was Harvey Myers. Col. Matt Winn, synonymous with the emergence of the Kentucky Derby as a national event, was also involved in the management. The track was closed during part of World War II and was used as a training facility by the United States Army.

The track re-opened with the name Sunshine Park in 1947 under ownership of a New York-based group, and it later was known for a time as Florida Downs. Its location had the tangential advantage of being close to where preseason Major League Baseball training took place, so it came

to the attention of highly prominent sports writers such as Grantland Rice, Red Smith, and Arthur Daley. Rice, in fact, called Sunshine Park “my favorite racetrack,” and was memorialized two years after his 1954 death by the naming of a race and a scholarship program for him.

What might have seemed another potential boon was proximity to the Ocala region, which in the 1950s became the center of a rapidly developing thoroughbred breeding industry. A plum of that development was emerging 2-year-old sales schedule, but the Florida breeders from the beginning held those sales primarily in the Southeast Florida environments of the major tracks and prosperous stable owners.

Berube can point to a growing number of major horses who have raced at Tampa Bay and credits the racing office, headed by racing secretary Allison De Luca, for “establishing a strong rapport over the years with successful owners and trainers. With seven graded stakes races, including the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby and the Sam F. Davis Stakes, their efforts speak for themselves.

“Mrs. Thayer has also made it a priority to maintain a dedicated track maintenance department headed by Tom McLaughlin, our Vice President of Facilities and Track Surfaces. Many leading stables from South Florida consider both our dirt and turf surfaces to be among the safest and most consistent in their experience.”

In 2007, future Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger shipped the previous year’s juvenile champion, Street Sense, from South Florida to use the Tampa Bay Derby as a serious classics prep. Street Sense’s nose victory was followed by his also winning the Kentucky Derby, a milestone for the prestige of the Tampa Bay Derby and the track overall.

Above: The executive team at Tampa Bay Downs, from left, Vice President of Facilities Tom McLaughlin, President Stella Thayer, Vice President of Finance Greg Geylon, Vice President of Marketing Margo Flynn, and Vice President and General Manager Peter Berube, photographed at Tampa Bay Downs in 2023. Opposite page top left: Thayer presents the 2012 Tampa Bay Derby trophy to the connections of John Oxley’s Prospective. Opposite page top right: From left, Thayer, Joanne Steinbrenner, Adele Graham, and Florida Gov. Bob Graham are pictured at Tampa Bay Downs. Opposite page bottom right: Thayer presents the 2007 Tampa Bay Derby trophy to the connections of Jim Tafel’s Street Sense, who went on to win the Kentucky Derby.

Three years earlier, trainer Todd Pletcher had shipped Limehouse from South Florida to win the Tampa Bay Derby prior to running fourth in the Kentucky Derby. Pletcher regarded that pattern encouraging enough that he continued to utilize Tampa Bay for classic preparation as well as other targets at the track as his own Hall of Fame career has developed.

Pletcher said, “There was a time when it had sort of a reputation for being a deep track, so that you needed to train there before a race over the track. Recent experience has shown that it is a very fair and very safe surface. You can win with a horse with speed or a horse coming from off the pace. We’ve had great luck at Tampa Bay. It is a good place to get a race, for example, and give some fitness to a late developing 2-year-old in a maiden/allowance as well as a potential Derby horse.”

Pletcher broke through as a Kentucky Derby winning trainer in 2010 with Super Saver, who had run third while prepping in the Tampa Bay Derby. In 2017, Pletcher won his second Kentucky Derby, with Always Dreaming, who broke his maiden at Tampa Bay Downs in his first start as a sophomore. Always Dreaming won the maiden race by 11 lengths and had only two more races before the Kentucky Derby. Moreover, Pletcher also won that year’s Belmont Stakes, with Tapwrit, who had finished second in the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs and had won the Tampa Bay Derby.

Other Hall of Fame trainers who have come to regard Tampa Bay Downs as an important target include Bill Mott, who chose Tampa Bay for the first 3-year-old race for the developing filly Royal Delta and also for the first 4-year-old start for Drosselmeyer. Royal Delta became a champion, two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, and Hall of Famer, and Drosselmeyer won the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

The growing list of Eclipse Award horses, Breeders’ Cup winners, and other stars also includes Hall of Famer Tepin, as well as Gio Ponti and World Approval.

Creation of the Pillars of the Turf category of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2013 did not stipulate, nor give additional weight to, participation in the Museum’s funding or operation. However, in addition to the foregoing career description, it is a source of gratitude that Stella Thayer has also been a staunch ally and leader for the Museum.

“She was the first female president of the Museum, and her tenure, from 2005 through 2014, is the second-longest of any president,” pointed out her close friend and longtime Museum associate Leverett Miller.

“Mrs. Thayer recognized the financial pitfalls facing so many museums at that time, culminating in the 2008 national economic situation.

“For this museum, she turned it around with innovations and major cost-cutting measures. She introduced the racing simulator, led the creation of the Pillars of the Turf category and Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor, acquired the John Nerud collection, and was instrumental in obtaining some significant financial contributions. She also greatly strengthened the Board of Trustees, among many other contributions. Upon the end of her term, the Museum was in better shape than it had been since its founding so many years ago.

“Mrs. Thayer is the last person to take credit for running anything, but it is certainly appropriate to honor a person who quietly operates a great racetrack, helps so many who need help, loves horses and horse racing in the U.S. and abroad, and reveres the Museum she so ably took charge of when called upon.”

STELLA F. THAYER

Born: Dec. 27, 1940, Tampa, Florida

Achievements:

• President and co-owner of Tampa Bay Downs since 1986

• First woman to be elected president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2005 through 2014)

• Elected to The Jockey Club in 2004 and became a steward for the organization in 2012

• Campaigned Wonderment, Group 1 winner in Europe

— John and Debby

A Tremendous Machine

Fifty years ago, Secretariat transcended the sports landscape and became an American icon with a Triple Crown sweep that is still marveled at as one of the greatest athletic accomplishments of all time

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Not long after he graced the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated, Secretariat elevated his already substantial stardom to unprecedented heights and achieved immortal status with a run for the ages in the Belmont Stakes. On June 9, 1973, the chestnut son of Bold Ruler became much more than America’s ninth Triple Crown winner, the first in a quarter-century — he became the standard by which all other racehorses that followed are measured.

As was the case in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, Secretariat had no peers in the 105th edition of the Belmont. Before a crowd of 69,138, Secretariat took jockey Ron Turcotte on the ride of his life for a mile and a half around the Belmont Park oval. Facing four overmatched foes, Secretariat delivered a virtuoso performance to end any thoughts that his place in history could be denied.

With Sham all out in a desperate bid to remain in contention with the Derby and Preakness winner, Secretariat rocketed along the Belmont backstretch. With astonishing ease, the equine phenomenon known as “Big Red” extended his advantage with each giant stride. Sham, who finished second in both the Derby and Preakness, was spent before heading into the far turn. All that remained at that point was the coronation.

“Secretariat is widening now,” track announcer Chic Anderson said. “He is moving like a tremendous machine!”

As Secretariat turned for home, Anderson could hardly believe what he was witnessing.

“Secretariat is in a position that is impossible to catch,” Anderson exclaimed. “He’s into the stretch. Secretariat leads this field by 18 lengths. … Secretariat has opened a 22-length lead! He is going to be the Triple Crown winner. Here comes Secretariat to the wire. … He hits the finish 25 lengths in front! … An amazing, unbelievable performance by this miracle horse. … The

Opposite page: Secretariat, Ron Turcotte up, is pictured winning the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths on June 9, 1973. Above: Secretariat, Turcotte up, heads onto the track at Belmont Park prior to the Belmont Stakes.

most sensational Belmont Stakes in the history of this race. Secretariat has accomplished the unbelievable task of breaking the mile and a half record by 23 5 seconds. That is a record that may stand forever!”

“I kept hearing Chic Anderson,” Turcotte said. “I finally had to turn to see where the other horses were. I know this sounds crazy, but the horse did it by himself. I was along for the ride.”

The numbers were — and remain — otherworldly. A mile and a half in 2:24 flat. The fastest 12 furlongs on dirt in history. Victory by 31 lengths to secure the Triple Crown. Shattering the track record set by Hall of Famer Gallant Man by 23�5 seconds. Fifty years later, the standards Secretariat set that day, as Anderson predicted in the race’s immediate aftermath, remain untouched.

When Secretariat crossed the finish line in the Belmont he became the first horse to sweep the Triple Crown since Calumet Farm’s mighty Citation in 1948. Secretariat had earned his spot on racing’s Mount Rushmore. Many believed he stood alone, including Daily Racing Form writer Charles Hatton, who said Secretariat’s “only point of reference is himself.”

The Triple Crown trophy was presented to Secretariat’s owner, Penny Tweedy, by New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton, the latter representing the state where Secretariat was foaled at Christopher Chenery’s Meadow Stud. Chenery was Tweedy’s father and bred the colt, but he died in January 1973 after a long illness. Following the Belmont, Tweedy was quick to praise Lucien Laurin, Secretariat’s trainer, for his care and preparation of the horse.

“That horse is wonderful, and the reason he is, is because he has been trained magnificently,” she said.

Laurin, for the most part, was confident in Secretariat’s chances of securing the Triple Crown going into the Belmont.

“I wondered a bit when I saw those early figures, wondered if he was going too fast,” Laurin said of the fractional time of 461�5 seconds for the half-mile. “But I told myself that Ronnie knows the horse, and that made me feel better. And I felt better all through the stretch when he was drawing out and still running like a gem.”

The remainder of Secretariat’s 3-year-old campaign was a bit uneven.

Following the Belmont, he delivered another brilliant effort in winning

Above: Secretariat is portrayed with jockey Ron Turcotte aboard at Saratoga Race Course by artist Richard Stone Reeves from the collection of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Opposite page: Programs from the 1973 Triple Crown races from the Museum Collection.

Secretariat set records in each of the Triple Crown races that have stood for 50 years. He was named Horse of the Year in 1972 and 1973 and retired with 16 wins from 21 starts. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.

the Arlington International Stakes. His time of 1:464 5 was a fifth of a second off the track record for 1⅛ miles set by Hall of Famer Damascus. Secretariat then suffered a shocking defeat to Onion in the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga. Turcotte was criticized for keeping the horse on the rail for too much of the trip, but it was discovered after the race that Secretariat had a fever.

Five weeks after the Whitney, Secretariat returned to top form in the inaugural Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap at Belmont. He set a world record for 1⅛ miles of 1:452�5 in defeating a star-studded field that included future Hall of Famers Riva Ridge (his stablemate) and Cougar II, as well as standouts Annihilate ’em, Kennedy Road, Key to the Mint, and Whitney winner Onion.

Secretariat then finished second to Prove Out in the Woodward Stakes over a sloppy track at Belmont. In defeating the Triple Crown winner by 4½ lengths, Prove Out, at odds of 16-1, set a stakes record of 2:254�5 for

1½ miles and won for only the third time in 14 races that year. Turcotte was perplexed by Secretariat’s effort.

“I just don’t know what happened to him,” he said. “Maybe he couldn’t get hold of the track, but I really can’t say.”

Secretariat was back at Belmont a week later, but this time he was trying something new — grass racing. In his 20th career start, Secretariat made his first appearance on the turf a memorable one, romping to a fivelength victory in course-record time of 2:244 5 in the 1½-mile Man o’ War Stakes. The New York Times said Secretariat’s victory in the Man o’ War “restored much of the prestige he had lost as a result of his defeats in the Whitney and Woodward.”

One more challenge awaited Secretariat. Three weeks after the Man o’ War, he traveled to Woodbine in Toronto for the Canadian International Championship Stakes on the grass. Turcotte, however, wasn’t in the irons because of a suspension, and Secretariat was instead piloted by rising star

Above: Secretariat, Ron Turcotte up, is pictured in the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs following his 1973 Kentucky Derby victory. His time of 1:59 2 � 5 still stands as the stakes record for 1¼ miles.

THEY SAID IT …

Eddie Maple. In his career bow, Secretariat went out with gusto, cruising to a 6½-length score for his 16th victory from 21 starts.

As a juvenile in 1972, Secretariat won the Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion 2-Year-Old Male. His sophomore campaign, featuring the historic wins in the Triple Crown races, led to a second Horse of the Year title, Champion 3-Year-Old Male honors, and the Eclipse for Champion Male Turf Horse.

Secretariat was retired to the iconic Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, where he arrived in November 1973 to begin his career as a stallion. Placed in the same stall once occupied by his sire Bold Ruler, Secretariat went on to sire 653 foals, including 57 stakes winners. His most accomplished was daughter Lady’s Secret, Horse of the Year in 1986 and a Hall of Fame member. He also sired champion Risen Star, winner of the Preakness and Belmont. Secretariat’s biggest impact at stud was as a broodmare sire. His notable maternal grandsons include Hall of Fame member A.P. Indy, as well as Chief’s Crown, Dehere, Storm Cat, and Summer Squall.

Inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 1974, Secretariat was ranked second to Man o’ War in The BloodHorse’s “Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century.” In 2013, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame on the 40-year anniversary of his Canadian International victory.

On Oct. 4, 1989, Secretariat was euthanized after a battle with the hoof disease laminitis. A month’s worth of treatment had proven ineffective at improving the condition. Secretariat was buried at Claiborne.

Fifty years have passed since Secretariat dazzled the world with the most remarkable of Triple Crown sweeps. His impact on racing remains as vital today as it was on that magical June day in 1973 when he galloped into the history books and the hearts of millions.

“Secretariat suddenly transcended horse racing and became a cultural phenomenon, a sort of undeclared national holiday from the tortures of Watergate and the Vietnam War.”

William Nack, Sports Illustrated

“You want to know who Secretariat is in human terms? Just imagine the greatest athlete in the world. The greatest. Now make him six-foot-three, the perfect height. Make him real intelligent and kind. And on top of that, make him the best-lookin’ guy ever to come down the pike. He was all those things as a horse.”

Seth Hancock, Claiborne Farm

“You carry an ideal around in your head, and boy, I thought, ‘This is it.’ I never saw perfection before. I absolutely could not fault him in any way. And neither could the rest of them and that was the amazing thing about it. The body and the head and the eye and the general attitude. It was just incredible. I couldn’t believe my eyes, frankly.”

Charles Hatton, Daily Racing Form, on Secretariat’s maiden victory, 1972

Above and left: Secretariat is shown at the 1973 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. As he did in the Derby, Secretariat defeated Sham in record time. Opposite page top right: Secretariat, Eddie Maple up, after winning his final career start at Woodbine in Canada.

SECRETARIAT’S Hall of Fame Connections

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder 1972, 1973

Inducted into the Hall of Fame 2019

Penny Chenery - owner

Eclipse Award of Merit 2005

Inducted into the Hall of Fame 2018

SECRETARIAT (VA)

Chestnut colt, 1970 — 1989

Lucien

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer 1972

Inducted into the Hall of Fame 1977

By Bold Ruler—Somethingroyal, by Princequillo

Inducted

A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50 th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown

Breeder: Meadow Stud, Inc.

Owner: Meadow Stable

Trainer: Lucien Laurin

Jockeys: Ron Turcotte (18 starts), Paul Feliciano (two starts), Eddie Maple (one start)

Christopher T. Chenery - breeder

Laurin - trainer

Ron Turcotte - jockey

Winner of 3,032 races, including six Triple Crown events

into the Hall of Fame 1979

Opens July 13 in the Peter McBean Gallery at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Citation’s Crowning Achievement

Seventy-five years ago, the Calumet Farm legend became America’s eighth Triple Crown winner en route to immortal status

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

As a 3-year-old in 1948, Citation delivered one of the most remarkable campaigns in racing history, fashioning a 16-race win streak that included the Triple Crown, and losing only once in 20 starts.

In the 1940s, baseball and horse racing could both make a rightful claim as America’s greatest pastime. When writers of the era partook in their quarrels about the best of the best — the iconic dynasties of the respective sports — the discussions inevitably turned to the New York Yankees and Calumet Farm. The Bronx Bombers won four World Series titles during the decade and featured future Hall of Famers such as Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto. Calumet, meanwhile, dominated to the tune of 10 Triple Crown race victories in the 1940s. The farm’s embarrassment of riches included four winners of both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and two Triple Crown champions — Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948. Citation, who became America’s eighth Triple Crown winner 75 years ago, is widely regarded as the best of the Calumet luminaries. In 1999, a BloodHorse panel of racing historians ranked Citation No. 3 behind only Man o’ War and Secretariat among the top racehorses of the 20th century. Six other Calumet horses — Hall of Famers Whirlaway (No. 26), Armed (No. 39), Coaltown (No. 47), Twilight Tear (No. 59), Two Lea (No. 77),

and Bewitch (No. 89) — also made the top 100. Citation was Calumet’s DiMaggio, an athlete whose combination of elite talent, rare achievement, and charisma led to cultural phenom status.

A bay son of Calumet foundation sire Bull Lea out of the Hyperion mare Hydroplane II (GB), Citation was the gem of arguably the greatest foal crop from an individual stallion in racing history. Bull Lea’s 1945 crop also included Calumet legends Coaltown and Bewitch, but it was the mighty Citation who prompted his trainer, Horace A. “Jimmy” Jones, to describe him as “the best horse I ever saw.”

Citation debuted with a victory at Havre de Grace in Maryland on April 2, 1947. He won his next four starts before finishing second to stablemate Bewitch in the Washington Park Futurity. Citation then won the Futurity Trial and Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park and closed out his juvenile season back in Maryland with a victory in the Pimlico Futurity. With eight wins from nine starts, Citation was named Champion 2-YearOld Male.

As a sophomore in 1948, Citation delivered one of the most remarkable

Above: Citation, Eddie Arcaro up, is led to the winner’s circle in the Churchill Downs infield by Calumet Farm trainers H. A. “Jimmy” Jones, left, and Ben Jones after winning the 1948 Kentucky Derby. Opposite page: Arcaro piloted Citation to a 3½-lenth victory over stablemate Coaltown in the 74 th edition of the Derby.

campaigns in racing history, fashioning a 16-race win streak that included the Triple Crown, and losing only once in 20 starts. He began by making Hialeah his winter playground with four victories at the Florida track in February. In the Seminole Handicap, he defeated older stablemate Armed, the reigning Horse of the Year.

Citation was then put away until April, when he was partnered with jockey Eddie Arcaro for the first time. Citation had previously been ridden by Al Snider in nine of his 12 wins, including the four at Hialeah, but Snider disappeared while fishing off the Florida Keys in early March and was presumed to have drowned in a storm. Snider’s body was never recovered, but a search party found his damaged skiff eight days after he disappeared on an island south of Everglades City.

With Arcaro aboard for the Chesapeake Trial at Havre de Grace, Citation caught a muddy track and finished second to Saggy, snapping his seven-race win streak. Arcaro, however, wasn’t disappointed in the result.

“I could have caught him,” Arcaro said of Saggy, “but I wasn’t about to burn up that horse for an $8,300 pot with all those $100,000 races ahead.”

Five days later, Citation and Arcaro won the Chesapeake Stakes by 4½ lengths (Saggy was unplaced). The victory began an incredible run of 16 consecutive wins for Citation. After winning the Derby Trial, Citation met stablemate Coaltown in the 74th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 1. Coaltown, who set a track record in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, was expected to give Citation a run for his money in the Derby, but his effort was in vain. Citation won with ease by 3½ lengths on a sloppy track, covering the 10 furlongs in 2:05. Coaltown completed the Calumet exacta, three lengths ahead of My Request.

Citation next defeated Vulcan’s Forge by 5½ lengths in the Preakness on May 15, then set a track standard of 2:03 for 1¼ miles in the Jersey Derby at Garden State Park on May 29. On June 12, he met seven overmatched foes in the Belmont Stakes. At the wire, Citation was eight lengths clear of Better Self in 2:281�5, which equaled Count Fleet’s stakes record from 1943.

Following the Belmont, Joe Palmer wrote in The BloodHorse that Citation was worthy of being compared to the great Man o’ War.

“Here, at long last, was the horse we’d been looking for since a great

Above: Visitors from France greet Citation, 23 years old at the time, at Calumet Farm in 1968. Opposite page top : Citation, Eddie Arcaro up, is pictured at Belmont Park with trainer Ben Jones after winning the 1948 Belmont Stakes to become America’s eighth Triple Crown winner. Opposite page bottom: Citation is pictured in the winner’s circle following his 1948 Kentucky Derby victory with Arcaro up, trainer Jones (holding Citation), and owner Warren Wright (next to Jones) of Calumet Farm.

golden chestnut roared to a stop at Kenilworth Park back in 1920, Palmer wrote, referencing Man o’ War’s final career race in Canada. “I could not see Arcaro move. But with some slight dropping of the hands, he released the swelling energy of the great racer beneath him. Citation opened away. He was three-sixteenths away, but he was home.”

Citation summered in Chicago, winning the Stars and Stripes Handicap at Arlington Park, followed by an allowance and the American Derby at Washington Park. Returning to Belmont Park in late September, he defeated First Flight in the Sysonby Mile, then three days later trounced Phalanx in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at two miles. Citation closed out his year with a walkover in the Pimlico Special and a pair of easy wins at Tanforan in California to push his win streak to 15 and an overall record of 19 wins from 20 starts for the year. His victories in 1948 took place at 10 different tracks in seven states. With seasonal earnings of $709,470 — a new record for a single year — Citation was an easy selection as Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Male. He was also chosen by Daily Racing Form as its Champion Handicap Male. At this point, Citation had won 27 of 29 starts and finished second in his two defeats.

At the height of his success, Citation was forced to the sidelines. An osselet injury (inflammation of the connective tissue that surrounds the cannon bone and the fetlock joint) prevented him from racing as a 4-yearold, but it was not the end of his career.

Returning in 1950 as a 5-year-old, Citation extended his win streak to 16 with a victory in a $5,000 allowance at Santa Anita in January. He then finished second in his next five races, including a pair of losses to future Hall of Famer Noor in the Santa Anita and San Juan Capistrano handicaps. Noor carried 22 pounds less than Citation in the Santa Anita Handicap and 13 less when he beat him by a nose in the San Juan Capistrano. After bouncing back to win the Golden Gate Mile Handicap, Citation met Noor twice more. In receipt of five pounds in the FortyNiners Handicap at Golden Gate, Noor earned a neck victory. A week later in the Golden Gate Handicap, Citation was in receipt of a pound from Noor, but the Irish import defeated Citation again, this time by three lengths. Although he had been beaten four consecutive times by Noor, there was no shame in any of the defeats. Noor set an American record in the San Juan Capistrano (2:524�5 for 1¾ miles) and world

Above: Citation, as depicted by artist Richard Stone Reeves, from a painting in the collection of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

records in the Forty-Niners Handicap (1:464�5 for 1⅛ miles) and Golden Gate Handicap (1:581 5 for 1¼ miles).

Put away for the year after the Golden Gate Handicap, Citation came back as a 6-year-old in 1951. After losing four straight to begin his campaign, Citation found some of his old form at Hollywood Park, winning a $15,000 handicap, then defeating Bewitch in both the American Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup. In winning the latter — his 22nd stakes victory — Citation became the first horse to surpass $1 million in earnings. With nothing more to accomplish, he was retired soon after the Gold Cup.

Although no longer the force he once was, Citation shared 1951 Champion Handicap Male honors with future Hall of Famer Hill Prince. Citation’s final ledger was 32-10-2 from 45 starts and record earnings of $1,085,760 earned him induction into the Hall of Fame in 1959.

Returning to Calumet Farm for stud duty, Citation sired Hall of Fame member Silver Spoon and 1956 Preakness winner Fabius, as well as the dams of 33 stakes winners. He died at the age of 25 in 1970 and was buried at Calumet close to his sire and dam. Three years later, another of the all-time greats, Secretariat, became the first horse since Citation a quarter-century earlier to sweep the Triple Crown.

Arcaro, who won a record 17 races in the Triple Crown series and is regarded by many historians as the greatest jockey ever, reserved his finest praise for the 1948 Triple Crown winner.

“Citation was the best ever,” Arcaro said. “He was so fast he scared me.”

CITATION (KY)

Bay colt, 1945 — 1970

By Bull Lea—Hydroplane II (GB), by Hyperion

Breeder: Calumet Farm

Owner: Calumet Farm

Trainers: Horace A. “Jimmy” Jones, Benjamin A. Jones

Primary Jockeys: Eddie Arcaro (17 starts), Steve Brooks (13 starts), Al Snider (nine starts)

Above left: Citation and Jimmy Jones in an undated photo at Hialeah Park in Florida.

Above right: One of photographer C. C. Cook’s “Christmas Cookie” greeting cards, featuring Citation and Eddie Arcaro. Bottom right: Citation, Arcaro up, wins the 1948 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

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An Uncommon Path to Glory

A fortuitous recommendation from a stranger convinced Ted Atkinson to become a jockey. He developed into one of the best ever, winning 3,795 races, becoming the first rider to surpass $1 million in purse earnings in a single year, and earning a spot in the Hall of Fame.

BY Brien Bouyea Hall of Fame and Communications Director

Sometimes the best advice comes from the most unexpected sources. For Ted Atkinson, it came in the form of a chance encounter with the driver of a truck he was loading while working at a chemical plant in Brooklyn, New York.

“Hey, kid! You crazy, hauling stuff like that? A kid your size, wiry and strong — you could make dollars riding horses, instead of the doughnuts you’re making here,” the driver told the 19-year-old Atkinson, taking note of his 5-foot-2 frame and the strength he possessed while packing the truck with heavy cases of bleach.

“Sure,” Atkinson responded sarcastically. “You just walk up to a racetrack and get hired.”

“I got a friend who knows someone who can help you,” the driver said.

Although he grew up in a family with no connection to thoroughbred racing, and his experience with horses was minimal, Atkinson was intrigued. The driver gave him the name of Louis Raduazzo, a former exercise rider who had a connection with the famous Greentree Stable.

And just like that, Theodore Francis Atkinson was off to the races.

Born in Toronto in 1916, Atkinson was one of eight children. When he was four, Atkinson’s family moved to Pennsylvania. They later settled in Corning, New York, where his father worked as a glass engraver. An

excellent student, Atkinson graduated as salutatorian from Corning Free Academy. The difficult financial conditions of the Great Depression, however, prevented Atkinson from attending college, so he began working at Corning Glass Works. He also worked as a messenger for a dental laboratory and planted trees for the Civilian Conservation Corps before the family moved to Brooklyn in the mid-1930s.

Atkinson had only been working for the Roselux Chemical Co. for a short time — while also studying airplane mechanics at the Brooklyn Engineering Institute — when he fortuitously had the life-changing interaction with the truck driver.

After connecting with the former exercise rider Raduazzo, Atkinson was sent to a riding academy in the Bronx to see if he had the necessary aptitude in the saddle. Having shown Raduazzo enough in his lessons, Atkinson was hired as an entry-level exercise rider for Greentree. The opportunity, however, wasn’t what he had hoped for. After being employed by Greentree for more than a year, it became obvious to Atkinson that the stable wasn’t interested in giving him the chance to ride in races. He decided to leave Greentree and head to Ohio, where he worked for three small stables — mostly exercising horses as he had for Greentree — but making valuable contacts and marketing himself as a jockey prospect.

On Dec. 2, 1937, Atkinson finally received the opportunity he desired and made his riding debut aboard Guinea Law at Charles Town in West Virginia. He found the winner’s circle for the first time a few months later on May 18, 1938, aboard Musical Jack at Beulah Park in Ohio. One of Atkinson’s early mentors, trainer Horace C. Rumage, advised the fledgling rider to use his crop only on the horse’s hindquarters, never on the side. Atkinson developed a motion in which he elevated the crop skyward and brought it down in a circular motion. Despite the exaggerated optics of the style and being nicknamed “The Slasher” by a sportswriter, Atkinson was mostly a finesse rider.

“I thought the nickname was a misnomer,” Atkinson said. “I never hit hard and used a heavy feathered whip. My style was to raise my stick high so I could hit the horse high on the rump. I never hit on the flank. I never cut a horse in my life.”

Atkinson piloted his first stakes winner in 1940, riding Dunade to victory in the Governor’s Handicap at Suffolk Downs in Boston. That

year, he also met his wife, Martha, while riding at Thistledown in Ohio. The couple had three children and were married for 64 years.

Atkinson attracted national attention in 1941 when he rode War Relic to victory in the Narragansett Special, defeating Triple Crown winner Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro. Stardom soon followed. Atkinson led the nation’s jockeys in 1944 with 287 victories and record earnings purse of $899,101. In 1946, he became the first jockey to win purses totaling $1 million in a single season ($1,036,825), while winning 233 races. Atkinson signed that year as a contract rider for Greentree Stable, where he had started as an exercise rider. In 1947, he won the first of three consecutive riding titles at Saratoga Race Course. He was also the top rider at Saratoga in 1952 and 1956.

In 1949, Atkinson just missed the Triple Crown, riding Capot to finish second in the Kentucky Derby before winning the Preakness Stakes in a record 1:56 and going on to take the Belmont Stakes. Capot

was named Horse of the Year. Other great horses Atkinson rode included Hall of

Above: Ted Atkinson is pictured aboard Tom Fool at Belmont Park. Atkinson rode the Hall of Famer in all 30 of his races, including 21 wins and an undefeated 1953 Horse of the Year campaign. Opposite page top left: Atkinson is pictured aboard Devil Diver at Keeneland. Opposite page top right: Atkinson is pictured aboard Natchez after winning the 1946 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Opposite page bottom: From left, Hall of Fame jockeys Eddie Arcaro, Steve Brooks, and Ted Atkinson.

Famers Bold Ruler, Busher, Devil Diver, Coaltown, Gallorette, and Nashua, as well as champions Capot, Conniver, Grecian Queen, High Voltage, Miss Request, and Misty Morn.

Atkinson’s most famous mount was Hall of Famer Tom Fool, a horse he referred to as his “favorite of favorites.” Atkinson rode the Greentree legend in all 30 of his career starts, including 21 wins. Tom Fool was named Champion 2-Year-Old Male in 1951 and was undefeated in 10 starts as a 4-year-old in 1954 en route to being honored as Horse of the Year, Champion Older Male, and Champion Sprint Horse. He was the first horse since Whisk Broom II in 1913 to sweep the New York

Handicap Triple of the Metropolitan, Suburban, and Brooklyn.

After 11 years of riding for Greentree, Atkinson was released from his contract in 1957. He rode for two more years before retiring in 1959. His final winner took place on Jan. 10, 1959, at Tropical Park in Florida. At the time of his retirement, Atkinson ranked No. 4 all time with 3,795 wins. For 16 consecutive years (1942 through 1957), he ranked in the top 10 nationally in yearly earnings, including 10 times in the top five.

In a 1957 article in The Saturday Evening Post, Atkinson was described as “the only jockey in the world who rides every race as if it were the Kentucky Derby.”

Above: Ted Atkinson won 3,795 races in his career from 1937 through 1959. He rode Hall of Famers Tom Fool, Bold Ruler, Busher, Coaltown, Devil Diver, Gallorette, and Nashua, as well as numerous other champions. Atkinson led all North American riders in both wins and earnings in 1944 and 1946. In 1946, he became the first jockey to surpass $1 million in earnings in a year. Opposite page top: Atkinson is pictured at Jamaica Racetrack in 1944. Opposite page bottom: Atkinson is pictured with Tom Fool.

“I never look and see what the odds on my horse are,” Atkinson said. “If they’re a hundred to one it might discourage me, and I can’t ever get discouraged. I’ve seen some rough days in my time. I’ve got to ride every race to win.”

After retiring from the saddle, Atkinson remained a presence in the sport. He studied in Marshall Cassidy’s program for racing officials, then served at the New York Racing Association tracks, Charles Town, and Keeneland. In 1961, Atkinson was named chief steward for the Illinois Racing Board, a position he held until 1976. After leaving Illinois, Atkinson worked as a steward at Thistledown in Ohio.

Atkinson retired to his farm in Beaverdam, Virginia, in 1981. He learned bricklaying and carpentry, built a guest cottage on the property, and on occasion officiated at hunt meetings. Atkinson was 88 when he died at his home in 2005.

The racing world had long celebrated Atkinson for his accomplishments and character. In 1957, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame and voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. In 2002, Atkinson was enshrined in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

A cerebral rider, Atkinson’s eloquent manner of speaking, love for classic literature, and keeping of journals that included notes on his every mount and race contributed to his earning the nickname of “The Professor,” a moniker more fitting of his traits than “The Slasher.”

Turf & Sport Digest described Atkinson as “the essence of honesty, dignity, and respectability.”

A few months before Atkinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1957, famed sportswriter Roger Kahn wrote a piece titled Case of the Erudite Jockey. Kahn said Atkinson “may well be the most poised and articulate athlete in the country. Conceivably, he is also the most remarkable.”

TED ATKINSON

Born: June 17, 1916, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: May 5, 2005, Beaverdam, Virginia

Career dates: 1937-1959

Notable:

• Won 3,795 races with purse earnings of $17,449,360

• First jockey to surpass $1 million earnings in a single year

• Rode Hall of Famers Tom Fool, Bold Ruler, Busher, Coaltown, Devil Diver, Gallorette, and Nashua, as well as champions Capot, Conniver, Grecian Queen, High Voltage, Miss Request, and Misty Morn

• Led all North American jockeys in wins and earnings 1944, 1946

• Ranked in the top 10 nationally in earnings 10 times

• Won the 1949 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes with Capot

• Won the Carter Handicap — 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957

• Won the Sanford Stakes — 1943, 1949, 1951, 1956

• Won the Ladies’ Handicap — 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948

• Won the Dwyer Stakes — 1944, 1945, 1948, 1956

• Won the Youthful Stakes — 1944, 1945, 1948, 1956

• Won the Fashion Stakes — 1942, 1953 1955

• Won the Metropolitan Handicap — 1944, 1945, 1953

• Won the Lawrence Realization Stakes — 1946, 1948, 1956

• Won the Brooklyn Handicap — 1948, 1950, 1953

• Won the Manhattan Handicap — 1948, 1950, 1956

• Won the Diana Stakes — 1949, 1952, 1955

• Won the Champagne Stakes — 1943, 1948

• Won the Suburban Handicap — 1952, 1953, 1954

• Won the Beldame Stakes — 1944, 1947

• Won the Travers Stakes — 1946, 1948

• Won the Futurity Stakes — 1949, 1951

• Won the Whitney Handicap — 1951, 1953

THANK YOU!

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We were so grateful to welcome patrons back to celebrate in the Hall of Fame. With more than 500 attendees and significant funds raised for the Museum, it was a great success! Many, many thanks to our community partners who made the event possible.

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JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

2022 Photo Finish

Since 2019, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has presented Photo Finish, an annual juried photography exhibition. Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit entries for consideration; the only requirement is that all photographs must relate to the sport of thoroughbred racing in North America. Now entering its fifth year, the next Photo Finish exhibition will debut in the von Stade Gallery in time for Breeders’ Cup weekend in November 2023. We hope you enjoy this sampling of exhibit photographs from the 2022 Photo Finish exhibition. More images from the exhibition can be found on the Museum’s website at racingmuseum.org.

1. The Clubhouse Turn, by Michael Gallitelli 2. Jose Ortiz Wins His First Preakness, by Eric Kalet 3. Taking a Moment, by Casey Laughter 4. Father-Trainer, Jockey-Daughter, by Thomas Ryan 5. A Special Moment, by Cathy Allinikov 6. A Good Day, by Stephanie Cowser 7. Mother Mother, by Terri Cave 8. A Big Win, by Samantha Decker 9. Break at the Backstretch, by Nancy Lobel 10. From the Past to Present, by Kim Ricard 11. My Special Keys, by Heather Andreasen 12. At Sunset, by Aoran Wu 13. The Turf Meets the Surf, by Stacey Hetherington 14. 7th Place Victory, by Shawn Taylor 15. #9446, by Dan Heary 16. Dare the Field of Vision, by Sheryl Schuette 17. Wild Ride, by Lindsay Affleck 18. Born to Run, by Daniellla Ricci 19. The Hardest Job, by Heather Jackson 20. Perfect Ending, by Nancy Rokos 21. Sunday Stroll, by Jessica Palmer

Bert Morgan, one of the three 2022 Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor selections, visits with Hall of Fame trainer James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons at Aqueduct in 1961.

JOE HIRSCH Media Roll of Honor

During a career that encompassed the eras of Citation and Native Dancer to the beginning of the 21st century, Joe Hirsch received every conceivable honor that could have been bestowed upon someone who considered himself merely lucky to be able to write about the sport he loved.

A native New Yorker and a graduate of New York University, Hirsch made his mark in thoroughbred racing as both a tireless reporter for Daily Racing Form and a peerless ambassador of the game. His signature work occurred each spring when he followed the quest for the American classics in his “Derby Doings” for the Form, but beyond that the entire racing world was his oyster. He was instrumental in the creation of the Arlington Million in 1981, a midsummer classic for older runners that reached out to the best stables of Europe. Likewise, Hirsch was there at the dawn of the Japan Cup, the Breeders’ Cup, and the Dubai World Cup, stamping each event with the imprimatur of his formidable reputation.

A grateful racing industry gave Hirsch both an Eclipse Award for Outstanding Newspaper Writing (1978) and the Award of Merit (1992) for a lifetime of service. His British colleagues recognized Hirsch’s international reach with the Lord Derby Award (1981). Hirsch won the Big Sport of Turfdom Award (1983), The Jockey Club Medal (1989), and was the 1994

Honor Guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America’s testimonial dinner. The National Turf Writers Association, which was founded by Hirsch in 1959, honored him with the Walter Haight Award for excellence in turf writing (1984), the Joe Palmer Award for meritorious service to racing (1994), and the Mr. Fitz Award for typifying the spirit of horse racing (1998).

The Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is not the only institution that bears the imprint of Hirsch’s name. Press boxes at Saratoga Race Course and Churchill Downs have been named for him, along with the Joe Hirsch Breeders’ Cup Writing Award, the Joe Hirsch Scholarship of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, and a major grass race run each fall at Belmont Park. Hirsch retired from Daily Racing Form in 2003 and died in 2009 in New York, at the age of 80.

The National Museum of Racing’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor was established in 2010 to recognize individuals whose careers have been dedicated to, or substantially involved in, writing about thoroughbred racing (non-fiction), and who distinguished themselves as journalists. The criteria has since been expanded to allow the inclusion of individuals who have contributed to racing through other forms of media.

Steven Crist (2010)

Charles Hatton (2010)

William Nack (2010)

Walter “Red” Smith (2010)

Dr. Russ Harris (2011)

Joe Palmer (2011)

Jay Hovdey (2012)

Whitney Tower (2012)

Andrew Beyer (2013)

Kent Hollingsworth (2013)

George F. T. Ryall (2013)

Jennie Rees (2014)

Jim Murray (2014)

Steve Haskin (2015)

Raleigh Burroughs (2015)

Maryjean Wall (2016)

Jim McKay (2016)

Michael Veitch (2017)

Jack Whittaker (2017)

Barney Nagler (2017)

Joe Burnham (2018)

Tom Hammond (2018)

Charlsie Cantey (2019)

Billy Reed (2019)

Pierre “Peb” Bellocq (2020)

William Leggett (2020)

Walter Haight (2021)

Jack Mann (2021)

Jay Priivman (2021)

Heywood Hale Broun (2022)

Bert Morgan (2022)

Damon Runyon (2022)

THE JOE HIRSCH MEDIA ROLL OF HONOR

Be a Part of Racing History

Upcoming Events at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Wednesday, July 12 — Museum Members Exhibition

Opening Reception, Greg Montgomery 2023 Travers

Poster Talk and Signing, Against All Odds statue unveiling

We welcome Museum Members for a first look at the Museum’s new exhibits, A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown and The Summer Place to Be: Bert Morgan’s Focus on Saratoga Race Course. The evening will also include a presentation from artist Greg Montgomery, who will be available to sign copies of his 2023 Travers Stakes poster, as well as the public unveiling of the Against All Odds statue on the Museum property. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (this event is exclusively for Museum Members). To become a member, call (518) 584-0400 ext. 112. Thank you to Mazzone Hospitality, Saratoga Spring Water, and Saratoga Eagle for generous donations supporting this event.

Saturday, July 15 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by the New York Thoroughbred Breeders

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from the New York Thoroughbred Breeders. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a handicapping seminar and book signing by Richard Eng, author of “Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies.” Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books available for purchase.

Tuesday, July 18 — ThoroFan Racing Trivia Night

The Museum will partner with ThoroFan for an evening of racing trivia. Contestants can compete individually or as a team for great prizes awarded throughout the night. For more information, visit thorofan.com or racingmuseum.org. Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 22 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by Tracy Egan and Fortune Realty Group

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from Tracy Egan and Fortune Realty Group. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a book reading and signing by Maddy Zanetti, author of “Upset, the Original Dark Horse,” as well as an appearance by Upset, the miniature horse. There will also be a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts and Maria Billis of Young Living will be on hand with her clean lifestyle and healthy home premium products. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books and products available for purchase.

Saturday, July 29 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a book signing by Patricia McQueen, author of “Secretariat’s Legacy.” There will also be a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts and Maria Billis of Young Living will be on hand with her clean lifestyle and healthy home premium products. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books and products available for purchase.

Saturday, July 29 — Racing and Rosé Fashion Show with Miss Scarlett Boutique, featuring special guest Carson Kressley

Join TV personality Carson Kressley for a fashion show and brunch party at the Museum featuring racing-inspired designs by Miss Scarlett Boutique’s Jen Marcellus. The VIP ticket includes early arrival at 10:30 a.m. to meet and mingle with TV personality Carson Kressley — best known for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and RuPaul’s Drag Race —and the opportunity to take a photo with Carson. The main event starts at 11 a.m. — sip on rosé from La Crema, snack on light fare, and explore the Museum’s Sculpture Gallery. Around noon, the racing-inspired fashions of Jen Marcellus will take center stage, as women from Saratoga and the racing world present a one-of-a-kind fashion show through the Sculpture Gallery. Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please visit racingmuseum.org for more details.

Tuesday, August 1 — Racing Partnership and Syndicate Night

Learn how to get involved in thoroughbred ownership from some of the top partnerships in the game. Numerous racehorse partnerships are scheduled to attend. There will be giveaways, complimentary refreshments graciously donated by Saratoga Eagle, Saratoga Spring Water, and Mazzone Hospitality, and an opportunity to meet representatives from the partnerships. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free to attend.

Friday, August 4 – Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The Museum inducts the 2023 Hall of Fame class. The ceremony will also be live streamed at racingmuseum.org. The class of 2023 is comprised of racehorses Arrogate, California Chrome, and Beholder; jockeys Corey Nakatani and Fernando Toro; and Pillars of the Turf John W. Hanes II, Leonard W. Jerome, and Stella F. Thayer. Time: 10:30 a.m. Cost: Free to attend (limited seating). Location: FasigTipton, 153 George Street, Saratoga Springs.

For a complete list of events and exhibits and additional details, please visit racingmuseum.org

Saturday, August 5 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a book signing by Jennifer Kelly, author of “The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown,” as well as a Secretariat-themed presentation by artist Jaime Corum, who will be signing her prints of Secretariat and discussing her Secretariat stride animation art. There will also be a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books and prints available for purchase.

Friday, August 11 — 47th Annual Museum Ball

The Museum’s annual black-tie gala. By invitation only. For more information, contact (518) 584-0400 ext. 109.

Saturday, August 12 — Saturday Morning

Social, presented by the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a Racehorse Simulator demonstration with a professional equestrian. Artist Celeste Susany will be on hand to sign prints of her artwork and there will also be a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, prints available for purchase.

Saturday, August 19 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by Live Oak Plantation

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from Live Oak Plantation. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a book signing by Mark Shrager, author of “The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn’t Supposed to Win,” as well as a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books available for purchase.

Friday, August 25 — Travers Eve Wine and Cheese Night

Celebrate the Saratoga racing season at the Museum on Travers Stakes Eve. Enjoy refreshments in the Museum’s Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Courtyard with fellow Museum members and racing enthusiasts. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost: Free for members, $10 for non-members. Thank you to Mazzone Hospitality, Saratoga Spring Water, and Saratoga Eagle for generous donations supporting this event.

Saturday, August 26 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature a book signing by Kim Wickens, author of “Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America’s Legendary Racehorse,” as well as artist Greg Montgomery signing copies of his 2023 Travers Stakes poster and a

handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend, books and posters available for purchase.

Saturday, September 2 — Saturday Morning Social, presented by the Belmont Child Care Association

The Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. thanks to the sponsorship from the Belmont Child Care Association. There will be complimentary coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Stewart’s Shops and water courtesy of Saratoga Water. The morning program will feature activities for kids by Amplify Horse Racing and a handicapping seminar by Tom Amello of Trackfacts. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Free to attend.

Saturday, October 28 — Breeders’ Cup Preview Panel

Racing experts will analyze the fields and make predictions for the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost: Included with paid Museum admission.

Friday, December 1 — Museum Members Holiday Party

Celebrate the season with fellow Museum members. Refreshments generously donated by Saratoga Spring Water and Mazzone Hospitality. Museum members only. Please R.S.V.P. to Tricia Warrens: twarrens@racingmuseum.net or call (518) 584-0400 ex. 112.

Ongoing Programs

Oklahoma Training Track Tours

Available June through October, this exclusive, 90-minute behindthe-scenes walking tour of Saratoga Race Course’s famous training site offers guests the opportunity to experience the morning workouts and includes Museum admission. Reservations required (no children under the age of 10 permitted). Cost: $15 adults, $10 seniors and students, 50 percent off for Museum members. Reservations and additional details: call (518) 584-0400 ext. 103.

Tom Durkin Museum Tours

Join legendary race caller Tom Durkin for a unique and entertaining tour experience of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. These special tours last one hour and include a showing of the Museum’s new signature film, What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame

Dates: Beginning July 13, Thursday through Saturday (no tours July 29, August 4). Cost: $30 Museum members, $35 Non-members. Reservations and additional details: call (518) 584-0400 ext. 103.

Saratoga County Farm Tours

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is partnering with Saratoga County farms for exclusive behind-the-scenes tours. There will be one farm featured per month through October. Guests will enjoy a 90-minute tour through each thoroughbred farm, where a knowledgeable guide will provide a comprehensive look at the day-to-day operations and what makes each farm unique. Guests will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with real thoroughbreds.

Dates: July 29 — Old Friends at Cabin Creek; Aug. 26 — McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds; Sept. 30 — Old Tavern Farm; Oct. 14 — Sugar Plum Farm

Cost: Each tour is $30 for Museum members and $40 for non-members. All tour purchases include a complimentary Museum admission. To purchase tickets: racingmuseum.org/visit/tours

ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

Charles Baskerville — Pg. 49 (August Belmont I, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Pierre “Peb” Bellocq — Cover (Secretariat), Pg. 146 (Ted Atkinson)

Benoit Photo — Pg. 58 (Russell Baze), Pg. 59 (Victor Espinoza), Pg. 81 (California Chrome), Pg. 98 (Corey Nakatani), Pg. 99 (Corey Nakatani), Pg. 100 (Corey Nakatani), Pg. 101 (Corey Nakatani)

The BloodHorse — Pg. 53 (Twilight Tear), Pg. 54 (Damascus)

Brien Bouyea — Pg. 32 (Secretariat statue, Heaton Park skeleton), Pg. 61 (Mike Smith), Pg. 62 (Steve Asmussen)

Michael Burns — Pg. 135 top right (Secretariat)

Jesse Caris — Pg. 63 (King Leatherbury)

Churchill Downs — Pg. 133 (Secretariat)

Gardner Cox — Pg. 113 top right (John W. Hanes II, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Douglas DeFelice/Eclipse Sportswire — Pg. 72 (Arrogate)

Skip Dickstein — Pg. 74 bottom (Arrogate), Pg. 82 bottom left (California Chrome), Pg. 85 (California Chrome), Pg. 89 (Songbird)

Alex Evers/Eclipse Sportswire — Pg. 83 (California Chrome)

John E. Ferneley — Pg. 44 (Priam, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Alvan Fisher — Pg. 45 (American Eclipse, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Gary Gold — Pg. 31 (Hall of Fame interior)

John Hendrickson (courtesy of) — Pg. 29 (Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney portrait)

Evelyn Hofer — Pg. 38 (portrait of Saul Steinberg with camera, 1978, copyright Estate of Evelyn Hofer)

Kaz Ishida/Eclipse Sportswire — Pg. 82 bottom right (California Chrome)

Keeneland Library Barrett Collection — Pg. 106 bottom (Fernando Toro), Pg. 107 top left (Fernando Toro)

Keeneland Library Cook Collection — Pg. 51 (Billy Kelly), Pg. 52 (Jolly Roger), Pg. 53 (Assault), Pg. 59 (Mack Garner, John Loftus), Pg. 63 (Jack Joyner), Pg. 64 (John Madden), Pg. 66 (August Belmont II, Arthur B. Hancock), Pg. 67 (Gladys Mills Phipps)

Keeneland Library Collection — Pg. 63 (William R. Johnson), Pg. 118 top left and bottom right (Jerome Park, Leonard Jerome), Pg. 119 (Leonard Jerome)

Keeneland Library Morgan Collection — Pg. 58 (Steve Brooks), Pg. 62 (W. Burling Cocks), Pg. 64 (John Nerud), Pg. 67 (Warren Wright, Sr.), Pg. 139 (Citation), Pg. 140 top (Citation), Pg. 146 top left (Devil Diver, Ted Atkinson up), Pg. 146 top right (Natchez, Ted Atkinson up), Pg. 146 bottom (Eddie Arcaro, Steve Brooks, and Ted Atkinson), Pg. 147 (Ted Atkinson), Pg. 148 top left (Ted Atkinson), Pg. 162 (James “Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons and Bert Morgan)

Library of Congress — Pg. 110 (John W. Hanes II), Pg. 117 (Jerome Park), Pg. 118 top left (Leonard Jerome), Barbara D. Livingston — Pg. 55 (Alydar), Pg. 57 (Holy Bull), Pg. 59 (Julie Krone), Pg. 65 (Charles Whittingham) Nick Martinez — Pg. 82 top (California Chrome), Pg. 92 (Songbird)

Maryland Jockey Club — Pg. 134 both images (Secretariat) Bob Mayberger — Pg. 31 top (RaceDay Gallery), Pg. 57 (Beholder), Pg. 74 top left and top right (Arrogate), Pg. 84 (California Chrome), Pg. 88 (Songbird), Pg. 90 (Songbird), Pg. 91 (Songbird), Pg. 93 (Songbird), Pg. 96 (Corey Nakatani), Pg. 97 (Corey Nakatani)

Audrey Menefee — Pg. 48 (Isaac Murphy)

Bill Mochon — Pg. 54 (Cougar II), Pg. 55 (Ancient Title), Pg. 55 (Spectacular Bid), Pg. 61 (Bill Shoemaker), Pg. 104 (Fernando Toro), Pg. 105 (Fernando Toro), Pg. 106 top (Fernando Toro), Pg. 107 top right (Fernando Toro)

Greg Montgomery — Pg. 26 (National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame), Pg. 77 (Arrogate), Pg. 168 (portraits of Javier Castellano and John Velazquez)

Bert Morgan — Pg. 111 (John W. Hanes II), Pg. 112 (John W. Hanes II), Pg. 113 top left (John W. Hanes II)

National Museum of Racing Collection — Pg. 27 (Museum archival image), Pg. 28 (Museum archival image), Pg. 29 top left (Museum archival image), Pg. 51 (Domino, Sysonby, Roamer), Pg. 52 (Seabiscuit), Pg. 53 (Nashua), Pg. 54 (Shuvee), Pg. 58 (Eddie Arcaro), Pg. 60 (James McLaughlin, Earl Sande), Pg. 62 (Edward D. Brown), Pg. 63 (John M. Gaver), Pg. 65 (Woody Stephens), Pg. 66 (Lucky Baldwin, James R. Keene), Pg. 67 (Alfred G. Vanderbilt), Pg. 116 (Leonard Jerome), Pg. 143 top right (Citation)

New York Racing Association — Pg. 54 (Buckpasser), Pg. 55 (Seattle Slew), Pg. 56 (Alysheba, Lure, Slew o’ Gold), Pg. 57 (Ghostzapper, Rachel Alexandra), Pg. 58 (Javier Castellano), Pg. 60 (Laffit Pincay, Jr., Jose Santos), Pg. 61 (John Velazquez), Pg. 64 (Bill Mott, Scotty Schulhofer), Pg. 65 (Nick Zito), Pg. 67 (Marylou Whitney), Pg. 73 (Arrogate), Pg. 75 (Arrogate), Pg. 76 (Arrogate), Pg. 128 (Secretariat), Pg. 129 (Secretariat), Pg. 130 (Secretariat), Pg. 132 (Secretariat), Pg. 135 bottom right (Secretariat), Pg. 146 (Tom Fool, Ted Atkinson up), Pg. 148 bottom right (Tom Fool, Ted Atkinson up)

Lynwood Palmer — Pg. 48 (Reigh Count, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

James Pollard — Pg. 20 (The Day of Algiers, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Jim Raftery Turfotos (Barbara D. Livingston Collection) Pg. 61 (Bobby Ussery), Pg. 143 top left (Citation and Jimmy Jones), Pg. 143 bottom right (Citation), Pg. 145 (Ted Atkinson)

Sherman Raveson — Pg. 49 (James “Sunny Jim”

Fitzsimmons, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Richard Stone Reeves — Pg. 131 (Secretariat, from the National Museum of Racing Collection), Pg. 142 (Citation, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

James W. Sames III (Barbara D. Livingston Collection) — Pg. 138 (Citation), Pg. 140 bottom (Citation)

Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire — Pg. 62 (Mark Casse), Pg. 80 (California Chrome)

Saul Steinberg — Pg. 38 through 41 (National Museum of Racing Collection/gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation)

Henry Stull — Pg. 50 (Hindoo, from the National Museum of Racing Collection)

Celeste Susany — Pg. 135 bottom left (Secretariat)

Edward Troye — Pg. 45 (Portraits of Boston, Glencoe, and Lexington, from the National Museum of Racing Collection), Pg. 50 (Portraits of Planet, Kentucky, and Longfellow)

Raymond G. Woolfe, Jr./Thoroughbred Racing Collectibles — Pg. 170 (Secretariat and Eddie Sweat)

John C. Wyatt (Barbara D. Livingston Collection) — Pg. 141 (Citation)

Portraits of Hall of Fame jockeys Javier Castellano, left, and John Velazquez by artist Greg Montgomery. Castellano and Velazquez swept the Triple crown events in 2023, as Castellano won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont and Velazquez won the Preakness.

JOCKEYS

Corey Nakatani

Fernando Toro

PILLARS OF THE TURF

John W. Hanes II

Leonard W. Jerome HORSES Arrogate

California Chrome Songbird

I am honored and humbled to be elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame as a Pillar of the Turf.

Stella F. Thayer President, Tampa Bay Downs

FINAL FRAME

An Unbreakable Bond

Secretariat and groom Eddie Sweat at Belmont Park, 1973.

Photo by Raymond G. Woolfe, Jr./Thoroughbred Racing Collectibles