Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Robert Ashley Fairbairn
FAIRBAIRN, ROBERT ASHLEY (1866–1951), inducted between 1920–1936
Robert A. Fairbairn was a horse breeder and National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) executive. He was president of the International Live Stock Exposition in 1922 and of the National Horse Show in 1919–1920. He was also chairman of the executive committee of the National Horse Association. A prominent importer and breeder of Clydesdales, Fairbairn had several ILSE champions. He established Fair Acres Drivers Club, a half-mile harness track in New Jersey, but is better known for Fairholme Farm in Winchester, Kentucky. There, Robert A. Fairbairn bred two Kentucky Derby winners, Gallahadion (1940) and Hoop Jr. (1945).
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 86