Tag: Eclipse Awards

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 …

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 Eclipse Awards …

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 with his …

By Richard Rosenblatt Life is Good. Grabbing the lead popping out of the gate, co-favorite Life is Good left Knicks Go and the rest of the field struggling in this wake as he swept to …

Profiles of the nine horses entered for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The profiles were compiled by usracing.com contributors Ed McNamara, Jenny Kellner, Margaret Ransom and Ray …

By Ed McNamara Like many front-runners, Knicks Go is an all-or-nothing proposition. As a 2-year-old, he wired the Breeders‘ Futurity by 5 1/2 lengths at odds of 70-1 and ran second at 40-1 in the …

By Richard Rosenblatt The Eclipse Award finalists have been selected in 16 of the 17 categories equine and human, leaving Horse of the Year finalists and all the winners to be announced at the awards …

By Mike Farrell It was a wild and wacky Breeders’ Cup. It’s all over except for the counting, as in the Eclipse Awards. One of the founders’ goals for the Breeders’ Cup was the creation …

Pegasus World Cup Profile: Sleepy Eyes Todd In the days leading up to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, usracing.com will profile the horses in the …

By Ed McNamara An endless string of champions carried his distinctive stable colors — green silks, white sleeves, pink sash and cap — to victory on the world’s most famous racecourses. He bred and owned …

By Ed McNamara It was a late autumn afternoon at Turfway Park, a minor-league outpost in northern Kentucky, near the Ohio border. Not much that happens there is memorable, yet for Brad Cox it provided …

By Mike Farrell Ah 2020, farewell … and don’t let the door hit you in the rear on the way out. What a year it’s been, one we won’t soon forget as much as we …

By Richard Rosenblatt After seven runner-up finishes in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), including last year when his Vino Rosso was DQ’d from first to second, Hall of Fame shoo-in Todd Pletcher finally has …

By Margaret Ransom Lael Stables’ British-bred Magic Attitude, making her second North American start and first since capturing the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) by 2 ½ lengths three weeks ago, will square off against eight …

By Ed McNamara Before the Breeders’ Cup changed everything in the mid-Eighties, for generations championships were determined on Saturdays in October at Belmont Park. If you wanted to clinch an Eclipse Award, you had to …