Hollendorfer heads 2011 Hall of Fame class

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and the fillies

OPEN MIND

(Deputy Minister),

SAFELY

KEPT (Horatius) and

SKY

BEAUTY (Blushing Groom [Fr]) have been elected to the National Museum of

Racing's Hall of Fame. The class of 2011 will be inducted on August 12 at 10:30

a.m. (EDT) at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion. The ceremony is free and open to

the public and for the second consecutive year will be televised live on HRTV.

Hollendorfer, Open Mind, Safely Kept and Sky Beauty were elected in the

contemporary category by the 183 members of the Hall of Fame's voting panel. The

Hall of Fame's Historic Review Committee will announce its selections in early

June to complete the class of 2011.

Hollendorfer has been the most successful trainer in Northern California

since the mid-1980s. He won the training championship at every major Bay Area

meeting from 1986 through 2008, recording 37 straight titles at Bay Meadows and

32 consecutive crowns at Golden Gate Fields. Hollendorfer has also enjoyed

considerable success on the Southern California circuit and won a training title

at Arlington Park in 2001.

In 2010, Hollendorfer won five Grade 1 races: the Kentucky Oaks, Alabama and

Las Virgenes with champion Blind Luck (Pollard's Vision); the Breeders' Cup Dirt

Mile with Dakota Phone (Zavata); and the Gamely with Tuscan Evening (Ire).

Hollendorfer ranked fourth in earnings in 2010 with $9,307,328 and third in wins

with 286. He was fifth in earnings in 2009 ($7,309,169) and seventh in 2008

($8,637,578). He was also third in wins in both 2009 (273) and 2008 (282).

Hollendorfer won a career-high 308 races in 2004 to finish third in the trainer

standings.

Hollendorfer has ranked in the top 10 in wins for 24 consecutive years (1987

through 2010) and has been in the top 10 in earnings 12 times in his career.

Through 2010, Hollendorfer ranked fourth in all-time victories (5,863) and

eighth all-time in earnings ($119,141,280) among North American trainers. His

major wins include three runnings of the Kentucky Oaks and scores in the Santa

Anita H. (G1), Delaware H. (G2), Fleur de Lis H. (G2), Hollywood Futurity (G1)

and Haskell Invitational (G1).

Open Mind, a chestnut out of Stage Lucky (Stage Door Johnny), bred in New

Jersey by Due Process Stables, won 12 of 19 career starts. Owned by Eugene Klein

and trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Open Mind was named champion two-year-old filly

of 1988 when she won four of six starts, including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Fillies (G1).

At three, Open Mind won eight of 11 starts, including the New York Filly

Triple Crown (the Acorn [G1], Mother Goose [G1] and Coaching Club American Oaks

[G1]), as well as the Kentucky Oaks and Alabama. Her victory in the Alabama was

her 10th consecutive win, seven of which were Grade 1 races. She repeated as her

division champion at three and concluded her career with nine graded wins among

her 11 stakes victories and earnings of $1,844,372.

Safely Kept, a bay out of Safely Home (Winning Hit), bred in Maryland by Mr.

and Mrs. David Hayden, raced four years, won 24 of 31 starts and accumulated

earnings of $2,194,206. Owned by Barry Weisbord and Richard Santulli's Jayeff B.

Stable and trained by Alan Goldberg, Safely Kept won three of her five starts as

a two-year-old in 1988 and then took eight of her nine races at age three to

earn the Eclipse Award as champion sprinter. Among her wins during that campaign

were the Test S. (G1), the Genuine Risk H. (G2) and the Prioress S. (G2).

At four, Safely Kept won eight of 10 races with seven of those victories in

stakes events. She defeated a star-studded field in the 1990 Breeders' Cup

Sprint (G1). That victory, over such stars as Dayjur and Black Tie Affair (Ire),

also avenged her only loss from the prior year, as she defeated Dancing Spree by

9 1/2 lengths.

Safely Kept concluded her career with five wins in seven starts as a

five-year-old in 1991, including her third victory in the Genuine Risk, Maryland

Million Distaff and Garden State S.

Sky Beauty, a bay produced by Maplejinsky (Nijinsky II), bred in Kentucky by

Sugar Maple Farm, won 15 of 21 starts and had purse earnings of $1,336,000 in

her four-year career. Owned by Georgia Hoffman and trained by Allen Jerkens, Sky

Beauty posted a five-race win streak at age three in 1993, which included the

New York Filly Triple Crown and the Alabama.

At four, Sky Beauty posted another five-race win streak, including a 10

1/2-length romp in the Go for Wand (G1). She also added Grade 1 wins in the

Hempstead and the Ruffian. Sky Beauty had a brief campaign at five, adding her

second victory in the Vagrancy (G3). Nine of Sky Beauty's 15 wins were in Grade

1 races.

Edward L. Bowen is the chairman of the Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The

16-member Nominating Committee considered 80 candidates for the contemporary

category before selecting 10 finalists. The four candidates that received the

most votes from the 183 voters in the United States and Canada were elected.