The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced the finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence through the past year in Thoroughbred racing.
Trailblazing female jockey Diane Crump dies aged 77
The horse racing icon became the first woman in history to ride in a professional horse race in 1969, before becoming the first female jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby a year later.
Strategic Risk Brilliant in Smarty Jones Blowout
Strategic Risk drew clear in early stretch and cruised to a 4 1/2-length score in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 3 at Oaklawn Park.
My World Scores Another Aqueduct Win in Jerome Stakes
Winning a stakes like the Jan. 3 $139,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct may earn a 3-year-old some Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points but winning a one-turn mile like the Jerome and the testing 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby are light years apart.
