About the NCHJA

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame inductees are trainers, riders, owners as well as lifetime supporters of horsemanship as native North Carolinians or horsemen and horsewomen who started and or continue to engage in successful horsemanship careers in North Carolina

Horse Hall of Fame inductees are horses or ponies with strong ties to North Carolina either through breeding (stallion or broodmare), and/or by a remarkably successful career in the show ring locally and nationally.

2025 Horse Hall of Fame Inductee

Jack Towell

2025 Horse Hall of Fame Inductee

Toltec

Riders

2025

Jack Towell

2024

Mike Rosser

2023

Danny Robertshaw

2022

Billy Bullis and Don Stewart

2021

Johnny Barker

2020

Frank Willard

2019

Pat Dodson

2018

Melissa Stavrou Brown

2017

Ellen Welles

2016

Joan Boyce
Jane Abernethy

2015

Bryan Jones

2014

Dave Kelly
Virginia Moss
John McCashin
Joseph Darby

Horses

2025

Toltec

2024

Frederick

2023

Patriot's Way

2022

What About Me
Himself The Elf

2021

Lyric

2020

Whisper

2019

Walk The Line
Notoriety

2018

Rain or Shine
Remember The Laughter

2017

Fleetford

2016

Sign The Card

2015

Sands A Blaze
Protocol