Hall of Fame ceremony in Saratoga Springs open to the public

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This year’s National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be once again open to the public, one year after the ceremony was canceled outright due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The ceremony, scheduled for Aug. 6 at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will begin at 10:30 a.m., with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. All public seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Two classes will be inducted during the ceremony, from 2020 and 2021, for a total of 10 individuals. Horses to be honored are Tom Bowling, Wise Dan, and American Pharaoh; trainers Mark Casse, Jack Fisher, and Todd Pletcher; jockey Darrel McHargue; and “Pillars of the Turf” Alice Headley Chandler, J. Keene Daingerfield Jr., and George Widener Jr., tom bowelingt

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is popular with racing fans, and the pavilion is normally standing room-only by the time the ceremony starts. Pandemic restrictions led the ceremony’s organizers to cancel the event outright last year.

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