He was purchased for $31,000 at the 1995 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale by Robert G. Schaedle III on the advice of 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrian Gold Medalist and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Jim Day.
[2] Trained by Jim Day, the two-time Grade 1 winner became best known for sweeping the 1997 Mid-America Triple, a series of three important Graded stakes races on turf at Arlington Park in Chicago consisting of the Secretariat Stakes, American Derby, and in course-record-equaling time, the Arlington Classic.
Bonnie Heath Farm re-acquired a half-share in Honor Glide and under new trainer Christophe Clement won the 1999 Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap at Saratoga Race Course[3] His last significant win came in the 2001 Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
Retired from racing in March 2002,[4] Honor Glide stood at stud at CloverLeaf Farms II in Reddick, Florida, in 2003 and 2004 before being moved for the 2005 season to Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Florida.
[5] Honor Glide died April 4, 2012, of an apparent heart attack at the age of 18.