Two of the most noteworthy horses in recent memory were honored at this year’s National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony Aug. 2 at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.. The 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) and 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride ) were the only contemporary horses in the…
Two of the most influential and talented Black horsemen in the history of Thoroughbred racing will be represented at this Friday’s induction for the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame class of 2024. Jockey Abe Hawkins will be inducted, and the importance of jockey/trainer Ed Brown will also be invoked by two men representing…
With celebration and nostalgia, the 2014 Hall of Fame class that began tinged with controversy was inducted on Aug. 8 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in a ceremony that honored two equine champions, Ashado and Curlin. “My husband, Jess Jackson, loved this horse,” said Stonestreet Farm’s Barbara Banke of Curlin, a two-time Horse of the Year inducted…
If, like human parents, equine parents hope that their children will accomplish more than they did, then Ashado made her sire’s and dam’s dreams come true. Though both sides of her pedigree were successful racehorses, Ashado made more in her worst year on the track than the lifetime earnings of her parents combined. Continue reading…
Last Friday, the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame announced its 2014 induction class. As with most Hall of Fame announcements, in racing and in other sports, the announcement was greeted with both approbation and criticism for who got in and who was left out. In most years, voters choose four inductees from…
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