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Equibase Leaders: Big Day at the Big A Makes Impact, Irad Ortiz Jr. Sets Single Season Record

With three weeks remaining in the year, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has set a new single season record for earnings at more than $39.4 million through Dec. 7. Ortiz, Jr. eclipsed the previous mark of $39.1 million he set in 2023. With several more graded stakes on the calendar, Ortiz Jr. could hit $40 million in earnings by the end of 2025. He currently leads Flavien Prat by over $332,000 in North American earnings among all jockeys for 2025.

Bentornato, Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Book'em Danno, Vanderbilt, Eclipse Awards, Del Mar, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Flash of Brilliance or Consistent Winner? Sprint Eclipse Awards Debates Speak Volumes About Racing

If you ever needed proof that horse racing can spark the same kind of arguments usually reserved for group chats during fantasy football draft season, look no further than this year’s Eclipse Award sprint divisions. Voters aren’t just choosing the best male and female sprinters. They’re choosing a philosophy. Do you reward the horse who showed up all year, stacking graded stakes wins like a wily old veteran? Or do you salute the one who saved the absolute fireworks for the biggest stage in the sport?

Rookie Rankings, Kentucky Derby, Remsen Stakes, owner, trainer, horse racing, Triple Crown, rankings, Ted Noffey, Further Ado, Paladin, Satono Voyage, Englishman, Napoleon Solo, Blackout Time, Cannoneer, Renegade, Mr. A. P., horse racing, ABR

Rookie Rankings for Dec. 9: Leading 2026 Kentucky Derby Contenders

In recent years, the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct has produced Kentucky Derby top-three finishers Sierra Leone (second in 2024) and Zandon (third in 2022), a pair of Grade 1 winners trained by Chad Brown.

NTRA and Resolute Racing Present Sweepstakes Offering Trip to Eclipse Awards, Pegasus World Cup

Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman

Ron McAnally remembers one element above all others from the formative years he spent at the Covington Protestant Children’s Home, an orphanage in northern Kentucky. He will never forget the view.

“They tell me I used to sit at the window and stare for hours,” he said. “I wouldn’t talk to anybody.”

McAnally was at the tender age of 5 when he and his four siblings were sent to the home following the death of their mother. He sought comfort wherever he could find it, even at a window.

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