The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (CHRHF) invites the public to participate in the nomination of people and horses who have made a significant contribution to Canadian Standardbred or Thoroughbred horse racing, for induction to the CHRHF, as part of the Class of 2024.
Nominations are being sought in the following categories:
- Person: Trainers, Drivers, Jockeys.
- Builders: Includes, but not limited to, Breeders, Owners, Officials and others.
- Communicators: Includes, but not limited to, Writers, Broadcasters, Photographers, Announcers, Bloggers.
- Veteran Person: Trainers, Drivers, Jockeys whose careers have been concluded for 20 years, but less than 50 years.
- Male Horse: Colts, geldings or stallions whose significant contribution to Canadian racing as racehorses and/or as sires has occurred in the past 20 years.
- Female Horse: Fillies and mares whose contribution to Canadian racing as racehorses and/or broodmares occurred in the past 20 years.
- Veteran Horse: Horses whose careers have been concluded for 20 years, but less than 50 years.
All nominations meeting the eligibility criteria and received before the nomination deadline of March 8, 2024 at 5 p.m. EST will be considered by the Nomination Committee of the appropriate breed. Complete nomination and election criteria as well as online forms are available on the CHRHF website at canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com. Should an alternate version of the form be required, contact [email protected].
To create the ballot of finalists that will be forwarded to the Election Committee, each breed’s Nominating Committee will vote on the categories to be recognized before determining the nominees in each of the selected categories. The Election Committee will vote by secret ballot to determine the inductees to be recognized as the Class of 2024.
It has been agreed for 2024, 2025 and 2026, six categories will be selected for each breed, to help offset the reduced number on inductees elected during 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Additionally, for the purposes of 2024, 2025 and 2026, should it be determined by the Nomination Committee to select five categories for either breed, the committee will identify one category to double up, inducting two candidates, so that a total of six inductees per breed is achieved.
Nominations submitted from 2021 through 2023 need not be re-submitted unless there are relevant biographical updates/changes available for consideration by the Nomination Committee.
The categories selected to be recognized for each breed in 2024, along with the finalists in each category will be announced on April 9, 2024.
The CHRHF Class of 2024 consisting of six Standardbred and six Thoroughbred inductees, will be announced on April 24, 2024.
Any questions should be directed to the CHRHF by emailing [email protected] or calling 416-417-9404.
(With files from Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame)