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2025 Eclipse Awards: Cy Fair
The sprint filly Cy Fair struck her targets all summer and fall, with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint securing her spot as an Eclipse Award finalist.
Nicole RussoJan 04, 2026
The sprint filly Cy Fair struck her targets all summer and fall, with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint securing her spot as an Eclipse Award finalist.
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With a victory in the Grade 2 Oak Leaf at Santa Anita, Explora added her name to a lengthy list of historic fillies and ultimately was named a finalist for the 2025 Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old filly.
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Baeza, a half-brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage and 2024 Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch, carried on the family tradition of Grade 1 success as a 3-year-old when he captured the Pennsylvania Derby. That win, combined with third-place finishes in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, in addition to three additional graded stakes placings, earned Baeza a nod as a finalist for the Eclipse Award in the 3-year-old male division.
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After narrow defeats as the favorite in Group 1 stakes in France, Ireland, and England, Gstaad scored his breakthrough victory in Southern California, taking the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Oct. 31 at Del Mar. It was a victory that landed Gstaad a spot as a finalist for the Eclipse Award in the 2-year-old male division.
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Sovereignty, the dual-classic winner, Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year, and 12 of the 14 winners of Breeders’ Cup races were among those announced Sunday as finalists for Eclipse Awards, which honor the 2025 champions of Thoroughbred racing.
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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Hometown Bound remained unbeaten in his brief career with a dominant 1 1/4-length victory as the favorite in Saturday night's $123,750 Turfway Prevue for 3-year-olds sprinting at the epynomous Kentucky track.
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Poor weather continues to plague Santa Anita’s winter meeting.
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Let's be honest - the 2025 driving title at MGM Northfield Park was decided on day one of the meet, just as it has been for the past nine years. Aaron Merriman seized control immediately, and history took care of the rest. Everything that followed didn't change the outcome; it merely delayed the announcement.
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Strategic Risk’s first win against open company was a powerful one Saturday at Oaklawn Park, as he pulled away from the $250,000 Smarty Jones field by 4 1/2 lengths to earn 10 points for the Kentucky Derby. His stablemate, Silent Tactic, finished second, while it was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Baytown Dreamer.