Hall of Fame Pillars of the Turf

Ted Bassett August Belmont II Christopher Chenery Paul Mellon

Name Elected Summary

Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin 2018 Prominent California owner/breeder, opened the original Santa Anita racetrack, campaigned four American Derby winners, Hall of Famer Emperor of Norfolk

James E. “Ted” Bassett III 2019 Longtime Keeneland president, chairman of Keeneland board, president Breeders’ Cup, Ltd., Eclipse Award of Merit 1996

August Belmont I 2018 Established Nursery Stud, influential in the creation of Jerome Park and Monmouth, as owner won the Travers twice, namesake Belmont once

August Belmont II 2013 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

Cot Campbell

Marshall Cassidy

Alice Headley Chandler

Christopher T. Chenery 2014 Bred 128 stakes winners, including 15 champions, won the Kentucky Derby four times as an owner

2018 Pioneer of racehorse ownership syndication with Dogwood Stables, won Preakness and Belmont, Eclipse Award of Merit 2012

2022 Jockey Club executive secretary, NYRA racing director, devised the modern starting gate among many innovations

2020 Founder of Mill Ridge Farm, bred Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor, Eclipse Award of Merit 2009, served as director of Breeders’ Cup, Keeneland, TOBA

2019 Established Meadow Stud, key figure in the restructuring of New York racing in the 1950s, bred 43 stakes winners, including Secretariat

Penny Chenery 2018 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 Purchased Arlington Park in 1983, led Arlington Million into international prominence, Special Eclipse Award 1989, Eclipse Award of Merit 2003

William S. Farish 2019 Two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder, Eclipse Award of Merit 2009, has bred more than 300 stakes winners, industry leader

John R. Gaines 2017 Organized the creation of the Breeders’ Cup, established Gainesway Farm as an elite international operation, Eclipse Award of Merit 1984

John W. Galbreath 2018 Established Darby Dan Farm, first person to breed and own a Kentucky Derby and English Derby winner, Eclipse Award 1974, bred 91 stakes winners

James Ben Ali Haggin 2022 Campaigned Hall of Famers Firenze and Salvator, transformational breeder, won Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes as an owner

Arthur B. Hancock, Sr. 2018 Founded Claiborne Farm, bred 138 stakes winners, including 10 champions, leading breeder in wins eight times, earnings five times

Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr. 2016 Bred 112 stakes winners at Claiborne Farm, which was leading stud farm in America four times under his direction

Hal Price Headley 2018 One of the founders of Keeneland, track’s president from 1936 to 1951, bred 88 stakes winners, including four champions

John Hettinger 2019 Eclipse Award of Merit 2000, leading aftercare advocate, influential figure in Fasig-Tipton resurgence early 1990s, successful New York breeder/owner

James R. Keene 2019 Bred 113 stakes winners, including Colin, Sysonby, Kingston, Maskette, Commando, and Peter Pan, won the Belmont Stakes six times

Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe 2019 Revered racing secretary in both California and New York, Eclipse Awards of Merit 1979, Jockey Club member and steward

John Morrissey Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney William Collins Whitney Matt Winn

Name Elected Summary

John Morrissey

Ogden Phipps

Gladys Mills Phipps 2018 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

2019 Earned four Eclipse Awards, bred 108 stakes winners and 12 champions, including Buckpasser, Easy Goer, and Personal Ensign, Jockey Club chairman

2019 Established Wheatley Stable, bred 11 champions among 102 stakes winners, bred top sire Bold Ruler, leading owner by earnings 1964

Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps 2017 Chairman of The Jockey Club from 1983 through 2015, bred 89 stakes winners, including Inside Information, Eclipse Award of Merit 1978

Dr. Charles H. Strub 2018 Spearheaded the opening of Santa Anita Park and brought prominence to California racing, introduced the use of photo-finish cameras, electric starting gate

Edward P. Taylor 2014 Two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder, bred more than 320 stakes winners worldwide, bred and owned Northern Dancer

Alfred G. Vanderbilt 2015 Bred 77 stakes winners, including six champions, held various roles in the sport, including owner of Pimlico, chairman of NYRA

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 2018 Bred 176 stakes winners, including five champions, won the Travers three times, Belmont twice, founder and first president of the National Museum of Racing

Harry Payne Whitney

Helen Hay Whitney 2018 America’s leading breeder 11 times, leading owner eight times, bred 20 champions among 191 stakes winners, including Regret, Equipoise, Top Flight

2019 Established Greentree Stable, won Kentucky Derby and Belmont with homebreds Twenty Grand and Shut Out, bred 79 stakes winners

John Hay “Jock” Whitney 2015 Bred 91 stakes winners, including four champions, campaigned Tom Fool and Belmont winner Stage Door Johnny

Marylou Whitney

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

2018 Led revitalization of Saratoga racing at the start of the 20th century, bred 26 stakes winners, including four champions, leading owner in 1903

George D. Widener, Jr. 2020 Chairman of The Jockey Club 1950 through 1963, as owner won five editions of the Travers and 1962 Belmont Stakes, bred 102 stakes winners

Matt Winn 2017 Formed a syndicate to purchase Churchill Downs in 1902, developed the Kentucky Derby into one of the world’s premier events, industry leader

William Woodward, Sr.

Warren Wright, Sr. 2016 Bred 101 stakes winners, including seven champions, chairman of The Jockey Club 1930 through 1950, won the Triple Crown with Gallant Fox and Omaha

2019 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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