Month: July 2023

$400 Early Breeders’ Cup Foal Nomination Deadline Closes Aug. 1

The Breeders' Cup issued a reminder today that Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET is the deadline to nominate weanlings of 2023 to the Breeders' Cup program at the one-time regular nomination fee of $400 USD.  Any foal entered in a fall or winter breeding stock sale must be nominated by the early foal deadline in order for the Breeders' Cup Nominated engagement to be included on the catalog page.

The $400 nomination entitles each foal with lifetime racing eligibility to the Breeders' Cup World Championships and the Breeders' Cup racing programs. All foals sired by a fully nominated North American Breeders' Cup stallion are eligible for nomination to the Breeders' Cup program in their year of birth at the weanling rate. 

If not nominated by the Aug. 1 early deadline, standard foal nominations may still be made in the foal's year of birth with a one-time payment of a $400 USD nomination fee due Oct. 15, 2023.

Breeders' Cup Limited has been Thoroughbred racing's most significant international program for over 39 years. During this time, Breeders' Cup has allocated purses and awards of nearly $900 million to owners, foal nominators, and stallion nominators through its programs, including the annual $31 million Breeders' Cup World Championships showcasing the best Thoroughbreds, owners, trainers, and jockeys to a global audience.

Breeders' Cup foal nominators will earn $10,000 USD for every victory in the worldwide Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In and every horse that starts in a Breeders' Cup World Championship race will earn a nominator award. The individual nominating the foal receives these nominator awards even though the horse may change hands throughout its racing career. 

For more information and to nominate online visit members.breederscup.com.

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Monmouth Oaks: Kelly Breen Handling Trainer Duties For West Coast Shipper Vegas Magic

Trainer Kelly Breen isn't sure how much longer he will have Vegas Magic in his barn but he intends to make the most of the opportunity that he has with the Grade 2-winning 3-year-old filly.

Trained by California-based Doug O'Neill for her first six career starts, Vegas Magic was shipped from the West Coast to Monmouth Park 10 days ago, settling into Breen's barn under an arrangement the two conditioners – and friends – have worked out.

She will make her East Coast debut in Saturday's $250,000, Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks, and will do so with Breen listed as the trainer.

“She kind of has dual citizenship now,” said Breen. “She's doing great. I talked to Doug about her when she first got here and found out as much as I could about her. She has been training very well.

“What happens to her after this race I don't know. That's up to Doug.”

O'Neill said he and Breen have had a solid working relationship for arrangements such as this for a while now.

“I've known Kelly for years,” said O'Neill, who won the 2012 Kentucky Derby with I'll Have Another and repeated with Nyquist in 2016. “He's a great guy. I try to help him any time I can when he comes to the West Coast and he has been a godsend to me with horses I send East.”

A Kentucky-bred daughter of Good Magic, Vegas Magic comes in off a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos on July 4 in her seasonal debut. She started her career with three straight wins at 2, which included a victory in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar, before stepping up to company that proved to be a little too steep.

She was fourth in the Grade 1 TVG.com Debutante at Del Mar before ending her 2022 campaign with an off-the-board finish in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. To this point, that was her only start outside of California.

“We're just trying to run her against 3-year-olds now for as long as we can,” said O'Neill. “She's kind of average size but a very athletic filly who is an easy keeper. Kelly said he was happy with the breeze.”

“You can tell she is a classy filly,” said Breen, a three-time leading trainer at Monmouth Park.

The 99th edition of the Monmouth Oaks, contested at a mile and a sixteenth, will offer Vegas Magic another test. Foggy Night, the recent winner of the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks; Occult, third in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes on June 9; Promiseher America, the winner of the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes; Miss New York, the winner of the Boiling Springs at Monmouth Park on July 2, and Boiling Springs runner-up Shidabhuti are among the runners expected in the field.

O'Neill said having just one start this year – and trying two turns for just the second time; the other being in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – are both concerns, adding that “in this business you're concerned with everything.”

“We have a lot of concerns going into this race but we're excited and optimistic,” O'Neill said. “She's doing well and it would be good to see her have some success around two turns, especially on the road, so we'll see how that goes.”

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Britney Eurton, Acacia Clement, Nick Luck To Co-Host 53rd Eclipse Awards

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced Wednesday that Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement, and Nick Luck will co-host the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards, which will be held on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at The Breakers Palm Beach. Caton Bredar will be again serving as the Ceremony Announcer.

“We are very excited for this wide range of talent to host this year's Eclipse Awards and for FanDuel TV to bring it live to households across the country,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “The Eclipse Awards is a special event to celebrate the best in racing and I'm confident this year at the Breakers will be as memorable as last year.”

The Eclipse Awards will honor the 2023 human and equine champions of Thoroughbred racing. Named after the great 18th-century racehorse and foundation sire Eclipse, the awards will be presented in 17 categories and will be announced live on FanDuel TV, Racetrack Television Network (RTN), and streamed on multiple outlets.

Ticket sales for the black-tie Eclipse Awards will begin on Monday, November 20, 2023. To stay up to date on the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards and for more information, visit https://www.ntra.com/eclipse-awards/.

Britney Eurton serves as a host and reporter for Thoroughbred racing's largest events through her work with FanDuel TV and NBC Sports, including the Triple Crown, Royal Ascot, and the Breeders' Cup World Championships. She returns to the Eclipse Awards having co-hosted the past four years. Eurton began her broadcasting career in 2014 and made her NBC Sports debut in 2017 on the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. She covered her first Triple Crown for NBC Sports in 2018 and has co-hosted the network's coverage of Royal Ascot in both 2019 and 2022. Eurton, a graduate of the University of Southern California, is the daughter of Peter Eurton, a former jockey and accomplished Thoroughbred trainer.

Acacia Courtney Clement is a TV host, analyst, and reporter for the New York Racing Association. She is a host of the popular show America's Day at the Races as well as a paddock reporter for Saratoga Live, both on FOX Sports. She also hosts the sales and pedigree podcast “In the Ring with Acacia Clement” on the In the Money Media platform. A native of Connecticut, Acacia began riding at the age of 8, training in the hunter-jumper and dressage disciplines. In 2011, she founded the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Racing for Home, Inc., which she runs with her mother, Sherrie Courtney. Accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Racing for Home is dedicated to retraining and re-homing Off-Track Thoroughbreds for new careers after the track. Acacia is married to Miguel Clement, assistant trainer to his father, Christophe Clement.

Nick Luck has been broadcasting and writing on horse racing since 2002. Well known to US audiences for his work on NBC, he has been an integral part of its EMMY-nominated Triple Crown coverage and has hosted Royal Ascot since the network's debut at the event in 2017. For ESPN and NBC, Nick has appeared as reporter/analyst on eighteen consecutive Breeders' Cups. He hosted the Eclipse Awards in 2018 at Gulfstream Park and fronted three seasons of the popular chat show “Cocktails and Conversation” with NBC colleague and co-host Britney Eurton. At home in the UK, Nick is best known as the host of Racing TV's key events and his weekly magazine show “Luck on Sunday.” He is the voice of Olympic equestrian coverage for the BBC, and hosts an award-winning daily podcast. Nick is a Director of Aintree Racecourse, sits on the Racing Welfare and Thoroughbred Breeders' Association committees, is a trustee of the National Horse Racing Museum, and is Chair of the Godolphin Thoroughbred Industry Awards. He has been named Racing Broadcaster of the Year nine times by the Horserace Writers' Association, including last year, when he was also Reporter of the Year.

About the Eclipse Awards

Produced by the NTRA, The Eclipse Awards are named after the great 18th-century racehorse and foundation sire Eclipse, who began racing at age five and was undefeated in 18 starts, including eight walkovers. Eclipse sired the winners of 344 races, including three Epsom Derbies. Eclipse Awards voting is conducted by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB), Daily Racing Form, National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) member racing officials and Equibase field personnel.

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