Jockey Craig Perret and the mare Royal Delta are the two contemporary inductees voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, part of a bulky 2019 class of 16 – including horses of yesteryear and Pillars of the Turf – announced Monday by the Hall of Fame.

Perret, who won 4,415 races during his career, had come up short after being on the ballot in several previous years but finally got his long-overdue spot in the Hall of Fame. Royal Delta was on the ballot for the first time, and seemed a slam dunk following a career that included three Eclipse Awards and consecutive victories in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic, the unfortunate name slapped on the Distaff during her reign.

Perret and Royal Delta were the only two on the contemporary ballot who received support from at least 50 percent of voters. The other seven finalists were the horses Blind Luck, Gio Ponti, Havre de Grace, and Rags to Riches, and the trainers Mark Casse, Christophe Clement, and David Whiteley.

For the second straight year, voters could choose as many candidates as they deemed worthy without a limit as to how many got in, making it a straight up-or-down vote for all nine finalists. The Hall of Fame does not release vote totals.

The historic review committee, equivalent to an old-timer’s committee, selected the champion racemares My Juliet and Waya. The Pillars of the Turf committee chose to honor 12 individuals -- James E. “Ted” Bassett III, Christopher T. Chenery, Richard L. “Dick” Duchossois, William S. Farish, John Hettinger, James R. Keene, Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe, Gladys Mills Phipps, Ogden Phipps, Helen Hay Whitney, Marylou Whitney, and Warren Wright Sr.

Induction ceremonies are Aug. 2 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

A full story, with details on all inductees, will be up in a bit at www.drf.com