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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 ...

Pletcher Runs 1-2 As Colonel Liam Bests Largent In Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Sponsored by: Colonel Liam holds off Largent to give Todd Pletcher a 1-2 finish in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Robert and Lawana Low's Colonel Liam, the least experienced contender in the richest grass race of the winter season, looked like a seasoned pro in his graded-stakes debut, powering through the stretch to edge Grade 2-winning stablemate Largent by a neck in Saturday's $1-million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The third run...

The triumph of the Breeders’ Cup as the decider of post-season honors has taken much of the drama out of the Eclipse Awards. Last year, by an average vote of 192-30 over the next-highest vote getters, 10 of 12 awards went to horses who had won races at the Breeders’ Cup. This year’s Eclipse voting looks like it should be more competitive. Following are four divisions that appear to lack obvious favorites, with the three finalists in each listed in parentheses. Winners will be announced on Jan. 28. Three-year-old filly (Gamine, Shedaresthedevil, Swiss Skydiver) – Gamine has...

Sponsored by: The Woodcotts (right) escort Sadler's Joy into the winner's circle after the Grade 1 Sword Dancer in 2017 Woodslane Farm's homebred Sadler's Joy made his career graded-stakes debut in the 2017 W. L. McKnight at Gulfstream Park, and 27 graded-stakes starts later, the Tom Albertrani turf warrior is still going strong. The resilient 8-year-old son of Kitten's Joy is scheduled to make his 2021 return to Gulfstream Park for the $125,000 W. L. McKnight (G3) on Saturday's 12-race program that will be co-headlined by the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and the $...

Sponsored by: Aquaphobia winning the Grade 1 United Nations under Joe Bravo for trainer Michael Maker The day after trainer Mike Maker won last year's $1 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Turf (G1) with Zulu Alpha, the groundwork was laid for one of his 2021 runners – United Nations (G1) winner Aquaphobia. Zulu Alpha and Aquaphobia are among six former claiming horses that have gone on to win Grade 1 races for Maker. The trainer also is running the stakes-winning, Grade 1-placed Cross Border in Saturday's 1 3/16-mile Pegasus Turf at Gulfstream Park. That 7-year-old horse was ...