National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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Museums for Digital Learning

Audience: 3rd Grade Programming

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Readers Up!

Audience: English Language Arts Classes, grades K-12

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Five Unique Field Trips

Admission Fee:
- Students: $8
- Teachers and Adult Chaperones: Free
Audience: Grades 1 through 12
Duration: -- 90 minutes

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3rd Grade STEM Programming

Audience: 3rd Grade Programming

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Rodion Cantacuzene Scholarship

Audience: For Saratoga County high school seniors

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Health, History, and Horses

Admission Fee:
- Student: $8
- Teachers and adult chaperones: Free
Audience: Fourth Grade
Duration: We suggest a minimum of two hours for this field trip.

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Win, Place, Show — The Annual Student Art Exhibition, Sponsored by the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund

Audience: Students grades 3 through 12

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Saturday Morning Socials, sponsored by the New York State Breeding and Development Fund

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2025 Summer Drop-In Programs

Audience: Ages 5-12

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Insights

Audience: Ages 12 and up

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Storytime with Horse Buddies

Audience: Ages 4-8

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Collections Connections

Audience: Ages 8 and up

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Horse Play! Interactive Gallery

Audience: Ages 5-12

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Museums on the Move

Audience: Seniors
Duration: 1 hour

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Museum Book Club

Audience: Adult program
Duration: 1 hour

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When the Bull ruled racing

Remembering beloved Hall of Famer Holy Bull the week of his namesake Kentucky Derby prep race at Gulfstream Park

By Brien Bouyea
Hall of Fame and Communications Director
Few horses have captured the hearts of racing fans the way Holy Bull did. When he succumbed to the infirmities of old age in 2017 at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky, the sport lost a popular champion in the 26-year-old son of Great Above.

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Regret: The Hall of Fame filly who beat the boys and brought national acclaim to the Kentucky Derby

More than a century after her landmark victory in the Kentucky Derby, Hall of Famer remains one of only three fillies to win the Run for the Roses

By Brien Bouyea
Hall of Fame and Communications Director
The great filly Regret’s legacy was established through a sparkling record of defeating her male counterparts with dramatic flair in some of America’s most prestigious races. Beating the boys, however, was only part of Regret’s fascinating story. Along with leaving the best colts of her generation in the dust, Regret’s landmark victory in the 1915 Kentucky Derby entrenched the race as an American institution.

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Parole: An iron horse of a distant era

Hall of Famer won 59 races during his fascinating career

By Brien Bouyea
Hall of Fame and Communications Director
Revered as an equine hero in both America and England, the mighty Parole cemented his legacy as one of the finest racehorses of the 19th century during a fascinating 11-year career that was defined by durability, determination, and a series of masterful performances in marquee events.