Another sweet victory for Thorpedo Anna. This one comes off the racetrack and caps a dream season for the fabulous filly, who was the overwhelming choice for Horse of the Year. Sierra Leone voted 3-year-old champ; Citizen Bull is 2-year-old champ The Eclipse Award winners were announced Thursday nig...
With horse racing 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 list of finalists will be announced Jan. 5; the division champions, Horse of the Year and all the Eclipse...
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 Preakness Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver was honored with the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old female tha...
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 top award for Horse of Year and Older Dirt Male, as well as top trainer, owner, and breeder. Mott als...
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 became the youngest trainer ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. A quarter of a century later, at 70, he ...
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 no-brainer, as it was in 2015 and 2018 when American Pharoah and Justify swept the Triple Crown. This...
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 categories were revealed on Saturday, with Cody’s Wish up for Older Dirt Male and Male Sprinter; ...
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 to win a fifth Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey on Jan. 25. Welcome to […]...
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