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Jockey Club, calls Blair the "father of the Virginia turf.” He was also a first-rate entrepeneur who loved a contest of any kind.
Blair’s influence in England and Virginia resulted in part from his powerful position as a member of the Governor’s Council, President of the College, and the Bishop of London’s representative in Virginia. He is truly the “founding father” of William and Mary devoting his interest and energies to a charter and funds for its establishment from King William and Queen Mary. After Middle Plantation was chosen as the College’s site in 1693, Blair was instrumental in the General Assembly’s decision to build the Capitol and the City of Williamsburg there in 1699. In the early 1700’s he most likely helped to establish the nation's first Jockey Club.
No doubt Blair’s numerous accomplishments during his 50-year reign at the College overshadow his role as a horseman. But his longterm association with the racepath was an important part of Blair’s motivating personality, revealing a competitive nature not pictured
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