
Horse Power - The National Museum of Racing
The National Museum of Racing sits in Saratoga Springs, New York, built around the history of American thoroughbred racing from its earliest days to the present. Cameras move through galleries of equine art, silks, trophies, and race-day artifacts, tracing the sport back to the first organized race run in North America in 1665 and forward to the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup. The centerpiece is the Hall of Fame, where bronze plaques honor horses like Man o' War, Secretariat, and Zenyatta alongside jockeys and trainers including Bill Shoemaker, Eddie Arcaro, and Bob Baffert. The film also visits the museum's library and archive, a working collection of photographs, videos, and periodicals documenting breeding, training, and racing across two centuries. Produced for public television by Great Museums TV, the program treats the building itself as the subject, letting its exhibits carry the history of the horses, riders, and owners who shaped a sport still running today.