National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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National Museum of Racing announces 2025 Hall of Fame finalists

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Eight racehorses, seven trainers, and one jockey account for the 16 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2025 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Groupie Doll, Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, Rags to Riches, and Smarty Jones; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, Kenneth G. McPeek, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockey Jorge F. Chavez. Groupie Doll, Smarty Jones, and McPeek are each a finalist for the first time.

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Win, Place, Show student art exhibition opens March 1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the return of the popular Win, Place, Show: Student Art Exhibition, which opens March 1 in the Museum’s von Stade Gallery for Capital Region students in grades 3-7 and on April 5 for grades 8-12. The exhibition is sponsored by the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund.

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Tickets available for National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s “Countdown to the Triple Crown” fundraiser event

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to the third annual “Countdown to the Triple Crown” fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 1. This winter fundraiser, scheduled exactly three months prior to the 151^st Kentucky Derby, will feature more than 150 silent auction items and an online auction of unique items and experience packages to benefit the Museum.

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Laying the Foundation: The Architecture of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame exhibition to open Jan. 15

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Coinciding with the 75^th anniversary of its founding, which will be recognized and celebrated throughout 2025, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will open its latest exhibition, Laying the Foundation: The Architecture of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, to the public on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Located in the Museum’s Link Gallery, this new exhibition will chronicle how the Museum has physically evolved with the times since its founding in 1950.

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Tim Layden, Ed Schuyler, Jr., and Edwin Pope selected to National Museum of Racing’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Esteemed writers Tim Layden, Ed Schuyler, Jr., and the late Edwin Pope have been selected to the National Museum of Racing’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame seeking auction items for 2025 “Countdown to the Triple Crown” fundraiser event

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to the third annual “Countdown to the Triple Crown” fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. This winter fundraiser, scheduled exactly three months prior to the 151^st Kentucky Derby, will feature dozens of silent auction items and an online auction of unique items and experience packages to benefit the Museum.