The duo are the first members of the Class of 2023 to be announced, and the medal presentation took place in a new dedicated room in the museum's Thompson Gallery. The 10-time champion trainer has over 4,000 winners to his name, and he is the first active trainer to join the Hall of Fame ranks. Sea The Stars, a star galloper during his 3-year-old year in 2009, is the eighth horse to join the Hall of Fame.

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The exhibition will last from June 3 through Oct. 1, and is being organised in association with Brandler Galleries and will be shown across three venues in West Suffolk, including Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill Arts Centre.  Hula Hooping Girl, which first appeared on the wall of a beauty salon in Nottingham in 2020, will be shown alongside Citroen Berlingo Van a vehicle painted with 200 eyes by the artist My Dog Sighs for Coventry Museum.

Hon Frances Stanley DL, Chairman of Trustees National Horse Racing Museum, said, “We are thrilled to be working with Brandler Galleries, Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill Arts Centre to bring vibrant street art to three venues across Suffolk.”

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One-way systems and social-distancing measures are in place to ensure that visitors can return safely to the venue which is also home to a number of high-profile retired racehorses who reside in the Rothschild Yard.

“Not only does the museum present a rich and fascinating panorama of a sport which is very much at the centre of the nation’s story, it’s also a great day out for everyone, whether they already know about racing or not,” said NHRM chief executive Dr Steven Parissien. “We want to become an essential resource for the town and believe that our unique combination of art, heritage, horses, open spaces and great food and drink is exactly what Newmarket needs in these trying times.”

He continued, “There will be new catering outlets, more space, a dedicated community gallery and displays which will reflect the history of the town as well as of racing. This autumn, for example, we will be showing a compilation of BBC archival films on Newmarket, from a profile of the old railway station’s famous heavy horses of the 1960s to the Blue Peter special on the town of 2003.”

The popular Tack Room restaurant will also reopen, along with the former bakery in the King’s Yard, which will offer bread, cakes, coffee and picnic boxes. Further changes include the transformation of the museum’s paddocks into a picnic area with benches and, in the coming months, a miniature zoo for companion animals such as sheep and goats. The museum store is also being relaunched and will include a second-hand book room.

Dr Parissien added, ‘We want the museum’s fabulous open spaces to be a key venue for the town—for eating and drinking, for art, for music and for shows and events, as well as for reflection and for relaxation. Keep in touch with us through our new website and you can find everything that’s coming up.”

This summer’s special exhibition, entitled The Good Companions, opens on Friday, July 31, and explores the portrayal of dogs in art. Tickets can be booked via visit the temporary ticketing website.

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