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An Insight Into The Fabulous World Of Horse Racing Important
Events
By: Alberttaylor
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame occupies a significant place in the history of horse racing events. Established in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York; the organization was founded in order to honor the success and achievements of American thoroughbred champion race horses, trainers as well as jockeys. Every year in the spring season, during the Kentucky Derby Week; new inductees to the National Museum and Hall of Fame are proclaimed.
Till date, the National Museum and Hall of Fame has named merely 5 people as ‘Exemplars of Racing’ in the entire history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. For a jockey to qualify as an inductee to the Hall of Fame, it is compulsory that he be licensed for 20 years. Alternately, a jockey is eligible for the Hall of Fame even if he has been retired for a minimum of 5 years. If a trainer is licensed and has been actively involved with Thoroughbreds for a minimum of 25 years, he too is eligible. A trainer who has been retired for at least 5 years also matches the eligibility criteria of the Hall of Fame. As per the 2007 Hall of Fame Day, the Hall of Fame boasts popular racing champions of which 176 are Thoroughbred race horses, 84 are trainers and 88 are jockeys.
All thoroughbreds retired for more than 25 calendar years, qualify through the Historic Review Committee. Similarly, jockeys and trainers who have been retired for more than 25 years become eligible through the Historic Review Committee. The 20-25 year criteria for jockeys and trainers may be relinquished. However, a waiting period of 5 years has to be observed before they can become eligible.
For a thoroughbred race horse to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, the eligibility criteria requires that the horse must be retired for at least 5 full calendar years. Some legendary champion race horses that managed to make it to the Hall of Fame include great names like Man o’ War, Citation, Seabiscuit and Seattle Slew. These distinguished race horses have participated and won some of the world’s most prestigious horse racing important events.
Action-packed, horse racing important events such as the Dubai World Cup and the Triple Crown will surely send any horse lover’s adrenaline rushing. Now horse fans can experience the same adrenaline rush when they play 3D virtual horse race games that simulate universally acclaimed horse racing important events such as the Arc.
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