NYRA release

Organizations from every corner of the Thoroughbred industry have come together to support a new program created by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation to develop second careers for horses racing at New York Racing Association tracks. The program, forged from a $225,000 start-up grant from the Harriet E. Pfleger Foundation, will provide rehabilitation and retraining for as many as 100 horses a year. NYRA, the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and The Jockey Club, as well as the New…

Breeders’ Cup release

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Breeders’ Cup today unveiled the official event logo for the 29th running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif., on November 2-3, 2012. The 2012 World Championships will mark the sixth time that Santa Anita will host the event, returning for the first time since back-to-back years in 2008 and 2009. The 2011 World Championships were held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The 2012 event logo…

NTRA release

Treasure Island Las Vegas, host of the $1.6 million (estimated) Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, will host a special qualifying contest offering two berths to the January 2013 NHC on Sunday, Jan. 29.

The one-day “Wager to Win” contest will carry an entry fee of $200 and have a limit of one entry per person with a maximum field size of 300. All contest entry fees will be returned to…

NTRA release

The exciting victory by Drosselmeyer and Mike Smith over Game on Dude and Chantal Sutherland in the Breeders’ Cup Classic has been voted the 2011 National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Moment of the Year. Drosselmeyer’s victory also represented the second “Classic” win in as many days for trainer Bill Mott, who had saddled Royal Delta to win the previous day’s Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic. The connections of Drosselmeyer will be honored at the Eclipse Award ceremony Monday, January…

Two-Year Agreement Will Bring Event to Gulfstream Park in 2013

NTRA release

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Thursday that The Stronach Group (SG) has agreed to join Daily Racing Form and Breeders’ Cup as a presenting sponsor of the Eclipse Awards.

The 41st annual Eclipse Awards ceremony will be held Monday, Jan. 16, at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

As part of the agreement, which is effective immediately and carries a duration…

NTRA release

Paul Shurman, a 57-year-old attorney from Dix Hills, N.Y., rode the strength of three wins and two second-place finishes to capture the 2011 crown as Daily Racing Form NHC Tour Champion and a $75,000 first-place prize. Should Shurman capture the title later this month at the Jan. 27-28 Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) finals at Treasure Island Las Vegas, he will receive a $2 million bonus in addition to that event’s estimated first prize of $1,000,000.…

NTRA release

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters today announced that W. Cothran “Cot” Campbell, who revolutionized racehorse ownership and syndication through his Dogwood Stable, will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing.

Campbell, 84, of Aiken, S.C., will receive the Eclipse Award of Merit on Monday, January 16 at the 41st Annual Eclipse Awards, presented by Daily Racing Form…

NTRA release

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that Bob Mayberger of Albany, N.Y., has won the 2011 Media Eclipse Award for Photography for his panoramic picture of Thoroughbreds jumping over a fence during the A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 4. The photo appeared on the Sports Illustrated Snapshot web site that same day.

This is the first Eclipse Award for Mayberger,…

NTRA release

JENNIE REES WINS FOR NEWS/ENTERPRISE WRITING

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced that Jennie Rees has won the 2011 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the News/Enterprise category for “Breeders’ Cup 2011: Jockeys Rein in Their Emotions,” which appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Oct. 30.

This is the third writing Media Eclipse Award for Rees, who resides in Louisville and has been the Thoroughbred…

NTRA release

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Monday that Jeannine Edwards, senior broadcast analyst for ESPN, will host the 41st annual Eclipse Awards Presented by Daily Racing Form and Breeders’ Cup Limited. The Eclipse Awards, which honors the 2011 champions of Thoroughbred racing, will be held at the Beverly Wilshire (A Four Seasons Hotel) in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday evening January 16, 2012.  Edwards becomes the first female to host the Eclipse Awards ceremony.

“I’m extremely proud,…