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Apr
06

2020 LIVING HORSE HALL OF FAME BROODMARES ANNOUNCED

The Living Horse Hall of Fame committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the selections for the 2020 broodmare inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame. Danae 3,1:54.2 ($529,099) and Precious Beauty p,2,1:53.3 ($112,842) were elected. Danae’s offs... Read more
Mar
13

HARNESS RACING MUSEUM - CORONAVIRUS

Due to ongoing concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame will be temporarily closed to the public beginning Friday, March 13, at 4 p.m.    The safety of our visitors, members and staff are our top priority, and we will continue to m... Read more
Mar
05

HALL OF FAMER ROBERT QUIGLEY PASSES

Bob Quigley, a former racetrack executive in New Jersey and Texas, a horse owner and a member of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, died Monday, February 17 in Florida of natural causes. He was 90. Quigley, a native of Atlantic City, N.J., worked his way from a low-level employee in 1951 to th... Read more
Feb
24

HALL OF FAME BROODMARE STIENAM'S PLACE DIES

Hall of Fame broodmare Stienam's Place died Saturday night at Kentuckiana Farms in Lexington due to complications from colic. She was 25.   A daughter of Artsplace, Stienam's Place hailed from a successful filly family and continued the line by producing the winners of $4.6 million. But f... Read more
Feb
18

NEW YORK'S HARLEM RIVER SPEEDWAY AND THE GOLDEN AGE

* * * * * CANCELLED * * * * *   Learn & Create Series Thursday, March 19, 2020, 12 pm-2:30 pM  “New York’s Harlem River Speedway and the Gilded Age”                   &n... Read more
Dec
04

HALL OF FAME TROTTER PINE CHIP, 29, DIES

Pine Chip, 29, a world champion and successful stallion on both sides of the Atlantic, died at Broline Stud in Sweden. In his racing career, Pine Chip took a mark of 4,T1:51 and earned $1,710,858. He was voted Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and 3-year-old Trotting Colt of the Year in 1993 and Dan ... Read more
Oct
01

NEW TRUSTEES FOR HARNESS RACING MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announces John M. Egloff, DVM and Marvin Katz as the newly elected members to the Board of Trustees. Dr. John Egloff, better known as Tad, is the founder and owner of Vieux Carré Farms where many champions have been born and raised including Always B ... Read more
Jul
24

2019 CHARITY CASINO NIGHT & POKER TOURNAMENT

Goshen, NY – The harness racing community once again showed robust support for two of the sport’s most important charities – The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame and the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) – at a casino-themed fundraiser held Hambletonian eve at The New Mea... Read more