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Breeders’ Cup Classic, Forever Young, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Sovereignty, America's Best Racing, ABR, Horse Racing

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced the finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence through the past year in Thoroughbred racing.

2026 Smarty Jones Stakes, Oaklawn Park, Strategic Risk, Road to the Kentucky Derby

Strategic Risk Brilliant in Smarty Jones Blowout

Strategic Risk drew clear in early stretch and cruised to a 4 1/2-length score in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 3 at Oaklawn Park.

My World, Brad Cox, 2026 Jerome Stakes, Aqueduct, 2026 Kentucky Derby

My World Scores Another Aqueduct Win in Jerome Stakes

Winning a stakes like the Jan. 3 $139,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct may earn a 3-year-old some Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points but winning a one-turn mile like the Jerome and the testing 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby are light years apart.

Sharp Warning, Turf Paradise, Arapahoe Park, Kayla Warren, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Thoroughbred Racing’s Winningest Horse of 2025: Small-Track Star Sharp Warning

While Sovereignty reigned over North American racing in 2025 — sweeping the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes w

An Uphill Battle for First Female Jockey Diane Crump

Any day, at any racetrack across the country, you’ll most likely find a female jockey in one of the races.

They’ve won Triple Crown races, Breeders’ Cup races and marquee stakes such as the Kentucky Oaks and Pacific Classic. Julie Krone, who won 3,704 races, is enshrined in the Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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