Led by Havre de Grace, the front-runner for Horse of the Year, the divisional finalists for the 2011 Eclipse Awards were announced on Thursday by the three organizations that vote on the awards, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters.
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ESPN, HRTV, and Thoroughbred Times have won Media Eclipse Awards, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Thursday.
ESPN won for television-live racing programming for its telecast of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The one-hour program at Churchill Down on Nov. 5 culminated with the upset victory of Drosselmeyer over Game On Dude in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Jeannine Edwards, the senior broadcast analyst for ESPN who is a mainstay of the network’s horse racing broadcasts, will host the Eclipse Awards ceremony on Jan. 16 in Beverly Hills, Calif., the National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced on Monday.
Edwards, who had announced that she had been selected to host the ceremony via Twitter last week, will be the first female host of the ceremony. A former exercise rider, apprentice jockey, and trainer, Edwards has been with ESPN since 1995 after working as the in-house TV host for Maryland racetracks.
