How Much is an Eclipse Award Worth?
On January 17, Thoroughbred racing crowned its champions at the Eclipse Awards in Beverly Hills. Unlike most sports, in which champions are determined on the field of play, in racing, champions are crowned at the ballot box, and while there?s usually a sensible link between a horse?s record on the track and end-of-year honors, the lack of any criteria for voting a horse a champion or finalist ...
Eclipse winners highlight Fla. Sunshine Millions
Undefeated champion Awesome Feather, 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance and Grade 2 hero Mucho Macho Man are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida-breds entered Sunday to run in the six Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes worth a total $1.3 million to be run Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
In a career like jockey Mike Smith's, what's 12 more victories?
The two-time Eclipse Award winner has racked up impressive numbers in his career, including wins in each leg of the Triple Crown. With only a dozen more, he'll have 5,000 victories and become the 25th rider to reach that plateau. Jockey Mike Smith is in the legacy-building stage of his career. That comes after bug boy, journeyman and star.
Thoroughbred Racing Weekend Advance
By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer He was undefeated at age 2, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was named Eclipse Award champ. But can Hansen keep moving forward Sunday in his 3-year-old debut?
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The two-time Eclipse Award winner has racked up impressive numbers in his career, including wins in each leg of the Triple Crown. With just a dozen more racing wins, he'll have 5,000 victories and become the 25th rider to reach that plateau.
Hovdey: Acclamation's owner has plenty of lucky stars to count
On Monday night in Pasadena, Eclipse Award champion Acclamation will receive another honor when the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association names him its 2011 Cal-bred horse of the year. To be accurate, the envelope is still sealed, and the Eclipse Award champion sprinter Amazombie deserves a standing “O” as well. But if there is another name other than Acclamation’s inside, look for a ...
RISING STARS: Intrigue surrounds Eclipse Awards
The Eclipse Awards, racing’s highest honors, will be presented on Monday night in Beverly Hills, Calif. There’s not much mystery as to who will be crowned the champion 2-year-old filly of 2011; meanwhile, the intrigue surrounding the vote for the champion juvenile male is much higher.
Animal Kingdom a winner at '12 Eclipse Awards
Filly Havre de Grace brought Larry Jones and Rick Porter back together in 2011, reuniting a trainer and owner who had endured tragedy three years earlier when filly Eight Belles fatally broke down after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.
Eclipse Awards ceremony to be aired live Monday night
The Eclipse Awards -- honoring North America's 2011 thoroughbred racing's champions in 17 horse and human categories -- will air live Monday evening by HRTV, Racetrack Television Network and DRF.com, it was announced Thursday.