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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame celebrating 75th anniversary throughout 2025

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its 1950 founding with numerous special exhibitions, a variety of signature events, and expanded programming throughout 2025.

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.

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 151st 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 75th 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 151st Kentucky Derby, will feature dozens of silent auction items and an online auction of unique items and experience packages to benefit the Museum.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s sixth annual Photo Finish exhibition opens Nov. 2

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.  — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s sixth annual Photo Finish exhibition will open in the Museum’s von Stade Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 2. The exhibit will also be available on the Museum’s website. The onsite exhibition will run through Feb. 2, 2025. The online exhibition includes all photographs exhibited at the museum, as well as additional selections.

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Charlotte Weber voted National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame interim board chair

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Longtime National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame board of trustees member Charlotte C. Weber has been chosen as the Museum’s interim board chair through a vote by the institution’s Executive Committee. Weber, previously a vice chair, will serve in the chair position formerly held by John Hendrickson, who passed away at the age of 59 on Aug. 19. Hendrickson was the Museum’s chair since 2017. Weber has been a Musuem trustee since 2001.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame mourns the passing of Chairman John Hendrickson

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — John Hendrickson, the chairman of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame since August 2017, passed away unexpectedly Monday at the age of 59.

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