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Todd Pletcher, American Pharoah Headline 2021 Hall Of Fame Ballot Sponsored by: Trainer Todd Pletcher Six racehorses, three trainers, and one jockey account for the 10 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing's 2021 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum's Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses American Pharoah (first year of eligibility), Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, and Rags to Riches; trainers Christophe Clement, Doug O'Neill, and Todd Pletcher (first year of eligibility); and jockey Corey Nakatani. Hall of ...

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association had big plans for the 50th anniversary of the Eclipse Awards. However, its lengthy list of ideas to celebrate the half-century of the best in Thoroughbred racing and breeding was tossed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Put a large group of people together in an awards ceremony setting? Forget about it. Plan B, producing a “virtual show” with the entire program being shot and produced in advance and shown as if it were a live event, was one of many winners the evening of Jan. 28. It just might be a template for award presentations in the future.

Longtime Racing Executive Nat Wess, 81, Succumbs In Minnesota Sponsored by: Nat Wess, one of the premier publicists in horse racing in the 1970s and '80s when he served as director of publicity at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., died on Thursday in Minnesota. He was 81. Wess had been hospitalized since Dec. 31 after suffering a hip fracture and requiring surgery. While hospitalized, he tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email distributed to members of the Minnesota Racing Commission shared with the Paulick Report. While he began his career as a publicist, working fir...