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NTRA —- 2024 Eclipse Award Winners Are Announced, Thorpedo Anna Voted 2024 Horse of the Year Sierra Leone Voted Champion Three-Year-Old Male; Chad Brown wins Fifth Outstanding Trainer Title; Flavien Prat Named Outstanding Jockey PALM BEACH, Fla. (January 23, 2025) – The...

“Santa Anita Press Box” —- SANTA ANITA PARK POSTPONES FRIDAY RACING PROGRAM UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY, JAN. 16 Santa Anita Park has postponed Friday’s racing program until next Thursday, Jan. 16. due to the forecast of poor air quality for the San Gabriel Valley. The...

National Thoroughbred Racing Association —- 2024 Eclipse Awards Finalists Announced LEXINGTON, Ky. (January 5, 2025) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced the...

Old Friends Welcomes Six Graded-Stakes Winners for Retirement The six thoroughbreds are Count Again, Delaunay, Mission Impazible, Normandy Invasion, Rainbow Heir, and Warrior’s Reward   GEORGETOWN, KY. – Dec. 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Mystic Dan; Coady Photos Salute to Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Scheduled for Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds Maycocks Bay is Back, Returns to Fair Grounds Winner’s Circle New Orleans, La (Dec. 10, 2024) – On Louisiana Champions Day, fans at...

By Pat McKenna, Mark Bardack —- Saratoga to host expanded Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and July 4th Racing Festival in 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to include five days, June 4 to 8 Special July 4th Racing Festival to span four-day holiday weekend SARATOGA SPRINGS,...

By Mike Henry —- Tampa Bay Photo OLDSMAR, FL. – When his mount for today’s eighth race, Burn the Breeze, was scratched, Samy Camacho had no qualms about riding Velocissima, a 29-1 longshot. “He (Rafael Romero, the trainer of both horses) helped me get started in Venezuela,...

NTRA —- NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – November 4, 2024 Week 41 of the 2024 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through November 3. Voting...

Tracksideview Staff —- Most wins and earnings Breeders’ Cup Wins – Jockey:[36] Mike Smith – 27 John R. Velazquez – 20 Irad Ortiz Jr. – 18 Jerry Bailey & Joel Rosario Each – 15 Frankie Dettori – 15 Ryan Moore – 14 Breeders’ Cup Wins –...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Enriches Road to the Derby for the 2024-2025 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule set to offer $8.875 million in purses Road to the Derby paved with $1.875 million, Kickoff Day falls on Dec. 21 New stake added, making the female turf...