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Animal Kingdom Works Day After Eclipse Win

Animal Kingdom Works Day After Eclipse Win

Animal Kingdom worked an easy half mile on turf in :53.44 at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida Jan. 17. Toby's Corner also worked.

 Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Baffert Says He'll Skip Eclipse Award Dinner

Baffert Says He'll Skip Eclipse Award Dinner

Bob Baffert, one of three finalists for the 2011 Eclipse Award as the nation's top trainer, says that he's not planning to attend the annual dinner Jan. 16 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

 Thursday, January 12, 2012
Is 3yo Championship at Stake in Belmont?

Is 3yo Championship at Stake in Belmont?

The Belmont should go a long way in helping decide the eventual 3YO champion.

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 Thursday, June 02, 2011
Gomez, Anderson Part Ways

Gomez, Anderson Part Ways

Top rider Garrett Gomez and super agent Ron Anderson have parted ways; geography plays a part.

 Tuesday, March 22, 2011
BC Classic Voted NTRA Moment of the Year

BC Classic Voted NTRA Moment of the Year

The exciting victory by Blame over the previously undefeated Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) at Churchill Downs has been voted the 2010 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year.

 Thursday, January 13, 2011

Finley Wins Eclipse for News Writing

Bill Finley has won the 2010 Media Eclipse Award for writing in the news/enterprise category for "Do We Need a Sturdier Racehorse? Racing Grapples With Smaller Fields, Fewer Starts."

 Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Thompson of ESPN.com Wins Eclipse for Feature

Wright Thompson has won the 2010 Media Eclipse Award for writing in the feature/commentary category for "The Legend of Zenyatta," which appeared on Espn.com Oct. 10.

 Wednesday, December 29, 2010
ESPN Wins TV Eclipse Award for BC Telecast

ESPN Wins TV Eclipse Award for BC Telecast

ESPN has won the Media Eclipse Award for television live racing programming for its telecast of the 2010 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

 Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Clevenger Wins Second Photo Eclipse Award

Clevenger Wins Second Photo Eclipse Award

Michael Clevenger of Louisville, Ky., has won the 2010 Media Eclipse Award for photography for his picture of the dramatic finish between Blame and Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs Nov. 6.

 Monday, December 27, 2010
Team Pletcher: Version 2011

Team Pletcher: Version 2011

Todd Pletcher talked about plans for some of the top horses in his stable...By Jason Shandler

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 Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Joe Talamo Out With Fractured Wrist

Joe Talamo Out With Fractured Wrist

Jockey Joe Talamo suffered a fractured left wrist Aug. 5 at Del Mar after he was unseated during the running of the third race.

 Thursday, August 05, 2010
Champion Chinook Pass Dead at 31

Champion Chinook Pass Dead at 31

Chinook Pass, an 11-time stakes winner and the only Washington-bred to win an Eclipse Award, was euthanized May 31 at owner Jill Hallin's farm in Maple Valley, Wash.

 Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Two Riders at Monmouth Taken for X-Rays

Two Riders at Monmouth Taken for X-Rays

Jockeys Garrett Gomez and Carlos H. Marquez Jr. were taken to a nearby hospital after separate incidents at Monmouth Park. Gomez was taken after the seventh race; Marquez after the eighth.

 Saturday, May 22, 2010
Theatrical Pensioned From Stud Duty

Theatrical Pensioned From Stud Duty

Hill 'n' Dale Farms announced Oct. 13 that champion and leading sire Theatrical has been pensioned from stud duty.

 Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Proud Spell Returns March 12 at Oaklawn

Proud Spell Returns March 12 at Oaklawn

Champion Proud Spell returns to the races March 12 at Oaklawn Park, making her 2009 debut in a 1 1/16-mile allowance/optional claiming event. Her regular rider, Gabriel Saez, will be aboard as the 4-year-old filly prepares for the Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) April 4 at Oaklawn.

 Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Champion Hidden Lake to Old Friends

Champion Hidden Lake to Old Friends

Hidden Lake, who earned the 1997 Eclipse award for top older female, will become the newest retiree at Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement facility near Georgetown, Ky. Her owner, Robert Evans of Connecticut, donated her.

 Friday, January 16, 2009
Chandler To Receive Award of Merit

Chandler To Receive Award of Merit

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers Association announced Jan. 14 that Alice Headley Chandler, owner of Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington and prominent industry leader, will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing.

 Wednesday, January 14, 2009
WAVE3-TV Documentary Wins Eclipse Award

WAVE3-TV Documentary Wins Eclipse Award

WAVE3-TV in Louisville, Ky., is the winner of the 2008 media Eclipse Award for local television, it was announced Jan. 5 by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers Association, and Daily Racing Form. WAVE3-TV earned the honor for its documentary on the 30th anniversary of the Affirmed-Alydar rivalry, "A Legend Re-Affirmed â€" The 1978 Triple Crown." The 30-minute telecast aired on May 1, 2008.

 Monday, January 05, 2009
Eclipse Reservations Online

Eclipse Reservations Online

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Nov. 18 that reservations to attend the 38th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony are now available online at www.ntra.com.

 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Dreaming of Anna Back in Mint Julep

Dreaming of Anna Back in Mint Julep

Coming off a runner-up finish to Bayou's Lassie in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (gr. IIIT) May 3, Frank Calabrese's Dreaming of Anna heads a field of 11 older fillies and mares in the $150,000 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs June 14.

 Thursday, June 12, 2008
Legendary Sportscaster Jim McKay Dead

Legendary Sportscaster Jim McKay Dead

Legendary sportscaster Jim McKay, who played an integral part in helping Thoroughbred racing prosper in Maryland, died from natural causes June 7. McKay was 86.

 Saturday, June 07, 2008

Wall Retiring from Turf Writing Post

Maryjean Wall, a three-time Eclipse Award winner who covers horse racing for the Lexington Herald-Leader, is retirning, the newspaper reported May 31.

 Saturday, May 31, 2008
Nashoba's Key Dies in Freak Accident

Nashoba's Key Dies in Freak Accident

Millionaire and multiple stakes winner Nashoba's Key suffered a freak stall accident at Hollywood Park and had to be euthanized May 28.

 Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Albarado Confident on Curlin in Dubai

Albarado Confident on Curlin in Dubai

Robby Albarado will have a definite target on his back when he rides Curlin in the $6-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse March 29. But the Cajun jockey is confident in his mount's ability and the way the 2007 Horse of the Year is going to handle his 4-year-old campaign.

 Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Adena Springs Sale Set for Monday

Adena Springs Sale Set for Monday

Buyers will get an opportunity to acquire young horses from Frank Stronach's multiple Eclipse Award-winning program when the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. conducts the Adena Springs sale of 2-year-olds training Monday.

 Sunday, March 16, 2008
War Pass Heads Feb. 24 Allowance

War Pass Heads Feb. 24 Allowance

Robert LaPenta's Eclipse Award-winning War Pass, champion 2-year-old in 2007, will make his first start since an emphatic victory in the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) when he runs in a $60,000 allowance event at Gulfstream Park Feb. 24.

 Thursday, February 21, 2008
Curlin, Pyro Impressive in Workouts

Curlin, Pyro Impressive in Workouts

Horse of the Year Curlin, pointing toward a 4-year-old campaign, and 3-year-old contender Pyro were noses apart at the finish of a six-furlong tandem workout officially timed in 1:13 at Fair Grounds Jan. 30.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Ginger Punch Class of Distaff Field

Ginger Punch Class of Distaff Field

Fresh off her Breeders' Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award victories, the 5-year-old mare is the one to beat Jan. 26 at Gulfstream in the Sunshine Millions Distaff.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2008
War Pass Is Juvenile Champion

War Pass Is Juvenile Champion

War Pass capped off his perfect season Jan. 21 with championship honors as the leading 2-year-old male.

 Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Lawyer Ron Champion Older Male

Lawyer Ron Champion Older Male

Lawyer Ron made a successful case for himself as 2007's champion older male. Racing for the estate of his breeder and original owner, the late Ownesboro, Ky., businessman James T. Hines Jr., Lawyer Ron, for the second consecutive season, earned better than $1 million, and won a pair of grade I contests in impressive fashion.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
Gomez Tops Big Year with Eclipse

Gomez Tops Big Year with Eclipse

Garrett Gomez topped off his record-setting year by accepting an Eclipse Award trophy Jan. 21 as the nation's leading jockey.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
Eclipse Owner: Shadwell Stable

Eclipse Owner: Shadwell Stable

Although Jazil's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) victory and Invasor's Horse of the Year campaign in 2006 resulted in a banner year for Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Stable, 2007 had more than its share of triumphs as well. Three of the stable's stars posted grade I victories, and Shadwell Stable earned the Eclipse Award for outstanding owner.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
Midnight Lute: Sprinter

Midnight Lute: Sprinter

Nominated as one of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's moments of the year, Midnight Lute's TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) feat cemented him as the obvious choice for an Eclipse Award as champion of his division.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
Good Night Shirt is Champion Chaser

Good Night Shirt is Champion Chaser

Good Night Shirt wins the Eclipse and ushers in a new era in American steeplechasing.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
Indian Blessing: 2-Year-Old Filly

Indian Blessing: 2-Year-Old Filly

Indian Blessing was rewarded for an impressive 2007 campaign that included three victories in as many starts by winning the Eclipse Award for 2-Year-Old Filly Jan. 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

 Monday, January 21, 2008
'Lute Drills for Palos Verdes

'Lute Drills for Palos Verdes

Midnight Lute worked six furlongs in a bullet 1:10.60 on Santa Anita's Cushion Track Jan. 14 in preparation for the Jan. 21 Palos Verdes Handicap (gr. II).

 Monday, January 14, 2008
CA Jocks Make Safety Visors

CA Jocks Make Safety Visors

Jockeys in California are wearing plastic safety visors to protect their faces from harsh kickback as racing at Santa Anita continues despite the track's surface problems.

 Saturday, January 12, 2008
Paper's Web Site Wins Eclipse Award

Paper's Web Site Wins Eclipse Award

The Web site heraldleaderphoto.com, a subsite of kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald-Leader, won the 2007 media Eclipse Award in the audio/multi-media Internet category for its coverage of last year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Monday, January 07, 2008
HBO Sports Wins Eclipse Award

HBO Sports Wins Eclipse Award

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 3 that HBO Sports has won the 2007 Media Eclipse Award in the national television feature programming category for its documentary "Barbaro," which aired June 6 of last year.

 Thursday, January 03, 2008
NBC Wins Eclipse for Derby Coverage

NBC Wins Eclipse for Derby Coverage

NBC Sports has won the media Eclipse Award in the category "National Television - Live Racing" for its coverage of the 2007 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Jan. 2.

 Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Mooney Wins Media Eclipse Award

Mooney Wins Media Eclipse Award

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that Bill Mooney, longtime Thoroughbred racing writer and historian, has won the 2007 Media Eclipse Award.

 Thursday, December 27, 2007

Eclipse Award Winner Queena Dead

Eclipse Award winner Queena, the dam of grade 1 winner and sire Brahms, was euthanized due to complications from colic at Helen Alexander's Middlebrook Farm near Lexington. She was 21.

 Sunday, December 23, 2007
Local TV Eclipse Winners Announced

Local TV Eclipse Winners Announced

Horse Racing Alberta, the TV company that produced the live telecast of the Alberta Derby for CTV affiliate CFCN in Calgary, Alberta, has won the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for best local television, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 21.

 Friday, December 21, 2007
Pletcher Looks For More Records

Pletcher Looks For More Records

Todd Pletcher has two opportunities to tie the North American single-season record for graded stakes wins by a trainer this weekend, a record that he set one year ago.

 Friday, December 14, 2007
Gomez Wins 70th Stakes, Ties Bailey

Gomez Wins 70th Stakes, Ties Bailey

Garrett Gomez won his 70th stakes of the year aboard Hucking Hot in the $68,650 Audrey Skirball-Kenis Stakes at Hollywood Park Nov. 11, tying Jerry Bailey for most stakes wins by a jockey in a single season. Bailey set the mark in 2003.

 Sunday, November 11, 2007
Stevens Joins HRTV

Stevens Joins HRTV

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens has reached an agreement with HorseRacing TV to serve as an on-air analyst, the network announced Nov. 7.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Churchill Offers Daily Televised Racing Preview

Churchill Offers Daily Televised Racing Preview

Churchill Downs is offering viewers across the country a televised preview of its daily racing programs on "Churchill Downs Today," a new 30-minute show that will air during the track's 21-day fall meet.

 Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Prado Back on Horses, Taking Recovery Slowly

Prado Back on Horses, Taking Recovery Slowly

Jockey Edgar Prado has been given medical clearance to ride and will take his recovery from a broken ankle to the next level the morning of Oct. 13, when he gets on horses, said his agent, Bob Frieze.

 Friday, October 12, 2007
For Trainer Bill Mott, Reality Seems Sweeter

For Trainer Bill Mott, Reality Seems Sweeter

For days, reporters have been asking Bill Mott about his successful season at Saratoga, where he leads all trainers with a 16-6-10 standing from 53 starts. For days, Mott has been realistic about his chances; he's seen other horsemen hit unexpected winning streaks, has known the dry spells that can suddenly hit a leading trainer's string. Just because he was ahead at week one, or week two, or week three of the meet doesn't mean he'll be the last man standing when they run the last race on the last day, and this is what Mott has been quick to say.

 Sunday, August 19, 2007

A Day At The Spa: Aug. 13, This Game's Not Easy

This morning on the backside near the clockers' stand, Ron Anderson and Doc Danner are shooting the breeze, taking a break from the normal routine of lobbying trainers and chatting up owners in the hopes of scoring winning mounts for their riders. Anderson represents Garrett Gomez, currently fifth in the standings at Saratoga. Danner's jock is Shaun Bridgmohan, who ranks tenth.

 Monday, August 13, 2007
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