One last chance for older dirt horses to claim a marquee victory in 2023 comes Friday in the $600,000 Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare at Churchill Downs. The Grade 2 race will not change any Eclipse Awards ballots, but it could showcase a major threat for the biggest winter tests in 2024, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, Saudi Cup, and Dubai World Cup.
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2023 Secretariat ‘Vox Populi’ Award Nominees Named
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2023) – For the 14th straight year, horse racing fans will determine the most popular Thoroughbred of the year via online voting for the Secretariat Vox Populi Award.
Trainer Jena Antonucci Wins Big Sport of Turfdom Award
The Turf Publicists of America announced Nov. 20 that the 2023 Big Sport of Turfdom award, which recognizes a person or group of people who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists, will be presented to trainer Jena Antonucci.
Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman
Ron McAnally remembers one element above all others from the formative years he spent at the Covington Protestant Children’s Home, an orphanage in northern Kentucky. He will never forget the view. “They tell me I used to sit at the window and stare for hours,” he said. “I wouldn’t talk to anybody.” McAnally was at the tender age of 5 when he and his four siblings were sent to the home following the death of their mother. He sought comfort wherever he could find it, even at a window.
