New inductees to Living Horse Hall of Fame announced

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announces the results of recent balloting to determine the 2024 inductees into harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame. Museum members voted for the four horses they felt best exemplified greatness.

Racehorses Gimpanzee, Mission Brief, Tall Dark Stranger and Wiggle It Jiggleit were elected and will be inducted on Hall of Fame Day, Sunday, July 7, 2024. The ceremonies honoring these extraordinary Standardbred horses will take place during the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame’s annual dinner.

Standardbreds are eligible for nomination to harness racing’s highest accolade only if they comply with criteria as noted on the Museum’s website, harnessmuseum.com.

GIMPANZEE 4,1:50 ($2,701,075)

2020 Trotter of the Year and world champion Gimpanzee compiled a career record of 34-25-2-3 while earning $2,701,075. He was voted 2018 Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year and 2020 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and Older Trotting Horse of the Year. Gimpanzee became only the fifth trotter to win three Breeders Crown trophies and only the third horse to win the Breeders Crown at two, three and four – Peace Corps and Mack Lobell being the others.

MISSION BRIEF 3,1:50.2f ($1,599,587)

The fastest two-year-old trotter in history, world champion Mission Brief has a lifetime race record of 27-19-3-0. She established her still-standing 1:50.3 world record in a sixteen-length International Stallion Stakes victory at The Red Mile. She was voted 2014 Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year and 2015 Dan Patch and O’Brien Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year.

TALL DARK STRANGER p,3,1:47.1 ($2,020,195)

WIGGLE IT JIGGLEIT p,4,1:47.2 ($3,945,839)

2015 Dan Patch Horse of the Year and world champion Wiggle It Jiggleit is the sixth-richest Standardbred of all time. He had one win in just one start as a two-year old in 2014, but in his 2015 sophomore year he won his first 10 consecutive starts on his way to victory in 22 out of 26. Wiggle It Jiggleit’s Little Brown Jug is considered by many to be one of the greatest horse races of all time. He was voted 2015 Dan Patch Horse of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

This year’s Hall of Fame festivities will also include the inductions of Jim Campbell, Ed Lohmeyer and David McDuffee to the Hall of Fame, and Tim Bojarski and Dave Brower to the Communicators Hall of Fame. For information on Hall of Fame Weekend visit harnessmuseum.com from April 2024 onward or call or write the Museum at 240 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924. Email: info@harnessmuseum.com. Phone: 845-294-6330.

From the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame