Led by the outstanding mares Beholder and Tepin, four horses and four people will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Friday morning at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., right around the corner from the Hall of Fame. Tom Durkin, the retired, longtime racecaller, will again serve as emcee of the ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. The ceremony is open to the public. It will be broadcast live on the museum’s website, www.racingmuseum.org. Beholder and Tepin, both of whom gained entry in their first year of eligibility, were chosen in May from the contemporary ballot. The racehorses Hillsdale and Royal Heroine, along with trainer Oscar White, were chosen by the Historic Review Committee. James Cox Brady, Marshall Cassidy – grandfather of the racecaller and racing official – and James Ben Ali Haggin were selected as Pillars of the Turf. :: DRF's Saratoga headquarters – Stakes schedule, previews, recaps, past performances, and more Beholder had one of the great careers of the current era, winning four Eclipse Awards and three Breeders’ Cup races while capturing at least one Grade 1 race at ages 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, something that had not been done in 40 years. Beholder was purchased as a yearling by the Spendthrift Farm of then-owner B. Wayne Hughes and was trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella. She won 18 of 26 starts, 13 graded stakes, 11 Grade 1s, including the 2015 Pacific Classic against males and a stirring career finale against Songbird in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff. That Distaff victory made Beholder only the second horse, after Hall of Famer Goldikova, to win three Breeders’ Cup races. Mandella had long hoped to attend the ceremony, but a recent bout with COVID will keep him in California. Tepin also was a multiple Eclipse Award winner, nailing down the female turf title in 2015 – when she won the Breeders’ Cup Mile – and 2016, during a campaign that included a victory in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Those were two of her three Grade 1 victories against males, the other being the Woodbine Mile. Tepin won 13 of 23 starts in four seasons on the racetrack. Hall of Famer Mark Casse trained her for owner Robert “Bat” Masterson. Hillsdale won 23 of 41 starts racing in the late 1950s. He swept what became known as the Strub Series, capturing the Malibu, San Fernando, and the Santa Anita Maturity, which later was renamed the Strub. The Malibu was one of five stakes he won at age 3. At age 4, he won 10 stakes in 13 starts, including the Californian, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Aqueduct Handicap. Hillsdale originally was trained by Odie Clelland, then was trained by Martin Fallon Jr. after a private sale to owner Clarence Smith. :: Visit the Saratoga Handicapping Store for Past Performances, Clocker Reports, Picks, Betting Strategies and more. Royal Heroine beat the boys in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile, part of a 1984 campaign that brought her an Eclipse Award as champion female turf horse. That year she also won the Matriarch and was second to Hall of Famer John Henry, the 1984 Horse of the Year, in the Arlington Million. Royal Heroine was owned by Robert Sangster. She was trained initially in Europe by Michael Stoute, for whom she won the Prix de l’Opera, then blossomed in the United States under John Gosden, for whom she won a division of the Hollywood Derby at the end of 1983 as a preview of coming attractions in 1984. Royal Heroine won 10 of 21 starts. White, who trained from 1940 through 1978, exclusively for the Jeffords family, trained Pavot and One Count, both of whom won the Belmont Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup. Pavot was the 2-year-old champion of 1944. One Count was Horse of the Year in 1952. White also trained Kiss Me Kate, the champion 3-year-old filly of 1951. Brady was one of the most influential people in New York racing, including serving as chairman of the New York Racing Association during the reconstruction of Belmont Park and upgrading of Saratoga in the 1960s. Brady also held significant positions with The Jockey Club, Thoroughbred Racing Associations, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and Monmouth Park. Cassidy, son of famed New York starter Mars Cassidy, helped develop the modern starting gate – which replaced the old method of a walk-up start – and improved the technology behind the photo-finish camera, the electronic timing of races, and patrol films. Cassidy also introduced pre-race veterinary exams and saliva testing. Haggin was a titan of the sport the second half of the 19th century. His best runners included Hall of Famers Firenze, who won 47 of 82 starts and is considered a four-time champion, from 1887-90, and Salvator, who won 16 of 19 starts and is considered the champion 3-year-old male of 1889 and a two-time Horse of the Year, in 1889-90. Haggin won the 1886 Kentucky Derby with Ben Ali, the 1885 Belmont with Tyrant, and the 1903 Travers with the filly Ada Nay. He bred two other Belmont winners.