The Living Horse Hall of Fame Committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the slate of six candidates for election into the Hall of Fame.
The nominees are:
Standardbred horses are elected into harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame by current members of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame. Six candidates are presented to the Museum membership on ballots that were recently mailed. Signed ballots must be returned (postmarked) by Dec. 31, 2022. The three top vote getters will be inducted into the Living Horse Hall of Fame on Hall of Fame Day – Sunday, July 2, 2023 – in Goshen, New York.
If you wish to participate in the Living Horse Hall of Fame election process and are not currently a Museum member or if you are a Museum member and did not receive a ballot, please contact the Museum.
In July 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame approved a revised set of Living Horse Hall of Fame eligibility criteria. Those criteria are as follows and also allow committee members to nominate a horse that does not meet the criteria:
A racehorse must be retired from racing for two years and have had a drug-free career. In addition, racehorses must have been the winner of $2.5 million lifetime WITH two Dan Patch Awards, OR been the winner of $3 million lifetime, OR been named Dan Patch (U.S.) Harness Horse of the Year. Horses over the age of 12 that are still racing and meet the criteria are also eligible.
A racemare must be retired from racing for two years and have had a drug-free career. In addition, racemares must have been the winner of $1.5 million lifetime WITH two Dan Patch Awards, OR been the winner of $2.5 million lifetime, OR been named Dan Patch (U.S.) Harness Horse of the Year. Mares over the age of 12 that are still racing and meet the criteria are also eligible.
Stallions must rank among the ten all-time leading money-winning sires at their gait, OR have sired at least 100 $200,000 winners, OR been a leading money-winning sire at his gait in three or more seasons.
Annually on March 1, a list of the broodmares that have produced two Dan Patch winners, OR two millionaires, OR one Dan Patch winner and one millionaire will be assembled for the Living Horse Hall of Fame Committee to review. Committee members can also nominate a broodmare that does not meet the criteria. Each of the committee members votes for his or her top 5 broodmares, voting results are tabulated and the top two vote getters are elected to the Living Horse Hall of Fame.
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame is located at 240 Main Street in Goshen, New York. For information on the Museum, membership, special events, gift shop services and educational programs the Museum offers, please call 845-294-6330 or visit the Harness Museum website.
(Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame)