The National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes is a

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American

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for three year old horses run over a distance of one mile on the

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held annually in July at

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History

The event was inaugurated as the Gallant Man Stakes in honor of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse,

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, on 17 August 1985 as the sixth event in the under-card for

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Day and was won by Duluth who was ridden by

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easily by lengths in a time of 1:47. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1987. In 1992 the event was renamed to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes. National Museum of Racing opened in Saratoga Springs in 1951. In 1955, the Museum moved to its present site on Union Avenue, across the street from Saratoga Race Course. That year, 1992, the event was upgraded to Grade II and held that class since except for 2013 when the race was moved from the turf track to the dirt track due to the state of the track and subsequently was downgraded to Grade III. The event has been run over several distances, including a mile and an eighth from 1985 to 1995, a mile and a sixteenth in 1996 and 1997 and in 1998, the distance was changed back to a mile and an eighth. In 2019 the event was held over a mile. Several three-year-olds who won this event went on to prove themselves as champions. Of these include 1992 winner Paradise Creek who in 1994 became US Champion Male Turf Horse. The 2004 winner

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won the 2005

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after failing in 2004. The 2011 winner

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also became 2015 US Champion Male Turf Horse and 2017 winner

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who was voted US Horse of the Year in 2019. In 2020 the event was run over miles and the following year was reverted back to one mile.

Records

Speed record: * miles: 1:45.90 – Courageous Cat (2009) * miles: 1:39.47 –

(2017) Margins: * lengths – Duluth (1985) Most wins by a

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: * 7 –

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(1986, 1988, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003) Most wins by a trainer: * 7 –

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(1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2019) Most wins by an owner: * 3 –

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(2015, 2019, 2021)

Winners

''Legend:''

''Notes:''
§ Ran as an entry

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References