The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will hold its annual Saratoga Preview panel discussion on Thursday, July 22 in the Museum’s Hall of Fame Gallery at 7 p.m. This popular program is free and open to the public.
Prior to the Saratoga Preview, the Museum is offering a sneak peak at its new exhibits in the Peter McBean Gallery: Hall of Fame Heroes and Treasures of the Vault. The McBean Gallery will be open at 6 p.m. for the sneak peak. Hall of Fame
Heroes features myriad artifacts associated with Hall of Fame members, while Treasures of the Vault showcases more than 30 paintings and eight bronzes from the Museum’s Fine Art Collection, many of which have not been on public display in years.
Linda Rice, who in 2009 became the first woman trainer to win a meet title when she accomplished the feat during the prestigious Saratoga racing season, will be a member of the Saratoga Preview panel. She will be joined by popular former jockey Richard Migliore, who recently retired with 4,450 career victories, as well as the New York Racing Association’s Charles Hayward and P.J. Campo. Rounding out the panel is esteemed racing journalist Michael Veitch of The Saratogian.
The annual panel discussion looks toward the upcoming meet at Saratoga Race Course, which opens on Friday, July 23 with a first post of 1 p.m. The panel discussion is driven by questions from the audience. Brien Bouyea, the communications officer at the Racing Museum, will serve as the program’s moderator. There will be giveaways of racing publications and drawings for prizes from the Museum’s Saratoga Silks Gift Shop.
Rice was an assistant trainer to her father, Clyde, for many years before she opened her own stable in 1987 at age 23. She was presented the Fourstardave Award for Outstanding Achievement at Saratoga in 2000. That year, Rice saddled City Zip to a sweep of Saratoga’s three major stakes for juveniles – the Sanford, Saratoga Special and Hopeful. She won her first Grade 1 with Things Change in the 1998 Spinaway.
Migliore earned more than $160 million in purses in his career. He retired earlier this year with 4,450 victories, including 25 in Grade 1 races. He won 10 individual meet titles in New York. Migliore won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 1981 and was presented with the Eddie Arcaro Award for Outstanding Jockey by the New York Turf Writers Association in 1981 and 1985. He won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in 2008 as well as the Grade 1 Gazelle and Grade 1 Test with Flashing in 2009.
Hayward was named NYRA’s president and CEO in November 2004. Prior to taking his post with NYRA, Hayward had a long career in the publishing business, including a stint as the publisher of the Daily Racing Form.
Campo was named the racing secretary for the three NYRA tracks in 2005. The son of former trainer John Campo, he worked in the racing office before succeeding Mike Lakow as the head of the department.
Veitch has enjoyed a distinguished writing career for The Saratogian and its racing supplement, The Pink Sheet, for more than 30 years. He has also covered Thoroughbred racing for the Daily Racing Form and is the author of the book “Foundations of Fame,” which focuses on the early history of Saratoga Race Course.
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