Baltimore native on‘Hall of Fame’ mission
by Ginger Williams Week of 5/18/2001 
Kevin Grace, a 32-year-old licensing agent for the Maryland Racing Commission, 
has taken his quest for the inclusion of a 30-year-old Preakness and Belmont 
Stakes winner around the world. 

Grace, a graduate of Polytechnic High School and Towson [State] University, came 
across the information about a champion horse, he says, deserves to be in the 
Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 

Little Current is the horse. He is 30 years old and is living out his retirement 
in Seattle Washington. He is owned by veterinarians Ann and Mark Hansen. 

Twenty-seven years ago, he was a thoroughbred champion, having won the Preakness 
and Belmont Stakes. He lost his bid in the Kentucky Derby, the result of a 
crowded field, says Kevin. 

Grace began his quest a little over three years ago. Since then, he’s researched 
Little Current’s history and learned that the old horse has quite a distinctive 
background. He was foaled at the Darby Dan Farm in Kentucky. 

From the line of French and English champions, Little Current also raced with 
some distinction in Canada. In fact, says Kevin, Little Current is named after a 
former small town in Canada.

According to Kevin, Little Current has raced for such legends as John Galbreath, 
a Columbus, Ohio-based real estate builder and developer. 
Grace has traveled as far as Europe and Canada, touting the merits of Little 
Current. 

I don’t know that I’ve ever been as excited about a horse as I am about this 
one, Grace tells me. 

He explained that Little Current’s prowess is much like a grand slam in baseball 
two out, two on and the batter sends over the wall. 

Grace visits Little Current in Seattle whenever he can and still comes away with 
that same feeling of awe. 

He admits that the cause he’s been fighting, to have the horse inducted into the 
Hall of Fame, is probably lost. He has a record of only four wins out of 16 
races, Grace said. Obviously it doesn’t matter that those two wins were part of 
the Triple Crown. 

Grace has found a horse and a mission that he loves, and will continue praising 
the retired champion’s record to whomever will listen.