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Kelly Dorman, Cody Dorman, 2023 Horse of the Year, Cody’s Wish, Eclipse Awards

An Emotional Eclipse Awards Night to Remember

For the second straight year, nearly 500 Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry luminaries congregated at The Breakers Palm Beach, the esteemed resort and part of Princess Diana lore, for the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards.

Sheltered from the haze of the South Florida humidity in the elegant Ponce de Leon ballroom, those in attendance witnessed a night to remember, complete with excitement, tears, and a fair share of comedic relief.

Pegasus World Cup, Gulfstream Park, Saffie Joseph Jr., Eclipse Sportswire

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Chats Pegasus World Cup Prospects, Ambitions, and Kentucky Derby

Saffie Joseph Jr. has come far in a relatively short time since leaving his native Barbados and arriving in South Florida with two horses in 2011.

Eclipse Awards horse racing Horse of the Year Cody’s Wish Arcangelo Pretty Mischievous Idiomatic Fierceness Just F Y I Up to the Mark Inspiral Merry Maker Goodnight Olive Elite Power Axel Concepcion Irad Ortiz Bill Mott Godolphin

Horse of the Year Cody's Wish, Trainer Bill Mott Headline List of 2023 Eclipse Award Winners

Cody’s Wish was honored as Horse of the Year at the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards, held Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach in Palm Beach, Fla., culminating a career that saw the Godolphin homebred become one of the most popular racehorses of this century, based in large part through his association with the late Cody Dorman.

Gulfstream Park, 2024 Pegasus World Cup, National Treasure, First Mission, Dynamic One

Five Questions to be Answered in the 2024 Pegasus World Cup

The Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat has become in eight years a major date on the Thoroughbred racing calendar. Positioned after the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and before the Triple Crown trail heats up, Pegasus World Cup day has been a welcome addition for racing fans and bettors alike.

Olivier Oaklawn Park maiden Flightline Horse of the Year Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Farm Feathered horse racing training trainer racetrack workout

Flightline’s Full Brother Olivier Set to Debut Jan. 28 at Oaklawn, If Weather Permits

The racing world will be watching Oaklawn Park with great interest Jan. 28, when Olivier, the full brother of 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, is scheduled to make his career debut in the fifth race, a six-furlong, $115,000 maiden special weight race.

Or, maybe they won’t.

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