With horse racing’s stars of 2024 either retired or in training for next year, it seems like a jolly ol’ time for an early peek at the Eclipse Award likely favorites and leading contenders. The li...
A total of 16 of the last 26 Preakness Stakes winners have been named champion 3-year-old male at the annual Eclipse Awards, the most recent being Triple Crown winner Justify in 2018. The 2020 Preakne...
Cody’s Wish, his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, and breeder/owner Godolphin were the brightest stars at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night, combing for five championship trophies, including the t...
The soft-spoken guy from South Dakota guided Cigar through a record-tying 16-race winning streak in 1995 and 1996, and two years later Bill Mott made more history. He was only 45 in 1998 when he becam...
A horse finishes first, the race is declared official, and that’s that. It’s not complicated, unlike the process to determine the Eclipse Award for the 2023 Horse of the Year. Sometimes it’s a n...
The stage is set for an emotional Eclipse Awards ceremony with Team Cody’s Wish in position to dominate when the winners are announced. Three finalists in 16 of the 17 human and equine Eclipse Award...
He rode in more races than anyone in 2023. He won more races, finished second in more races, and finished third in more races than anyone. He broke his own record for earnings in a year and is likely ...
By Ed McNamara No winner of the Risen Star Stakes has won the Kentucky Derby, but that could change if a decision ever is reached on whether to disqualify the late Medina Spirit for a postrace positiv...
By Richard Rosenblatt The winners came from all over the world – Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, England and Ireland. And, of course, America. At the conclusion of the 51st Ecl...
By Ed McNamara Our usracing.com contributor Ed McNamara has been covering horse racing for many years and is among the more than 230 voters in the Eclipse Award balloting process. Here’s his ballot ...
