As Thoroughbred racing heads into a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past 12 months and applying those lessons to a new year. With 2026 at hand, BloodHorse has reprised its online year-end survey to ask some of the sport’s leading individuals for their opinions on pertinent issues facing the sport.
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Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards
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.
