2015 Hall of Fame Finalists

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1 Upcoming Events: April 22 Student Art Show grades 8-12 opening reception, 6-7:30 p.m. April 25 Countdown to the Triple Crown, previewing the upcoming Triple Crown races, 1 p.m., free admission May 2 Kentucky Derby Party, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 7 Hall of Fame induction ceremony, 10:30 a.m. (at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion), free admission Aug. 14 Annual Museum Ball Special Exhibits: The Sanford Legacy, Contemporary Racing Gallery (NOW OPEN) Treasures of the Vault: Highlights from the National Museum of Racing s Collection, McBean Gallery (OPENING IN MAY) Hall of Fame Heroes, McBean Gallery (OPENING IN MAY) Paintings from the Charles H. Thieriot Collection, McBean Gallery (OPENING IN MAY) Greg Montgomery: 30 years of the Travers Poster Series (OPENING IN JUNE) Spring 2015 Newletter 2015 Hall of Fame Finalists Four jockeys, four Thoroughbreds and two trainers comprise the 10 finalists on the National Museum of Racing s 2015 Hall of Fame ballot, as selected by the Museum s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are: jockeys Chris Antley, Victor Espinoza, Corey Nakatani and Craig Perret; Thoroughbreds Black Tie Affair, Kona Gold, Lava Man and Xtra Heat; and trainers King Leatherbury and David Whiteley. Espinoza, Nakatani, Black Tie Affair, Lava Man, Leatherbury and Whiteley are firsttime finalists. Hall of Fame voters may select as many candidates as they believe are worthy of induction to the Hall of Fame. The four candidates with the highest vote totals will be elected. The finalists were selected by the Hall of Fame s 14-member Nominating Committee from a total of 68 initial candidates suggested by turf journalists, Thoroughbred industry participants and racing fans. To be eligible, trainers must have been active for 25 years, while jockeys must have been active for 20 years. Thoroughbreds are required to be retired for five calendar years before becoming eligible. All candidates must have been (Craig Perret, Credit: NYRA) active within the past 25 years. The 20- and 25-year requirements for jockeys and trainers, respectively, may be waived, but a five-year waiting period is then observed before they become eligible. Candidates not active within the past 25 years are eligible through the Historic Review process. The results of the voting on contemporary candidates will be announced on Monday, April 20. The induction ceremony will be held at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs on Friday, Aug. 7 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony is free and open to the public. Antley won 3,480 races and had purse earnings of $92,261,894 in a career that spanned from 1983 until his death in 2000 at the age of 34. He won 127 graded stakes races and 293 overall stakes. (Continued on Next Page)

2 The leading North American rider by wins in 1985 with 469, Antley was a two-time Kentucky Derby winner, taking the Run for the Roses with Strike the Gold in 1991 and Charismatic in He also won the Preakness Stakes with Charismatic. He ranked in the top 10 nationally in wins each year from 1984 through Espinoza, 42, began his career in 1993 and has won 3,188 races through Feb. 24. He ranks 19th all time in earnings with $171,130,260. A two-time winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Espinoza has won 209 graded stakes and 412 overall stakes. He has ranked in the top 10 nationally in earnings six times since 2000, including a peak position of No. 3 in 2004 and Espinoza won 19 graded stakes in 2014, including nine Grade 1s. He won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby and San Felipe with Horse of the Year California Chrome. His other Grade 1 wins in 2014 included the Breeders Cup Juvenile and Starlet with champion Take Charge Brandi and the FrontRunner and Del Mar Futurity with champion American Pharoah. Nakatani, 44, has won 3,766 races and ranks 11th all time in earnings with $224,484,846 through Feb. 24. He began his career in 1988 and has won 332 graded stakes and 599 overall stakes. A winner of 10 Breeders Cup races including three consecutive editions of the Sprint from 1996 through 1998 Nakatani ranks seventh all time in stakes wins at Santa Anita with 131 and ninth in overall wins there with 1,031. During the Santa Anita meet, Nakatani won 19 stakes, tying the record of Hall of Famer Laffit Pincay, Jr. He has ranked in the top 10 nationally in earnings nine times in his career Hall of Fame Finalists (Continued) He won a total of 12 stakes races, including 11 graded events. In 1991, he closed his career with six consecutive wins (all in graded races), including a victory in the Breeders Cup Classic in which he defeated Twilight Agenda, Unbridled, Strike the Gold and Summer Squall. Black Tie Affair s wins that year also included the Stephen Foster, Michigan Mile, Cornhusker, Philip H. Iselin and Washington Park (defeating Summer Squall) handicaps and the Commonwealth Breeders Cup Stakes (defeating Housebuster). He won at six different tracks that year. Black Tie Affair won graded stakes at ages 3, 4 and 5 and won races at a total of nine tracks in his career. Perret, 64, won 4,415 races and had purse earnings of $113,837,299 in a career that spanned from 1967 through He was North America s leading apprentice jockey in earnings in 1967 and won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in In 1987, Perret rode Bet Twice to a 14-length victory in the Belmont Stakes, denying the Triple Crown hopes of Alysheba. During his Eclipse Award year of 1990, Perret won the Kentucky Derby with Unbridled and Grade 1s with Housebuster, Safely Kept, Rhythm and With Approval. Black Tie Affair (Miswaki Hat Tab Girl, by Al Hattab), the Eclipse Award winner for Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male in 1991, posted a career record of from 45 starts with earnings of $3,370,694. (Corey Nakatini, Credit: Brien Bouyea) Kona Gold (Java Gold Double Sunrise, by Slew o Gold), the Eclipse Award winner for Champion Sprinter and runner-up for Horse of the Year as a 6-year-old in 2000, posted a career record of from 30 starts with earnings of $2,293,384. During his championship year, Kona Gold won the Breeders Cup Sprint, Ancient Title, Bing Crosby, Potrero Grande and Palos Verdes handicaps. In winning the Breeders Cup Sprint, Kona Gold broke the Churchill Downs and Breeders Cup record for six furlongs with a time of 1: A five-time Breeders Cup Sprint participant, Kona Gold won the Bing Crosby and Potrero Grande again in (Continued on Next Page)

3 2015 Hall of Fame Finalists (Continued) Xtra Heat (Dixieland Heat Begin, by Hatchet Man), the Eclipse Award winner for Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in 2001, compiled a career record of from 35 starts and earnings of $2,389,635. Xtra Heat won a total of 25 stakes races, 10 of which were graded events. She registered two six-race win streaks and had two victories in the Barbara Fritchie Handicap and Endine Stakes. Xtra Heat s wins included the Grade 1 Prioress (setting a stakes record of 1:08.26), as well as the Vagrancy and Genuine Risk handicaps and the Astarita and Beaumont stakes. (King Leatherbury, Credit: Maryland Jockey Club) He also had multiple victories in the El Conejo Handicap, including a Santa Anita track record in Kona Gold s other major wins included the San Carlos Handicap and Los Angeles Handicap. Overall, he won 10 graded stakes, including two Grade 1s. Lava Man (Slew City Slew L il Ms. Leonard, by Nostalgia s Star), a winner of seven Grade 1 races more than any other California-bred in history posted a career record of from 47 starts with earnings of $5,268,706. Among California-bred horses, only Hall of Famers Tiznow and Best Pal have higher career earnings. Lava Man won three consecutive editions of the Hollywood Gold Cup (2005 through 2007), matching a feat Hall of Famer Native Diver accomplished from 1965 through Lava Man also won back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap in 2006 and His other significant wins included the Pacific Classic, Californian, Sunshine Millions Classic, Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap, Goodwood Breeders Cup Handicap and Sunshine Millions Turf. In his first Hollywood Gold Cup victory, Lava Man won by a record eight lengths and earned a 120 Beyer Speed Figure. With his victory in the Whittingham in 2006, Lava Man became the first horse since Vanlandingham 21 years earlier to win a Grade 1 on both dirt and turf in the same year. Lava Man was also the first horse to win the Hollywood Gold Cup, Santa Anita Derby and Pacific Classic in the same year (a feat since equaled by Game On Dude). Leatherbury, 81, won his first race at Florida s Sunshine Park in 1959 and currently ranks fourth all time with 6,449 wins. He has won 52 training titles in Maryland (26 each at Pimlico and Laurel) and four at Delaware Park and has career purse earnings of $62,792,375. Leatherbury led all North American trainers in wins in 1977 and 1978 and won 300 or more races each year from 1975 through He ranked in the top three in North American wins each year from 1975 through 1980 and has finished in the top 10 nationally in wins 18 times and in earnings four times. Leatherbury has won 23 graded stakes races and 153 overall stakes. Whiteley, 70, the son of Hall of Fame trainer Frank Whiteley, Jr., trained the champions Revidere, Waya and Just A Game and won 678 races in a career that spanned from 1970 through He won 33 percent of his starts (678-for-2,068) and had purse earnings of $11,837,823. Whiteley won 45 graded stakes races and 62 overall stakes. He won the 1979 Belmont Stakes with Coastal, thwarting the Triple Crown hopes of Spectacular Bid. Hall of Fame

4 Letter from the Director Dear Friends of the Museum, Spring is always one of the most exciting times in thoroughbred racing. The Triple Crown season begins to heat up and we allow ourselves to dream of the sport s next superstar and whether this will be the year America meets its 12 th Triple Crown winner. It is a season of hope and dreams in racing and one of excitement at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The Museum has several upcoming events we hope you will want to be a part of as well as some exciting new features for all racing fans to enjoy. To kick off the Triple Crown season the Museum will be playing host to a Kentucky Derby party on May 2 with a theme of Bacon, Brims and Brews. The Museum has partnered with a dedicated and vibrant local working committee for what will surely be the premier social event of the season. After celebrating the Derby in May we turn to the Belmont Stakes in June. Once again, the Museum will charter a bus to Belmont Park for the culminating event in the Triple Crown series. Belmont Stakes day will feature nine graded stakes races, making it the richest day in American racing outside of the Breeders Cup. Along with these great events, we are proud to open a new exhibit this spring, The Sanford Legacy, which chronicles the importance of the Sanford family in thoroughbred racing. It is a story that is both important in Saratoga and nationally. Through unique artifacts, artwork and video, this new exhibit will both entertain and inform about a fascinating family whose accomplishments in the sport still resonate today. Later in the spring, the Museum will unveil its Treasures of the Vault exhibit in the McBean Gallery, featuring some of the oldest and most prestigious items in our permanent collection in honor of our 65 th anniversary. As 2015 marks the 65 th anniversary of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame we celebrate both our past and present while also looking ahead to many great events in the sport and at the Museum. We hope you will be a part of these wonderful experiences and enjoy all the Museum has to offer. We look forward to your visit and continued support. Sincerely, Chistopher Dragone Board of Trustees: Gretchen Jackson (President) John Hendrickson (Vice President) Charles E. Mather III (Vice President) William Roebling (Vice President) Jeffrey S. Amling (Treasurer) Charlotte Weber (Secretary) John T. von Stade (Chairman Emeritus) Stella F. Thayer (Chairman) Barbara Banke, George Bolton, Edward L. Bowen, Charlsie Cantey, Case Clay, Donald R. Dizney, G. Watts Humphrey, Jon Kelly, Deborah O Kain, Debby Oxley, Richard Palmer, Daisy Pulito, Mike Rogers, Joseph Shields, Beverly Steinman, Lisa Troutt Advisory Board: Aurelia Bolton, Charles Cella, Richard C. Colton, Cornelia Corbett, Richard Duchossois, William S. Farish, Terrence Finley, C. Kenneth Grayson, Dell Hancock, A. Douglas Henderson, Gillian Johnston, Beverly Lewis, Leverett Miller, Penelope Miller, Charles Noell, Stanley D. Petter, Jr., Andrew Richards, Peter G. Schiff, George Strawbridge, H. Stuart Valentine, Daniel G. Van Clief, Michael Veitch, Harold Via, John T. von Stade, Jr., Cortright Wetherill, Jr. Wheelock Whitney (Honorary Trustee)

5 Museum News The Sanford Legacy Exhibit Now Open at the Museum! The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame s newest exhibit, The Sanford Legacy, opened to the public Wednesday, March 25. The exhibit will remain on display through The Sanford Legacy chronicles the significance of the Sanford family in the sport of thoroughbred racing. Told through artwork, rare artifacts, photographs and video, the exhibit focuses on the substantial racing achievements of the Sanfords as well as the importance of the family s Hurricana Stock Farm in nearby Amsterdam. The Sanfords began achieving notable success in racing, specifically at Saratoga Race Course, around Several generations of the family thrived in the sport throughout the 20th century, with much of the glory being achieved at Saratoga. Along with the considerable local success, John Sanford s George Smith won the 1916 Kentucky Derby and Stephen Laddie Sanford s steeplechaser Sergeant Murphy became the first American-owned horse to win the prestigious English Grand National at Aintree in A slideshow documenting this feat from start to finish in rare photographs from the Sanford family s Sergeant Murphy s Grand National photo album will be featured in this special exhibition. Other standouts campaigned by the Sanford family include Molly Brant, Mohawk II, Caughnawaga, Kennyetto and Round View. Hurricana also featured a prominent breeding operation that stood several notable stallions, including 2014 Hall of Fame inductee Clifford. Since 1913, the Sanford Stakes for 2-year-olds has been run at Saratoga Race Course. Named in honor of Gen. Stephen Sanford, founder of Hurricana, the Sanford Stakes has been won by numerous legends of the sport, including Hall of Fame members Regret, Devil Diver, Tom Fool, Secretariat and Affirmed. The race is also significant in racing history as the event in which Man o War suffered his lone career defeat. The Sanford Stakes celebrated its 100th running in The Sanford Legacy is scheduled to run through 2016, the 100th anniversary year of George Smith s Kentucky Derby victory. Please visit for more information and Museum hours.

6 Museum News The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Presents A Kentucky Derby Party Saturday, May 2 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Bacon, Brews, and Brims Samplings of Savory Bacon Dishes ~ Tastings of Craft Brews and Spirits ~ Live Music by Funk Evolution Live Airing of the Kentucky Derby in the Official Racing Hall of Fame! Register Now! Tickets are $65 for Museum Members - $75 in Advance to the Public - $85 at the Door $100 New Member Special - $25 Safe Driver For more information, please go to or call (518) ext All proceeds from this year s event will support the notable exhibits and educational initiatives at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

7 Museum News 21st Annual Horsing Around with the Arts Show, Grades 3-7 Winners Thank you to all the students, teachers and parents who helped make another year of our Horsing Around with the Arts a success! We are honored to share this year s winners: Grade 3: First: Jing Xuhn Wang, Second: Raeghan Liebig, Third: Isabella Chiovoloini, Honorable mention: Konnor Keith, John Mazzarello Grade 4: First: Rose Donnelly, Second: Tyler Leahey, Third: Alyssa Gallo, Honorable Mention: Ava Barnett & Abagail Ehrenberg Grade 5: First: Thomas Arndt, Second: Anna Harmon, Third: Corrine Subik, Honorable Mention: Jenna Reppenhagin & Kayreena Myers Grade 6: First: Bailey Tator, Second: Emma Harriman, Third: Alycya Dunham Grade 7: First: Allison Corlew, Second: Anissa Kalinski Best of Show Racing Image: Rose Donnelly Support for this exhibition was generously provided by the Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund and by Price Chopper. Thank you! Upcoming: April 22 Student Art Show grades 8-12 Opening reception, 6-7:30 p.m.

8 Spotlight on Secretariat Museum Recieves Secretariat Futurity Trophy The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame received a piece of racing history this summer with the gift of Secretariat s 1972 Belmont Futurity trophy from Kay Verrilli. This trophy, in addition to a photograph collage featuring the winning composite photograph, was delivered to the Museum this past summer by Ellen Bongard, a prominent New York breeder and owner and long time supporter of the Museum. (Ellen Bongard and Mike Veitch Credit: NMR Collections)

9 In the News H. Allen Jerkens Passes Away at Age 85 (Allen Jerkens, Credit: NYRA) Allen Jerkens, a Hall of Fame trainer and one of the most successful and respected individuals in thoroughbred racing history, died Wednesday, March 18 at the age of 85 in Aventura, Fla. He had been hospitalized for several weeks with an infection. Jerkens was born April 21, 1929 in Islip, N.Y. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975 at the age of 46 and ranked 11th all time with 3,859 wins and 14th in earnings with $103,754,915 at the time of his death. Jerkens sent out his first winner, a horse named Populace, July 4, 1950 at Aqueduct Racetrack and earned his first stakes win at Jamaica Race Course in New York with War Command. In the early 1960s, Jerkens began training for Jack Dreyfus Hobeau Farm, beating Kelso three times with the Dreyfusowned Beau Purple. In 1973, Jerkens defeated Secretariat twice with Onion in the Whitney at Saratoga Race Course and with Prove Out in the Woodward at Belmont. Known as The Chief, Jerkens won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in The New York Turf Writers Association named him outstanding trainer in 1957, 1962, 1973, 1992 and In 2001, the National Turf Writers Association honored him with the Mr. Fitz Award, named for legendary trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons and given to the person who typifies the spirit of racing. Jerkens won a total of 14 training titles at the New York tracks, including four at Saratoga, where the New York Racing Association named its annual training title for him in His lone Hall of Fame horse is Sky Beauty, a 2011 inductee. Owned by Georgia E. Hofman, Sky Beauty won the Eclipse Award for Champion Older Female in She won the Triple Tiara in 1993, sweeping the Mother Goose, Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama, all Grade 1 events. Sky Beauty also won the Adirondack, Matron and Acorn. Other graded-stakes winners trained by Jerkens include Devil His Due, who won the Wood Memorial and Gotham, as well as consecutive runnings of the Suburban in 1993 and 1994; Classy Mirage, winner of the Ballerina and Prioress; and Kelly Kip, winner of the Tremont, Sanford and Bold Ruler. In 2004, Jerkens won both the Test and the Alabama with Society Selection, who also won the Comely, Frizette and Shuvee. Jerkens final Grade 1 win came in the summer of 2012 when Emma s Encore won the Prioress at Saratoga. Jerkens got his last stakes win at Saratoga in the summer of 2013 when Go Unbridled won her second consecutive Saratoga Dew. Jerkens first wife, Ann, died in 1986 and his second wife, Elizabeth, died last year. He is survived by his sons Jimmy and Stephen, who are both trainers, and Allen; a daughter, Julie; and several grandchildren. His grandson, David, is the racing secretary at Del Mar. Hall of Fame To Find out More About his Hall of Fame Career Please Visit:

10 In the News Whitney, Hendrickson to Unveil Native Dancer Statue as Gift to Saratoga Springs (Artist s Rendering) Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson, a vice president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, will present Saratoga Springs a bronze statue of Hall of Fame racehorse Native Dancer as a gift to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Saratoga Springs as a city. The statue will be located in Congress Park and will be unveiled in a ceremony June 1. Along with the statue, plans call for revamping the Union Ave. side of Congress Park, improvements to the landscaping and installation of a fountain. The statue will feature a marble base, and the entire pocket park, to be called Centennial Park, will be lit at night. Michael Ingersoll of the LA Group is working with Whitney and Hendrickson on the park s design. Plans include a remodeled sidewalk and improvements to landscaping and flowers. Whitney and Hendrickson chose equine artist Gwen Reardon, who specializes in life-size bronze race horse sculptures, with the rendering of Native Dancer. In the Associated Press rankings of the greatest racehorses of the 20th century, Native Dancer was ranked third, tied with Citation, behind only Man o War and Secretariat. Native Dancer won 21 of 22 career starts, including six victories at Saratoga without a defeat between 1952 and He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Hall of Fame To Learn More about Native Dancers Hall of Fame Career Please Visit:

11 Ask the Historian with Allan Carter Q. When Rachel Alexandra won the 2009 Woodward, many writers stated that it was the first time a 3-year-old filly had beaten older males in a Grade 1 race. Is that true? A. Not hardly. Although stakes weren t graded until 1973 (1972 races were also included), the following include pre-1972 races that this writer thinks were either Grade 1 caliber or close to it. Miss Woodford won the 1883 Pimlico Handicap, beating George Kinney Beldame won the 1904 Carter Handicap, beating Peter Pan; she won the 1904 Saratoga Cup, beating Africander; she won the 1904 First Special, beating Caughnawaga; she won the 1904 Second Special, beating Broomstick Artful won the 1905 Brighton Handicap, beating Ort Wells and Beldame Tangle won the 1906 Great Republic Edith Cavell won the 1926 Pimlico Handicap, beating Crusader and Princess Doreen Twilight Tear won the 1944 Pimlico Special, beating Devil Diver Busher won the 1945 Arlington Handicap, beating; she won the 1945 Washington Park Handicap, beating Armed Tosmah won the 1960 Arlington Classic Summer Guest won the 1972 Hempstead Handicap Dahlia won the 1973 D.C. International April Run won the 1981 Turf Classic Have a Question for Allan? him at: nmrhistorian@racingmuseum.net Rachel Alexandra won the 2009 Woodward Meet our Newest Staff Member! Sarah Treadwell was hired at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame taking on the role of Membership and Development Specialist. Sarah will be working to help expand and enhance the Museum s membership program and assist with exciting new development initiatives. Sarah is also the designer of the Museum Newsletter. Originally from South-Eastern Wisconsin, Sarah began her college education at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and recently finished her degree with Southern New Hampshire University. She lives in the Ballston Lake area with her husband, her two crazy adopted dogs, and her very chatty Quaker parrot. You ll be seeing a lot of her this year around the Museum assisting with several of our upcoming events!

12 Curator s Corner with Victoria Tokarowski Scrapbook of Mr. Stephen Sanford s Sergeant Murphy winner Grand National 1923 Leather-bound album featuring photographs and sketches Gift: Estate of Mary D. Sanford This installment of the Curator's Corner highlights a very special treasure from our Permanent Collection that documents the first victory of an American-owned horse in one of steeplechase racing s crown jewels, the British Grand National. Sergeant Murphy, owned by Stephen Laddie Sanford, won this prestigious racing event at the age of 13, after finishing fourth in two previous starts. Of the 27 starters, only seven horses finished the grueling 41/2-mile course at Aintree. Trained by George Blackwell and ridden by Captain Bennett, Sergeant Murphy s victory awarded the winning connections an audience with the King of England, who offered his congratulations after an amazing finish. A slideshow featuring many of the photographs contained in this album is currently featured in our newest special exhibition, The Sanford Legacy, which is on display in the Contemporary Racing Gallery through The Alfred Z. Solomon Sesquicentennial Exhibit closed in December, but visitors to the Museum can still learn about the rich history of Thoroughbred racing in Saratoga Springs by visiting our Lower Lobby! The timeline exhibit panels, which break down the history of the sport into various eras, have now been installed in this newly created exhibit space. A model of Saratoga Race Course and other items, including a historic poster advertising the racing meet of the Saratoga Association, can be found within this exhibit.

13 Hall of Fame Inductee Spotlight with Brien Bouyea According to legend, Al Hoots had a vision as he was dying that his mare Useeit would be bred to Col. E. R. Bradley s stallion Black Toney and that the resulting foal would win the Kentucky Derby. A few years later, Black Gold fulfilled Hoots prophecy and won the Kentucky Derby during his Hall of Fame career. Useeit won 34 times in 122 career starts from 1909 through 1916, including a win over the great Pan Zareta. Hoots raced her at county fairs in Oklahoma until he learned of larger purses in Mexico. He took Useeit to the old track in Juarez and entered her in a claiming race, which was known as a selling race at the time. (Black Gold, Credit: NMR Collections) Useeit won the race and was claimed in the process. Hoots, ignorant of the rules of selling races, refused to surrender Useeit, protecting his ownership with a shotgun when track officials wanted to claim his prized mare. Threatened again by the Juarez track officials, Hoots slipped out of town with Useeit and was forever barred from racing south of the border. After his death, Hoots widow, Rosa, convinced Bradley to let her breed Useeit to Black Toney. A short time later, oil was discovered on Mrs. Hoots property in Oklahoma and the widow became rich. When Useeit foaled her Black Toney colt at Bradley s Idle Hour Stock Farm in February 1921 it was given the appropriate name of Black Gold. Trained by Hanley Webb, Black Gold made his debut in Louisiana at Fair Grounds with a six-length victory in January He won his first stakes race, the Bashford Manor Stakes, that May at Churchill Downs and finished his juvenile season with a from 18 starts and earnings of $19,163. After winning the Louisiana Derby as a 3-year-old, Black Gold won the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby before a crowd estimated at 80,000 to fulfill the dream of Al Hoots. Black Gold became the first horse bred and owned by a woman to win the Derby. He added victories in the Ohio State Derby at Cleveland s Maple Heights Park and the Chicago Derby at Hawthorne that year, finishing his 3-year-old campaign with a record of from 13 starts and earnings of $91,340. Black Gold was retired to stud in late 1924 because of unsoundness in his left foreleg. In his three seasons as a stallion, Black Gold produced only one foal, a colt that was killed in a lightning strike. After almost three years away from the races, Black Gold was put back in training late in He was winless in three starts that December and was reportedly lame. In January 1928, Black Gold was entered in the Salome Handicap at Fair Grounds. He began to make a move entering the stretch, but tragically broke his troublesome left foreleg. Despite the efforts of his rider to pull him up, Black Gold fought on and finished the race. The injury was fatal and Black Gold was buried in the track s infield. Black Gold, Hall of Fame Class of 1989 (Black Gold, Credit: NMR Collections)

14 Join the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 6, 2015 for our annual trip to The Belmont Stakes The National Museum of Racing has reserved a coach bus and preferred seating in the Grandstand at Belmont Park for the 147 th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. The trip includes bus fare, admission to the Grandstand and a preferred seat near the finish line. The bus will depart for Belmont Park from the Museum parking lot at 7:00 am. We will leave Belmont Park immediately after the Belmont Stakes. Please note: reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment must be included with your reservation form in order to secure your place. **This year s pricing reflects an increase in ticket prices made by the New York Racing Association and your Grandstand seat is guaranteed for Belmont Park on Friday, June 5, in addition to Belmont Stakes day (if you choose to go down early before the bus). Additionally, you can reserve your place on our bus trip by completing the form below and mailing it to: National Museum of Racing, Attn: Cathi 191 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY Name(s) Address For more information or to reserve your seat today, please contact Cathi Jackson by phone at (518) ext. 140 or at nmrom@racingmuseum.net NMR Belmont Stakes Bus Trip: June 6, Reservation Form Phone Number (for day of trip) Address Please reserve seat(s) at the Member-price of $ seat(s) at the non-member-price of $ Total amount of $ will be paid by: Check Visa MasterCard AmEx Name on Credit Card: Authorized Signature: Credit Card Number: Expiration Date: Security Code:

15 Museum Information National Museum of Racing (518) and Hall of Fame JOCKEY4 or 191 Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY Fax (518) The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is dedicated to interpreting the history and conveying the excitement of Thoroughbred racing in America to the broadest possible audience. The Museum fosters education and understanding of racing by providing public access to equine art, artifacts, memorabilia, film, historical archives, and interactive displays. The Museum is also the Official National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame, honoring Horses, Trainers, Jockeys, and Pillars of the Turf.