2025 Eclipse Awards Finalists
Finalists and profiles for the 2025 Eclipse Awards. Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced Jan. 22 at the 55th annual Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony.
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Finalists and profiles for the 2025 Eclipse Awards. Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced Jan. 22 at the 55th annual Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony.
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Jockey Alex Birzer reached a milestone of 4,000 Thoroughbred wins in North America on Friday night, when he guided Big Duck to a 1 1/4-length victory in the fifth race at Delta Downs.
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Flavien Prat came painfully close but ultimately fell just short of overtaking Irad Ortiz Jr. atop the earnings standings for North American-based jockeys in 2025.
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Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., and its horsemen have reached an agreement that guarantees live racing at the track through the end of 2028, the two parties announced on Wednesday morning.
Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland has put a hold on one barn and isolated a “non-Thoroughbred” mare who has tested positive for the highly contagious disease equine herpesvirus.
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The Ladies Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs will be run as a Grade 1 for the first time in 2026, while the Franklin-Simpson Stakes for 3-year-old turf sprinters at the same venue and the Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita will no longer be recognized as top-level races next year.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed an earlier ruling that held that the enabling legislation creating the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority passes constitutional muster.
A federal district court has upheld a ruling that continues to allow Churchill Downs’s account-wagering company to operate in Michigan.
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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has issued a provisional suspension to trainer Rudy Rodriguez after a hearing officer ruled that the organization’s charges against the trainer of failure to provide proper veterinary care represented a sufficient risk to horse welfare.
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Ed Bowen, the prolific writer, editor, researcher, and equine advocate who died earlier this year, has been selected to be included in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor, along with journalist Ray Kerrison and photographer Charles Cook.