Hilmer and Faye Schmidt recently received the 2005 T.I. “Pops” Harkins Award for lifetime achievement from the Texas Thoroughbred Association.

The native Texans campaigned their first stakes winner in 1979, and their operation grew swiftly from there. In 1995, the Schmidts raced Golden Bri, who upset Serena’s Song, one of the best fillies of the decade, in the Coaching Club American Oaks (Gr. I).

At his Indian Hill Farm in Florida, Hilmer planned the mating of Skip Away, who ultimately won four Eclipse Awards and retired as the second highest money earner of all-time.

Faye also stays active in the Thoroughbred industry as president of the Texas Racing Fillies charitable organization.

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