McLaughlin, Kenneth G. McPeek, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockey Jorge F. Hall of Fame voters may select as many candidates as they believe are worthy of induction to the Hall of Fame.
All candidates that receive majority approval from the voting panel will be elected to the Hall of Fame. All the finalists were required to receive a minimum of nine votes from the member nominating committee to qualify for the ballot. Ballots will be mailed to the Hall of Fame voting panel next week. The results of the voting on the contemporary candidates will be announced on Thursday, April The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday, Aug.
The ceremony is open to the public and free to attend. A multiple Grade 1 winner at ages 2 and 3, Blind Luck was also a Grade 1 winner at 4. He is the only horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap three times, setting a stakes record in the edition. She started twice more before her retirement. She raced from through A bay filly bred in Kentucky by Nancy S. Havre de Grace earned her first graded stakes victory in the Cotillion G2.
He registered Beyer Speed Figures of or higher 17 times, including a career-best of A battle with laminitis then kept her away from the races for more than a year.
Lady Eli won a total of eight graded stakes, including at least one Grade 1 in each of her four years on the track. Indy—Better Than Honour, by Deputy Minister won the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old filly in , a campaign highlighted by a historic victory in the Belmont Stakes.
