Modern Recognition
In 1957, Exterminator was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The Blood-Horse ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, put him at #29.
His career record of 33 stakes wins has never been broken by any thoroughbred raced in North America.
A children's book was written about him: Old Bones, the Wonder Horse written by Mildred Mastin Pace and published by McGraw-Hill in 1955 with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. It was reissued in 1983 as a paperback by the Scholastic Book Services.
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