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BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his Derby Dozen with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-byron-kings-derby-dozen-jan-31

The first huge Saturday of prep races on the 2024 horse racing calendar is upon us, as four, count ‘em, four qualifying points preps for the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are scheduled for Feb. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-where-watchlisten-horse-racing-coverage-feb-2-4

The $250,000, Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes Feb. 3 at Gulfstream Park kicks off the South Florida track’s three-race prep series on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-which-horse-can-upset-fierceness-2024-holy-bull-stakes

Who will take home first prize in Saturday’s $800,000, Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park? Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-betting-closer-appealing-price-the-southwest-stakes

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll. Week 1 of the 2024 Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the NTRA covers racing performances through Jan. 29, 2024. The 3-year-old poll represents horses competing up to and through the Triple Crown. Rankings are based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-1 voting system. First place votes are in parentheses. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-fierceness-tops-first-3-year-old-triple-crown-poll-2024

A week later than expected, Oaklawn Park’s rescheduled Southwest Stakes will be run Saturday with another large field set to break from the starting gate. A field of 12 was drawn for the 1 1/16 test that will offer 42 qualifying points for the 2024 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-southwest-stakes-glance

Gulfstream Park’s road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve begins this Saturday with the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. The race will offer 20 qualifying points to the winner as top 3-year-olds compete to accumulate points and earn a place in the Derby starting gate. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-stars-yesterday-looking-back-best-holy-bull-stakes-winners

One of the nation’s oldest and largest steeplechase events, the Virginia Gold Cup,  announced that it has added a new race to its lineup in May. The $150,000 Commonwealth Cup, a Grade 1 hurdle race (the highest level of stakes races), will take place just before the Virginia Gold Cup race on Saturday, May 4, at Great Meadow (5089 Old Tavern Rd.) in The Plains, Va. This is the 99-year anniversary of the popular event that draws more than 30,000 out for a day of tailgating, socializing, and wagering. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-virginia-gold-cup-adds-150000-commonwealth-cup-race-lineup

In talking with breeders at home and abroad about the biggest reasons for his country’s rapid ascension in international stature in recent years, Japan Racing Association executive adviser of international affairs Masayuki Goto often hears that conversation start with Sunday Silence. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-love-the-horse-yields-racing-and-breeding-success-japan

The Pegasus World Cup took South Florida and horse racing by sun-splashed storm on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park as a terrific 13-race card highlighted by the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat along with top-notch entertainment thrilled fans at the Hallandale Beach, Fla. venue. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-sun-splashed-horse-racing-showcase-remember-2024-pegasus-world-cup

Holy Bull was that rare horse who could win one-turn races like the Hutcheson Stakes and the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile as though sprinting were his life’s calling, and also capture a testing 1 ¼-mile race like the prestigious Travers Stakes, holding off no less than the eventual winner of that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic. He was owned and trained by top New Jersey-based horseman Warren A. “Jimmy” Croll. And how he came to own Holy Bull is a story in itself. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-holy-bull-enduring-legacy-brilliance

Tom Pedulla offers five takeaways from Pegasus World Cup day on Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-five-takeaways-you-need-know-pegasus-world-cup-weekend

National Treasure took command turning for home, opened up a lead in the stretch, and outlasted late-running Senor Buscador to the wire to win the eighth running of $3 million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational presented By Baccarat Jan. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-national-treasure-wins-pegasus-world-cup-warm-heart-breaks-course-record-pegasus-turf

For the second straight year, nearly 500 Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry luminaries congregated at The Breakers Palm Beach, the esteemed resort and part of Princess Diana lore, for the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards. Sheltered from the haze of the South Florida humidity in the elegant Ponce de Leon ballroom, those in attendance witnessed a night to remember, complete with excitement, tears, and a fair share of comedic relief. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-emotional-eclipse-awards-night-remember

Saffie Joseph Jr. has come far in a relatively short time since leaving his native Barbados and arriving in South Florida with two horses in 2011. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-trainer-saffie-joseph-jr-chats-pegasus-world-cup-prospects-ambitions-and-kentucky

Saffie Joseph Jr. has come far in a relatively short time since leaving his native Barbados and arriving in South Florida with two horses in 2011. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-trainer-saffie-joseph-jr-chats-pegasus-world-cup-prospects-ambitions-and-more

Rain has been known to dampen the spirits of many a person. But not trainer Shug McGaughey, especially on a gray October afternoon in 1995. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-inside-information-hall-fame-racehorse-push-button-brilliance

Cody’s Wish was honored as Horse of the Year at the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards, held Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach in Palm Beach, Fla., culminating a career that saw the Godolphin homebred become one of the most popular racehorses of this century, based in large part through his association with the late Cody Dorman. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-horse-the-year-codys-wish-trainer-bill-mott-headline-list-2023-eclipse-award-winners

The 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards will air live on Jan. 25 from The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida, with the Keeneland red-carpet show beginning at 6:30 pm ET and the ceremony following at 7:30 p.m. ET. Watch a stream right here in the window above of the 2023 Eclipse Awards. Presented by FanDuel TV, John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Club, the Eclipse Awards will honor the 2023 human and equine champions of Thoroughbred racing. The evening will culminate with the announcement of the 2023 Horse of the Year. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-watch-now-stream-the-53rd-annual-eclipse-awards

Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-noels-weekend-winners-pegasus-world-cup-day-picks-and-plays

The Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat has become in eight years a major date on the Thoroughbred racing calendar. Positioned after the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and before the Triple Crown trail heats up, Pegasus World Cup day has been a welcome addition for racing fans and bettors alike. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-five-questions-be-answered-the-2024-pegasus-world-cup

Europeans are usually formidable in American graded turf stakes, but one exception has been the 1/ST BET Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes. In all of its first five runnings, the January Grade 1 stakes at Gulfstream Park has been captured by American horses. That could change Saturday with a European filly is favored in the mile and an eighth turf feature. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-pegasus-world-cup-turf-invitational-stakes-glance

NBC Sports and Cosm, a leading immersive technology, media, and entertainment company, today announced a multi-year partnership wherein NBC Sports will bring an expansive offering of NBC Sports’ premium horse racing events, along with additional live sports content from NBC Sports’ world-class portfolio, to Cosm’s forthcoming immersive venues. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-nbc-sports-and-cosm-partner-deliver-shared-reality-experience-horse-racing-soccer-and

The first marquee race of the 2024 North American racing calendar is coming up this Saturday, Jan. 27, as Gulfstream Park hosts the eighth edition of the $3 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-pegasus-world-cup-cheat-sheet-get-know-the-horses

Moments after Equinox was named the Longines World’s Best Racehorse of 2023, his regular rider fielded what may have been the toughest question on a festive day when asked to describe Japan’s two-time Horse of the Year in one word. After a great deal of thought, and a couple of starts and stops, jockey Christophe Lemaire landed on “superstar.” Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-equinox-named-2023-worlds-best-racehorse-sets-standard-japan

Marquee events in Thoroughbred racing tend to produce the most compelling betting cards, and the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat card Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park ranks right up there with the best cards of racing in recent memory. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-getting-creative-search-big-score-betting-pegasus-filly-and-mare-turf

The first big weekend of the 2024 North American racing calendar is drawing near, as Gulfstream Park prepares to host a spectacular day of stakes action and festivities on Saturday, Jan. 27, highlighted by the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-where-watchlisten-2024-pegasus-world-cup-weekend

The Jockey Club and the Ed Brown Society (EBS) are pleased to announce that The Jockey Club has become an Ed Brown Partner. The Ed Brown Partnership is the highest level of participation in support of the work of the EBS that an organization can attain. The Jockey Club and EBS will be working collaboratively to provide exposures and experiential growth opportunities to Ed Brown scholars and fellows across the various companies and initiatives operated by The Jockey Club.   Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-the-jockey-club-and-ed-brown-society-announce-collaborative-partnership

The $3 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat features 12 horses, plus one also-eligible entrant, as the first true signature race of 2024 drew a deep and talented field. The 1 1/8-mile race Saturday, Jan. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-slideshow-meet-the-field-the-2024-pegasus-world-cup

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards will air live on FanDuel TV and Racetrack Television Network (RTN) on Jan. 25 from The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida. The Keeneland red-carpet show will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the ceremony following at 7:30 p.m. ET. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-broadcast-and-livestream-options-announced-53rd-annual-eclipse-awards

There she was – in the lead, vying for victory in the final furlong of the historic Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in England. When Tepin gallantly crossed the finish line in front, the mare had made history as the first American-trained racehorse to win Royal Ascot’s signature meet-opening race. Sharing the glory was the trainer who made it all possible, the trainer who never made a wrong move in managing a versatile but slow-maturing racehorse until she was ready to make history on a world stage. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-patience-passion-led-horse-racing-hall-fame-trainer-mark-casse-stardom

The NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) is just around the corner with the 25th anniversary event scheduled for March 15-17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. The NHC is a $3 million handicapping tournament that is open only to players who have qualified with a win or high finish in a feeder contest online or at various racetracks throughout the year. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-berths-national-horseplayers-championship-grabs-last-chancefirst-chance-tournaments

The official distance of the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes is a 1 1/16-mile race, but for all intents and purposes, the prep race for the 2024 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for 3-year-olds was over at the half-mile pole. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-track-phantom-leads-all-the-way-lecomte-stakes-victory-over-nash

If you’re planning to attend the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Presented by Baccarat on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park, you’re in for a treat. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-what-you-need-know-you-go-2024-pegasus-world-cup

Flint S. “Scotty” Schulhofer spent almost all of his 80 years on this earth around horses and racetracks, but in a sense he was much like a fine wine. Born as the son of a horse owner-riding academy operator, he went to work at the racetrack as a 17-year-old youth. Yet when he approached his 60s – at a time when most men would look to slow down and eye retirement – he enjoyed his greatest run of sustained success and assembled a stable that rivaled any in the sport. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-scotty-schulhofer-first-class-horseman-who-aged-fine-wine

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 19 that Stuart S. Janney III will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit at the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner and Ceremony at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 25.  The Eclipse Award of Merit is the Thoroughbred industry’s highest honor, bestowed upon an individual who has displayed a lifetime of achievement in service to the sport. Janney’s decades of involvement and leadership within the sport of Thoroughbred racing has bettered the sport for future generations. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-stuart-janney-receive-eclipse-award-merit

As I stood inside the Carousel Club at Gulfstream Park in late January last year, it dawned on me: The Pegasus World Cup had arrived – not just as a major racing event but as an entertainment experience. At the center of it all was the sound of music, which has become the big selling point of the event that will be headlined this year by renowned DJ Calvin Harris. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-ranking-the-five-greatest-musical-experiences-the-pegasus-world-cup

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Jan. 18 that Tom Hammond, whose dynamic career of more than 50 years in broadcasting, television production, and numerous contributions to the Thoroughbred industry, will be honored with the Special Eclipse Award for Career Excellence at the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner and Ceremony at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida Jan. 25. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-tom-hammond-receive-special-eclipse-award-career-excellence

The New Orleans path to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve continues Saturday with the 1 1/16-mile Lecomte Stakes, the second of four qualifying races at Fair Grounds for 3-year-olds targeting the 2024 run for the roses. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-five-questions-be-answered-the-2024-lecomte-stakes

The Grade 3, $200,000 Lecomte Stakes Saturday at Fair Grounds brings together a field of eight hoping to earn points on the Road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, not to mention snag the $120,000 winner’s share of the purse. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-evaluating-the-top-win-contenders-the-2024-lecomte-stakes

The career of Princess Rooney was not unlike a sandwich. Hold the laughter – it’s true. During her three seasons on the track, she packaged a thin layer of disappointment between two sensational winning streaks that stamped her as one of the greatest fillies to every grace the sport of kings. Bred in Kentucky by Ben and Tom Roach, Princess Rooney wasn’t exactly a hot commodity as a yearling. Her pedigree wasn’t the most fashionable; her sire, Verbatim, was a respectable though not outstanding racehorse and stallion, while her dam and damsire both were unraced. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-how-one-princess-reigned-supreme-the-sport-kings-princess-rooney

When someone within the Thoroughbred Industry recalls why they got into whatever facet they wake up in the morning to attend to, they don't think about the troubles and dwindling social image that is horse racing; they think of the horse and their love of the sport. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-light-racing-aims-shed-light-transparency-and-awareness

The Road to Louisville stretches into New Orleans on Saturday as the Lecomte Stakes kicks off a slate of three Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep races in 2024 for 3-year-olds at Fair Grounds. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-lecomte-stakes-glance

Pegasus World Cup day at Gulfstream Park is one of the winter horse racing season’s best days of racing and wagering. The headline race, the $3 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Presented by Baccarat, is the first major race of the year for older horses and takes place during the otherwise mostly quiet month of January on the Grade 1 stakes calendar. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-betting-bonanza-previewing-the-big-three-races-pegasus-world-cup-day

Joey Peacock, Jr. is sure to experience a wave of emotion if Senor Buscador should win or run well in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-owner-joey-peacock-proud-senor-buscador-veteran-racehorse-eyes-pegasus-start

The Louisiana path to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve resumes this Saturday, with the running of the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes. The Lecomte will be run at its customary 1 1/16-mile distance and will have a purse of $200,000 in 2024. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-stars-yesterday-looking-back-best-lecomte-stakes-winners

The Todd Pletcher barn had a busy morning Jan. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-stronger-fierceness-track-holy-bull-stakes

In 1967, Louisville, Ky. was embroiled in the civil rights movement as Black citizens protested for many months to get the city to pass a law banning discrimination in housing and borrowing. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-dr-kings-impact-the-1967-derby

One of the great exotic bets being offered by Santa Anita Park this season is the Coast to Coast Pick 5, which will be on the wagering menu every Saturday and Sunday throughout the meet through April 7. The bet gives horseplayers a chance to handicap some of the weekend’s top races from two elite racetracks and make a big score with a low takeout bet on an affordable ticket. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-santa-anita-strategy-saturdays-enticing-coast-coast-pick-5

Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-noels-weekend-winners-live-longshot-close-out-the-late-daily-double-oaklawn

The Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Saturday carries $100,000 in prize money and offers a total of 42 Road to the Kentucky Oaks points, including 20 to the winner. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-princess-mayfair-can-pull-upset-busanda-stakes

The landmark 150th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 4 will be the richest in history as the purse for America’s greatest race has been elevated to a guaranteed $5 million. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-kentucky-derby-purse-raised-record-5-million

The upcoming weekend in horse racing is light on stakes activity, but action is still plentiful at tracks across North America, with California-breds and Florida-breds showcased in Sunshine Millions races at Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park, respectively. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-where-watchlisten-horse-racing-coverage-jan-12-14

Barry Irwin, now the head of Team Valor International, was entering his teenage years in Southern California when Swaps burst onto the scene in 1955. “He just really excited me and caught my imagination,” Irwin recalled. Irwin was hardly alone. Swaps’ popularity became so enormous that Union 76 gas stations began distributing posters of him. “I kept pushing my father to get gas there so I could get more pictures,” Irwin said. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-swaps-speedy-well-oiled-machine

Since its inception in 2017, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park has successfully bum-rushed the North American racing calendar and made an impression comparable with hoofprints from the gigantic statue of the winged equine icon of Greek mythology that resides at the Hallandale, Fla. track.  Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-the-sensational-seven-ranking-the-best-pegasus-world-cup-winners

A few days after the third-place finisher in the Remsen Stakes posted an initial stakes victory, the highly regarded winner of that mile-and-an-eighth Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep is taking his first steps toward matching his full brother’s magical accomplishment. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-dornoch-targeting-fountain-youth-derby-trail-followed-blue-grass-or-wood-memorial

The race is on, and the finish line is almost here. This year’s U.S. presidential race is hotly contested, and like any horse race it is rife with speculation and interesting language. What you may not realize is just how many terms used during this year’s election cycle originated in one of America’s oldest pastimes: horse racing. Here you’ll find 11 terms that left the gate firmly entrenched in horse racing vernacular, but strayed from the course and are now often used during election season. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-its-horse-race-presidential-racing-phrases

James Culver thought he uncovered the horse of a lifetime when he purchased Mucho Macho Man for $30,000 from breeders Carole and John Rio and the Florida-bred went on to a stellar career that culminated in a victory in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Mucho Macho Man finished with more than $5.6 million in purse earnings. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-late-blooming-pegasus-hopeful-hoist-the-gold-gives-culver-second-horse-lifetime

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-kentucky-derby-prospect-profiles-jerome-winner-drum-roll-please

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today #LoveOfTheHorse, a social media promotion in conjunction with the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards that encourages horse fans and enthusiasts to share photos of themselves that demonstrate their deep connection and love of the horse. Inspired by Winston Churchill’s famous quote, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man,” this year’s awards show will depict the many stories that uniquely touched our hearts this past year. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-ntra-launches-loveofthehorse-social-media-campaign-advance-eclipse-awards

Now that all of the Eclipse Award ballots have been cast and the results fed to the tabulators, it’s safe to unleash Steve Kornacki into the conversation. Best known as the national election and poll analyst for the family of NBC news programming, Kornacki is revving up for a wild and crazy year, commencing with the Iowa Republican party caucuses of Jan. 15, followed by the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-politics-can-wait-when-nbcs-steve-kornacki-tackles-eclipse-ballot

The 52nd annual Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 26, 2023, at The Breakers Palm Beach, a resort in Florida. There are 17 categories, for both humans and horses, to determine the best in Thoroughbred racing each year. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-ranking-the-top-ten-eclipse-award-winning-apprentice-jockeys

Trainer Brad Cox made it 2-for-2 in the first two 3-year-old Kentucky Derby prep races of 2024 when Drum Roll Please took charge leaving the eighth pole and did not miss a beat in recording a 3 3/4-length victory in the $145,500 Jerome Stakes Jan. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-favored-drum-roll-please-wins-jerome-stakes-banks-derby-points

With a pair of lucrative victories in his final two starts of the season, White Abarrio soared to the top of the North American racing earnings list for 2023. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-white-abarrio-tops-north-american-earnings-list-2023

Finalists for the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards, which honor the best achievements in North American Thoroughbred racing, were announced Jan. 6 on FanDuel TV. Named after the legendary 18th century English racehorse and sire, Eclipse, the Eclipse Awards began in 1971 following the consolidation of various championship honors bestowed to horses, owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-finalists-the-2023-eclipse-awards-announced

To discuss several of the important issues facing the sport as a new year approaches, BloodHorse has assembled a panel of about 30 industry participants to participate in the 2023 Year-End Survey where they can provide their thoughts on six key topics. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-bloodhorse-year-review-survey-industry-panel-discusses-wagering

Lexington, Ky. (January 5, 2024) ―The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters today announced the winners of the 2023 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.  Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-2023-media-eclipse-awards-winners-announced-americas-best-racing-receives-honorable

Behind a deep and balanced stable in 2023, trainer Brad Cox topped the list of leading trainers by North American earnings for the second time in three seasons. In 2023 Cox, a two-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding trainer, posted a record of 266-171-141 from 963 starts for earnings of $30,947,677 to nail down his second earnings title. He finished atop the list for the first time in 2021 when Horse of the Year Knicks Go secured more than $7.3 million to lead the way for the stable. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-leading-trainers-2023-cox-tops-earnings-list-antonucci-rice-russell-reach-milestones

To discuss several of the important issues facing the sport as a new year approaches, BloodHorse has assembled a panel of about 30 industry participants to participate in the 2023 Year-End Survey where they can provide their thoughts on six key topics. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-bloodhorse-year-review-survey-industry-panel-discusses-marketing-the-sport

The New York portion of the Road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve kicks off its 3-year-old stakes program with Saturday’s running of the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-jerome-stakes-glance

The Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes takes a new spot on the racing calendar, having traditionally been run in February until the last two years when it was run the last week in January. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/gambling/2024-boltage-can-strike-upset-san-vicente-stakes

The first weekend of 2024 on the horse racing calendar is highlighted by two stakes races on Saturday, Jan. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-where-watchlisten-horse-racing-coverage-jan-5-7

Samantha Smith, the director of marketing and communications for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance since February 2023, can never remember a time when horses were not a part of her life. The native of Syracuse, N.Y., attended a horse camp as a young child, received her first riding horse when she was in middle school, and competed in hunter/jumper classes. She also received some early exposure to racing through her father who owns Standardbreds. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-the-rise-samantha-smith

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago. In the second edition of this blog for the 2024 run for the roses, the focus is on the last three weeks of action as the final Derby prep races of 2023 and the first 3-year-old races of 2024 are now in the books. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-kentucky-derby-trail-three-heating-three-cooling-down-jan-3

What a year 2023 has was in the sport of horse racing! Last year gave us plenty of thrills on the racetrack. In anticipation of the upcoming Eclipse Awards on Jan. 25, which will honor many of the horses discussed, here is a subjective list of some of the best races from last year.  1) Cody’s Wish wins Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and survives inquiry Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-star-performers-and-close-finishes-abrs-top-ten-races-2023

As Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm exits its 20th anniversary year, founder Michael Blowen has announced he will be stepping down as president of the facility he created in Georgetown, Ky., in 2003. However, while he won’t be running the farm on a daily basis anymore, he will still be greeting visitors, giving tours, and other things as needed. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2024-blowen-stepping-down-old-friends-leadership-role

To discuss several of the important issues facing the sport as a new year approaches, BloodHorse has assembled a panel of about 30 industry participants to participate in the 2023 Year-End Survey where they can provide their thoughts on six key topics. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-bloodhorse-year-review-survey-industry-panel-discusses-hisa-and-steps-reform

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-2024-kentucky-derby-prospect-profiles-catching-freedom

Godolphin LLC, which campaigned 15 North American graded stakes winners, including two Breeders’ Cup winners, repeated as leading owner by earnings, and Irad Ortiz Jr., again established a single-season earnings record as the leading jockey according to final statistics released today by Equibase Co., the Thoroughbred industry’s official database for racing inform Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-godolphin-leading-owner-third-straight-year-ortiz-jr-leads-jockeys-cox-tops-trainers

If there was a Mount Rushmore for horse racing handicappers, it’s an odds-on proposition that the first face on it would belong to Andy Beyer. Some people may have won more money wagering on the races than Beyer, but no other person has enjoyed as profound and prolonged of an impact on the art of handicapping as the 80-year-old graduate of Harvard University. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-picking-winners-how-andy-beyer-revolutionized-betting-horse-racing

Albaugh Family Stables kicked off the 2024 season for 3-year-olds the right way Jan. 1 by taking the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park with Catching Freedom, who became a stakes winner in his stakes debut. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-catching-freedom-rallies-win-smarty-jones-stakes

To discuss several of the important issues facing the sport as a new year approaches, BloodHorse has assembled a panel of about 30 industry participants to participate in the 2023 BH Year-End Survey where they can provide their thoughts on six key topics. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-bloodhorse-year-review-survey-industry-panel-discusses-the-racing-calendar-and-field

Buckpasser was a real personality – that’s a nice way of putting it. It’s a testament to his talent, if not his tenacity, that the blueblood colt compiled a Hall of Fame career despite his nonchalant and often frustrating attitude toward racing. Read More... source https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-buckpasser-the-hall-fame-racehorse-nonchalant-attitude