Smarty Jones Leads 2025 Hall of Fame Class to be Inducted Friday

Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality), winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness Stakes, leads a class of seven who will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Friday morning. The champion 3-year-old of 2004, the lone selection in the contemporary category, joins racehorses Decathlon, Hermis and trainer George H. Conway, who were chosen by the 1900-1959 Historic Review Committee; and Edward L. Bowen, Arthur Hancock, III, and Richard Ten Broeck, who were elected by the Pillars of the Turf Committee.

The induction ceremony will be held at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday and will be broadcast live on the museum's website, www.racingmuseum.org. Emceed by Tom Durkin, the event is open to the public and free to attend.