David Hockney the Order of Merit, an honour restricted to 24 members at any one time for their contributions to the arts and sciences. He was a Distinguished Honoree of the National Arts Association, Los Angeles, in 1991 and received the First Annual Award of Achievement from the Archives of American Art, Los Angeles, in 1993. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust, New York in 1992 and was given a Foreign Honorary Membership to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1997. In 2003, Hockney was awarded the
Any Given Saturday regarded Hard Spun and Preakness Stakes winner Curlin by 4½ lengths in the million-dollar Grade I Haskell Invitational Handicap. On August 15, 2007, it was announced that Any Given Saturday had been purchased privately by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operations. The horse was scheduled to race for his current owners until after this year's Breeders' Cup Classic. A spokesman for Darley stated that no decision has been made as to whether Any Given Saturday would compete in 2008 at age four. On September 22, 2007, Any Given Saturday won the Brooklyn Handicap by 2½ lengths as the favorite over Tasteyville and