Natalie Voss, a reporter and editor-and-chief for The Paulick Report, was named the Eclipse Award winner for both categories in writing, for stories dealing with the aftercare of retired racehorses, the administrators of the awards announced on Wednesday.

Voss won the Feature/Commentary Writing Eclipse for “An Angel on His Shoulder,” and the News/Enterprise Writing Eclipse for a three-part series dealing with the past, present, and future of aftercare efforts. Voss also won an Eclipse in 2016 for News/Enterprise Writing.

The Breeders’ Cup was designed to be a year-end event where championships are determined, and it succeeded magnificently in that pursuit Friday and Saturday at Keeneland. Just about every major divisional award was decided on the racetrack, most notably Horse of the Year, with Kentucky Derby winner Authentic outrunning top older horses Improbable, Maximum Security, and Tom’s d’Etat, as well as fellow classic-winning 3-year-old Tiz the Law, in a star-studded Classic.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – For only the second time in the 49-year history of the Eclipse Awards, the Horse of the Year and all the people associated with him swept their categories, as the Runhappy Eclipse Awards dinner on Thursday night at Gulfstream Park provided a glorious epilogue to the 2019 season of Bricks and Mortar.

It has been more than 20 years since an Eclipse Awards sweep for Horse of the Year plus that horse’s jockey, trainer, and owner, but that scenario stands a very good chance of occurring on Thursday night at the 49th annual Runhappy Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park.

Three of racing’s most prominent on-air television personalities will co-host this year’s Eclipse Award ceremony, scheduled for Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., the organizers of the ceremony announced on Tuesday.

Acacia Courtney, Britney Eurton, and Gabby Gaudet will co-host the event, the first time that the ceremony has featured three co-hosts. All three have extensive experience as television reporters or analysts.

Angel I. Diaz spent a lot of time in the winner’s circle in 2019.

The up-and-coming talent led all North American-based apprentice jockeys in wins with 244, and the accomplishment has made him an Eclipse Award finalist. Diaz is a candidate for outstanding apprentice jockey of 2019.

If a horse is judged on the quality of the company it keeps, it is no wonder Elate ended her final season of racing as an Eclipse finalist for outstanding filly or mare of 2019.

Elate won just two of seven starts in her 5-year-old campaign; both wins were Grade 2’s. The character she showed in five defeats, including four Grade 1’s against the country’s top horses regardless of sex, matched the class Elate displayed in her wins.

Brain Power’s first start in the United States in October restored his reputation as a top-class jumper and placed him firmly on the list of finalists for the Eclipse Award as the outstanding steeplechaser of 2019.

Brain Power had only one start in the United States in 2019, a 15-length win in the Grade 1 Grand National Stakes at Far Hills, N.J., on Oct. 19. Well known in England for his promise, as well as his recent setbacks, Brain Power gave famous English trainer Nicky Henderson his first win in the $450,000 Grand National.

The only thing that stopped World of Trouble during his 2019 campaign was a troublesome foot injury.

The morning of Sept. 29, the connections of Mo Forza had a fairly promising turf prospect on their hands. A five-race maiden, yes, but a promising prospect.

What a difference three months can make. Mo Forza finally won a race the afternoon of Sept. 29, and that was just the start of things. Mo Forza followed up his maiden win with a victory in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby. For an encore, he won the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, and to put an exclamation point on his rapid rise, Mo Forza ended his campaign with a sharp score in the Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile.