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Eclipse Awards, The Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Dale Romans, Sara Kauss Photography

Ten Things You Need to Know About the Eclipse Awards

Horse racing’s equivalent of the Academy Awards takes place Thursday, Jan. 23 with the 54th annual Eclipse Awards, held at The Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Fla. The Eclipse Awards recognize the best of the best in American Thoroughbred racing and are voted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), staff at Daily Racing Form, and members of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB).

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Jockey Kendrick Carmouche Early Equibase Earnings Leader for 2025

After earning the Jockey Guild’s top jockey of the week to start off the new year, Kendrick Carmouche tacked on five more wins last week and now leads the 2025 Equibase standings for North American jockeys by wins and earnings with 13 wins and $589,050 in earnings (all statistics through Jan. 14).

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2025 Lecomte Stakes at a Glance

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve gets a tad more important Saturday as the Lecomte Stakes ushers in a slate of preps worth a total of 42 qualifying points. The first five finishers in the two-turn test at Fair Grounds will receive 20-10-6-4-2 points in descending order.

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2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Jerome Stakes Winner Cyclone State

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the first race in the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

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A Natural Winner: Tennessee Moon Led U.S. With 13 Victories in 2024

In the case of filly Tennessee Moon, “home” is where her story really begins.

Bred by Bluegrass royalty, Lexington’s Calumet Farm, Tennessee Moon began her career in California, first with trainer Leandro Mora, then with Doug O’Neill. The daughter of Calumet’s multiple Grade 1-winning sprinter Ransom the Moon failed to earn a victory in five starts on the West Coast before being sold privately to Emerald Downs-based trainer Justin Evans. The change would help.

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