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How It Works: A Detailed Look At How Eclipse Award Winners Are Chosen Sponsored by: This is the first piece in an occasional series designed to address reader questions about the way things in racing work – regulatory and business processes, technology, and more. Today, we're kicking off the series with an explanation of the voting process for the Eclipse Awards. The process for choosing Eclipse Award finalists and winners varies slightly between award types. The winners of awards given to horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, and breeders are selected by a group of voters from thre...

Sponsored by: The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Authentic's stirring triumph in the 146th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve has been voted the 2020 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year based on the results of 3,403 votes cast via Twitter and an online poll. The winning moment occurred on September 5, 2020 at 7:05 p.m. ET on a day that saw the Run for the Roses contested without fans at Churchill Downs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Under handling from Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, Authentic defeated heavily favored Tiz the ...

50th Annual Eclipse Awards To Be Presented Virtually, Program Will Air Live On Jan. 28 Sponsored by: by NTRA | 01.26.2021 | 11:53am The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and Daily Racing Form announced today that the 50th Annual Eclipse Awards, presented by Spendthrift Farm, will air live on TVG and Racetrack Television Network on Thursday, Jan. 28, beginning at 8 p.m. ET., and also streamed on other outlets and platforms. This year's ceremony will be a virtual telecast. NBC Sports' Kenny Rice will anchor the program from Lexington, an...

Essential Quality-led Derby leaderboard bracing for more steady changes Jan 23, 2021 Vance Hanson/Brisnet.com ESSENTIAL QUALITY (Coady Photography) The 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) is less than 100 days away, but the current leaderboard looks as you might expect through the third week in January -- not overly indicative of how things will look a month from now much less three. Essential Quality, who is expected to be announced as the 2020 champion juvenile colt at this week's Eclipse Awards virtual ceremony, is unsurprisingly still at the top after accumulating 20 points in the Breeders...

Enthusiasm For Dispersals Energizes Day Two Of Keeneland January Sale Sponsored by: Hip 587, Danceforthecause from the Sam-Son Farm Dispersal, brings $925,000 at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. Two prominent dispersals – 20 broodmares, yearlings and horses of racing age sold by Lane's End, agent for the Complete Dispersal of the Estate of Paul P. Pompa Jr., and 21 in-foal broodmares owned by Sam-Son Farm, the acclaimed breed-to-race operation in Ontario – fueled brisk commerce on Tuesday's second day of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. A horse from e...