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Looking Ahead to 2026: Industry Voices on What’s Best for the Triple Crown

As Thoroughbred racing heads into a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past 12 months and applying those lessons to a new year.

With 2026 at hand, BloodHorse has reprised its online year-end survey to ask some of the sport’s leading individuals for their opinions on pertinent issues facing the sport.

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

The 55th annual Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers Palm Beach, a resort in Florida. There are 17 categories, for both humans and horses, to determine the best in Thoroughbred racing each year.

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.

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