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Aqueduct, 2025 Jerome Stakes, Cyclone State

Cyclone State Blows Away Competition in Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct

The first of four 2025 run for roses prep races at Aqueduct Racetrack turned into a lopsided rout as Cyclone State clobbered six 3-year-old rivals to take the Jan. 4 $150,000 Jerome Stakes in his third straight victory at the Big A, all at a one-turn mile distance.

NTRA National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year FanDuel fans horse racing Kentucky Derby Travers Stakes Preakness Belmont Breeders’ Cup Classic Distaff jockey trainer Thorpedo Anna Mystik Dan McPeek Prat Lukas

Voting Opens for FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year

Ten of the most thrilling, memorable, and momentous events from Thoroughbred racing in North America last year have been nominated for the 2024 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year, a distinction determined by fan voting and recognized at the annual Eclipse Awards.

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Mike Repole Stable, Fierceness, Mindframe, Todd Pletcher

Repole Lays Out 2025 Campaigns for Fierceness, Mindframe

While specific comeback races have yet to be decided, owner Mike Repole has a few primary targets in mind for his stable's two stars who both turned age 4 on Jan. 1.

Buckpasser: The Hall of Fame Racehorse With a Nonchalant Attitude

Buckpasser was a real personality – that’s a nice way of putting it. It’s a testament to his talent, if not his tenacity, that the blueblood colt compiled a Hall of Fame career despite his nonchalant and often frustrating attitude toward racing.

‘Eclipses’ an Important Part of Racing History

More than 260 years ago, a total solar eclipse swept across Great Britain. It was on that day — April 1, 1764 — and during the eclipse itself that a horse was born at Cranbourne Lodge. Arriving as he did during such a rare, celestial event, the horse was named Eclipse, and through his achievements on the track and at stud, he would ensure that the name Eclipse would never be forgotten.

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