Why Ed DeRosa is voting for Justify as Horse of the Year
Justify won the 2018 Triple Crown.
Eclipse Awards
Triple Crown sweep should be no rubber stamp for Horse of the Year
Supporters of Justify‘s Horse of the Year candidacy often note that the electorate has never turned its back on a Triple Crown winner for the honor since proper year-end polling commenced in 1936. True enough. […]
Why a “Yes” for Accelerate is not a “No” for the Triple Crown
Even before Accelerate woke up the morning of November 3, there were already preemptive strikes from several quarters in the racing media arguing that even if he prevailed that afternoon in the Breeders’ Cup Classic […]
The state of Eclipse Award races three months out from Breeders’ Cup
We’re about three months away from the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs, a weekend that should decide most divisional championships that are still undecided at that time. As usual, early August is far too early to […]
Canadian Littlemore captures $800,000 grand prize at 19th NHC
Retired autoworker Chris Littlemore of Whitby, Ontario, grabbed the lead on Saturday’s Day 2 of the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) and continued to hold sway on Sunday to land the $800,000 grand prize at […]
Good Magic – 2017 Champion Two-Year-Old Male
A single victory during the season, albeit in the division’s signature event, was enough for Good Magic to get the nod over multiple Grade 1 winner Bolt d’Oro in a hotly contested race for 2017’s […]
Caledonia Road – 2017 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Caledonia Road won two of her three lifetime starts in 2017, but the highlight came with a 3 1/4-length romp in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on November 4. That was […]
World Approval – 2017 Champion Turf Male
Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval, who emulated half-brother Miesque’s Approval when taking the November 4 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), has now followed him onto the Eclipse Award podium as champion turf male. TURF MALE […]
Forever Unbridled – 2017 Champion Older Dirt Female
Forever Unbridled was honored as the 2017 champion older dirt female at Thursday evening’s Eclipse Award ceremony for putting together a perfect three-for-three campaign for owner/breeder Charles E. Fipke and trainer Dallas Stewart. OLDER DIRT […]
Roy H – 2017 Champion Male Sprinter
Entering the 2017 racing season, Roy H would hardly have been considered potential championship material by anyone except the most dewy-eyed of optimists. One-for-11 entering the term, he’d been stuck at the entry-level allowance condition […]