The Texas Hall of Fame will honor Larry Craft, Bill Melson, Joe Peacock, Sr. and Joe Peacock, Jr., Mike Rutherford and American Quarter Horse Havanah Goodtime and Thoroughbred Too Much Bling.

The Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Board of Directors and its Hall of Fame Selection Committee will induct its 2025 Hall of Fame Class into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Lone Star Park.

“This year’s inductees include some of the finest Texas Horses, Breeder’s and Horsemen,” said Tommy J. Azopardi, Chairman of the Board. “The Texas Horse Industry has a lot to be thankful for and these individuals and horses have brought much notoriety to Texas, and it is an honor to welcome them into The Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame.”

2025 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Class include:

Larry Craft
Larry Craft, who held a trainer’s license for three years before becoming a racing official in 1969, served as Director of Racing/Racing Secretary at Philadelphia Park, Ak-Sar-Ben, Canterbury Downs and Oaklawn Park before making his way to Texas to serve in the same capacity at Retama Park and Lone Star Park from 1984-2009.

Bill Melson
Lifelong horse and cattleman Bill Melson, general manager of Cox Ranch and Sweetwater Land and Cattle Company, grew up in and around the West Texas town of Odessa and served as the President and a Board Member of the Texas Quarter Horse Association.

Joe Peacock Sr. and Joe Peacock, Jr.
The San Antonio-based Peacock family have been breeding and racing horses since 1968. The family initially owned Quarter Horses in the 1960’s before transitioning to Thoroughbreds in the 1980’s.  Last February, the Peacock family won the $20-Million G1 Saudi Cup with Senor Buscador, the last horse the father and son bred, before his father’s passing.

Mike Rutherford
Lifelong horseman Mike G. Rutherford started riding horses and working cattle on the family ranch near Austin, Texas at the age of 8. Rutherford showed, judged, and raced Quarter Horses before entering Thoroughbred breeding and racing. He worked in the oil and gas business and served as the Vice Chair of the Texas Racing Commission and a member of the board of directors for Breeders’ Cup.

2025 Nominees to the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame – Horses

Too Much Bling – Thoroughbred
Trained by Bob Baffert, Too Much Bling raced for Robert and  Janice McNair’s Stonerside Stable. He retired with a 5-1-2 record from 11 starts and enter stud in 2007 in Florida before moving to Lane’s End Texas near Hempstead, the following year. He stood at Lane’s End’s Texas farm for nine seasons and in 2016 was acquired by Valor Farm’s Douglas Scharbauer. Too Much Bling has been a fixture among top Texas Sires since 2013 as he produced 14 crops.

Havanah Goodtime – Quarter Horse
Foaled in Texas in 2010, Havanah Goodtime was bred and owned by Bobby D. Cox of Fort Worth, Texas. She won her only start at 2 years old, and would become the dam of 13 foals, six of whom were winners, three were Graded I winners and one champion 3-year old. Havanah Goodtime was the daughter of champion sire Ivory James, out of Jess Celebrating by Mr. Jess Perry.