New development for the Racing Hall of Fame

Press Release
11:59 AM Wednesday Mar 03, 2010

The Racing Hall of Fame will present its exhibition display kiosk to the public for the first time at the conclusion of the induction ceremony.

The kiosk contains all the inductee video stories as well as other interesting racing and breeding history and was designed and developed to museum standard by international curator Jenny Cave and designer Gary Collins.

Racing Hall of Fame director Chris Luoni said the design brief for the kiosk was three-fold.

``It was to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work, achievements, personal stories and personalities of the Racing Hall of Fame Inductees and the racing industry of New Zealand, to construct a distinctive, alluring, memorable and professional quality experience for visitors via engaging visual and interactive exhibits of video archives, Hall of Fame inductee DVDs, artefacts and memorabilia and supplementary materials, and to develop a concept design for a portable kiosk to be set up at race meetings or sales, as well as for a permanent exhibition that can be moved to an alternate location, if required, at a later date. This will include the text, captions, objects and design solutions for an inaugural exhibition.''

It was to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work, achievements, personal stories and personalities of the Racing Hall of Fame Inductees

One kiosk will be permanently based at Hamilton International Airport which has more than 500,000 passengers each year, and the second kiosk will displayed at chosen events around New Zealand.

 

Ten greats of the New Zealand turf will be inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame at Ellerslie on Friday night.

Already 27 racehorses and personalities have gained entry into the Hall Of Fame, with 14 inducted in the inaugural ceremony in 2006 and 13 inducted last year.

Among the racing identities already in the Racing Hall Of Fame are breeding icon Sir Patrick Hogan, jockey greats Bill Broughton, Bill and Bob Skelton and Lance O'Sullivan, and training greats Dave O'Sullivan, Colin Jillings and Ken Browne.

The champion racehorses already in the Racing Hall Of Fame include Sunline, Phar Lap, Tulloch and Rising Fast.

Racing Hall Of Fame chairman Gerald Fell promised the ceremony would be ``a very special night celebrating New Zealand racing history.''