Winners for the 2015 Eclipse Awards, selected by voters from Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Click on a winner to read DRF's profile. Winners were announced Jan. 16 at the 45th Annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Samantha Siegel has been appointed to the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California following the recent resignation of George Todaro, the organization announced Saturday. Siegel was added to the board through a vote by directors.

Siegel owns Jay Em Ess Stable, which has been in operation for more than 40 years and has included such modern-day stakes winners as Arson Squad, Declan’s Moon, I Ain’t Bluffing, Masochistic, and Rail Trip. Declan’s Moon was the champion 2-year-old male of 2004. Siegel ran the stable with her late parents, Mace and Jan.

The win by American Pharoah in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, which secured the first Triple Crown in 37 years, has been voted the NTRA Moment of the Year, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced on Friday.

The Belmont win beat out American Pharoah’s triumph in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and eight other candidates selected by the NTRA. Voting was conducted on Twitter, and “nearly 1,000” people registered their votes through the micro-blogging service, the NTRA said.

The individuals who purchase a share in a $12 million race that was proposed by racetrack owner and owner-breeder Frank Stronach earlier this week would share in the revenues generated by the race but not in the revenues generated by any other races on the card, a senior official for Stronach’s racing company said on Thursday.

Mike Rogers, a senior vice president with the Stronach Group, said in an emailed response to questions about the race that many of the details in the proposal have yet to be nailed down.

The Delaware Racing Commission at its Wednesday meeting signed off on the appeal decision and penalty order for trainer Ramon Preciado, who had two clenbuterol positives at Delaware Park last summer. Preciado’s 21-day suspension began Thursday.

A blood sample taken from Trouble Kid, who is trained by Preciado, tested positive for clenbuterol after his nine-length win in a $25,000 starter allowance Aug. 26. Trouble Kid set a 5 1/2-furlong track record of 1:02.58 in that race. That record has been rescinded.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The California Horse Racing Board has canceled its monthly meeting at Santa Anita next Thursday because of a lack of need, according to Rick Baedeker, executive director of the racing board.

Beadeker said there was not a sufficient number of items scheduled for discussion to ask commissioners and racing executives from throughout the state to convene for the meeting. The next scheduled meeting will take place Feb. 25 at Santa Anita.

“We want the meetings to be meaningful for people,” Baedeker said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – There will be a final celebration of the historic year of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah when the 45th annual Eclipse Awards are held Saturday night here at Gulfstream Park, where American Pharoah is a shoo-in to be named Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male.

Much of the interest, though, will focus on how extensive the coattails are for American Pharoah because his trainer, jockey, and owner and breeder all are up for awards in their respective divisions.

HALLANDALE, Fla. – Owners descended on Gulfstream Park for the second OwnerView Conference to learn about racehorse ownership, and on the second day of the two-day affair on Wednesday they heard a lot about the great upside, and sometimes tragic downside, of racing, and this may have whetted many of their appetites to achieve those same heights in the sport. That’s because the current and prospective owners had a chance to hear from sports radio host and racehorse owner Jim Rome as well as Triple Crown-winning owner-breeder Ahmed Zayat.

International Star won all three Kentucky Derby prep races last winter and spring at Fair Grounds, sweeping the Lecomte, Risen Star, and Louisiana Derby, but he was injured and scratched from the Kentucky Derby the morning of the race. None of the Fair Grounds 3-year-old dirt-route stakes last year appeared to be top quality, and International Star’s comeback race following a long layoff did little to suggest he’s a top-class colt.

The Delaware Racing Commission has approved an 81-day race meet for Delaware Park in 2016.

The Delaware Park meet will run from May 21 to Oct. 15. Racing will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday during opening week. Thursdays will then be added and continue through Sept. 22.

Delaware’s signature races, the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, at 1 1/16 miles, and the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap, a 1 1/4-mile race for fillies and mares, will be run July 9 and July 16.

This will be the 79th season of racing at Delaware Park. First post will be 1:15 p.m. Eastern daily.