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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Preserving and promoting the history of thoroughbred racing and home to the Official Hall of Fame.
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The Museum is open to the public with a brand new 360 degree cinematic experience, a new interactive Hall of Fame, and refreshed galleries and Gift Shop. Featuring rare memorabilia, a fine equine art collection and more, the Museum tells the story of three centuries of Thoroughbred racing in America.

06/23/2026

Need some new apparel for the summer?

The Museum gift shop has you covered with plenty of shirts, jackets, hats and much more!

Stop by the Museum and shop in-person or online here: https://racingmuseum.mybigcommerce.com/

06/22/2026

Thank you to the staff of Song Hill Thoroughbreds, LLC. for hosting us for a farm tour!

Tours are complimentary, courtesy of the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. Each tour is limited to 30 guests and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Interested in joining a future farm tour? You can see all available tours here: https://www.racingmuseum.org/visit/tours

06/22/2026

Congratulations to Dakota Bellerose, our 2026 Rodion Cantacuzene scholarship recipient! Bellerose will soon graduate from Hadley-Luzerne High School and will attend SUNY Adirondack beginning this fall.

The scholarship, named after a longtime Museum trustee and patron of the arts, is intended to foster like-minded leaders, philanthropists, and volunteers throughout our communities and will be awarded annually to a deserving high school student from Saratoga County.

Pictured left to right: Dakota Bellerose and Museum Educator, Eric Ross.

06/18/2026

Happy birthday to Hall of Fame trainer Jack Fisher, a member of the class of 2021. A native of Unionville, Pennsylvania, Fisher won his first race as a trainer in 1988 with Call Louis. He topped all steeplechase trainers in wins for the first time in 2003 and has led 15 times in his career. In 2004, Fisher topped the earnings list for the first of 11 times. Fisher became the first trainer in steeplechase history to surpass $1 million in purse earnings in a year, something he has accomplished eight times. He trained two-time Eclipse Award winner and Hall of Fame member Good Night Shirt, one of only four horses to earn $1 million in steeplechase racing. Good Night Shirt won a total of 10 graded stakes and twice set the single-season earnings record. Fisher also trained Eclipse Award winners Scorpiancer (2017), Moscato (2020), and Snap Decision (2024), the fourth horse to surpass $1 million in earnings. With Saluter, Fisher won six consecutive editions of the Virginia Gold Cup and four runnings of the Virginia Hunt Cup. Fisher has won the Virginia Gold Cup 12 times as a trainer and nine times as a rider — both records. Fisher rode Saluter to each of his Gold Cup victories. Through early June, Fisher has won 772 career races and ranks second all time in steeplechase purse earnings with more than $22 million, behind only Hall of Famer Jonathan Sheppard. Happy birthday, Jack!

Photo: Jack Fisher at Saratoga, 2024 (Brien Bouyea photo)

06/18/2026

Happy birthday to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, a member of the class of 2011. At the time of his Hall of Fame induction, Hollendorfer ranked in the top 10 in all-time wins and purse earnings among North American trainers. Born in Akron, Ohio, Hollendorfer arrived in California in the late 1960s and began working as a groom at Bay Meadows. He later went to work for trainers Jerry Dutton and Jerry Fanning in various capacities before taking out his own training license in 1979. From 1986 through May 2008, Hollendorfer won 37 consecutive training championships at Bay Meadows and 32 in a row at Golden Gate Fields. Major races won by Hollendorfer horses include three runnings of the Kentucky Oaks, with Lite Light in 1991, Pike Place Dancer in 1996, and Blind Luck in 2010. Hollendorfer has also won the Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Derby, Haskell Invitational, Hollywood Futurity, Delaware Handicap, Alabama Stakes, Humana Distaff Handicap, and Ohio Derby, among others. He has trained Eclipse Award winners Songbird, Blind Luck, and Shared Belief. Through early June, he ranks third all time in wins (7,777) and 10th in earnings ($207,421,666).

Photo: Jerry Hollendorfer at Golden Gate Field, 1989 (Museum Collection)

06/17/2026

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Museum Ball fundraiser this summer on Friday, Aug. 7.

Full details and tickets are available here: https://www.racingmuseum.org/about/news/national-museum-racing-and-hall-fame-celebrate-50-years-museum-ball-aug-7

06/16/2026

Don't forget to get your tickets for our Royal Ascot Tea Party, presented by Brown Road Racing

This Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., guests are invited to gather in their most splendid hats and race-day attire for a morning steeped in the elegant traditions of racing society in celebration of the prestigious Royal Ascot race meeting in England.

Tickets and all information on the event can be found here: https://www.racingmuseum.org/events/royal-ascot-tea-party-presented-brown-road-racing

06/12/2026

Happy birthday to Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado, a member of the class of 2008. Prado was the leading rider in his native Peru before coming to the United States in 1986. Initially riding in New England and Florida, he rose to stardom on the Maryland circuit — where he was the leading rider from 1991 through 1993 — and went on to top all North American jockeys in wins each year from 1997 through 1999. In 1997, he became only the fourth rider to surpass 500 wins in a single year, winning a career-best 535 races. In 2002 and 2004, Prado won the Belmont Stakes, denying the Triple Crown bids of War Emblem and Smarty Jones with Sarava at odds of 70-1 and Birdstone at 36-1, respectively. Prado and Birdstone then went on to win a memorable edition of the Travers Stakes. In 2003, Prado won the Kentucky Oaks in stakes-record time aboard Bird Town, who, like Birdstone, was owned by Hall of Fame member Marylou Whitney. In 2006, Prado won the Kentucky Derby aboard Barbaro and earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He won five Breeders’ Cup races, including the 2006 Distaff with Round Pond and a record-setting performance in the 2015 Sprint with champion Runhappy. In 2018, Prado became the eighth North American-based jockey to surpass 7,000 wins. He retired in 2023 with 7,119 wins and purse earnings of $272,008.849, ranking in the top 10 all time in both categories. Happy birthday, Edgar!

Photo: Edgar Prado (NYRA)

06/11/2026

Make sure to stop by the Museum and see our two new special exhibitions!

𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘋. 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Daily Racing Form) open through Dec. 31

𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘺𝘦 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 open through Sep. 13

06/10/2026

Photo Finish applications are now open!

We are pleased to announce the return of our juried photography exhibition, Photo Finish, and are now accepting submissions. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum from Oct. 28 through Dec. 31.

Professional and amateur photographers are encouraged to submit artistic and unique perspectives and may enter up to two photos. Each submission must relate to the sport of thoroughbred racing in America, including, but not limited to, racing and training scenes, the backstretch, life on the farm, and the emotions of the fans.

Click here to get started: https://racingmuseum.org/https%3A//racingmuseum.org/photo-finish

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191 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY
12866

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

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(518) 584-0400

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https://www.racingmuseum.org/

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