Two-Time Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes winner Colonel Liam was retired from racing Jan. 19, 2023, with a sparkling record of seven wins from 12 starts and career purse earnings of $1,812,565. A talented Thoroughbred racehorse and a fan favorite, Colonel Liam’s five stakes wins also included an unforgettable dead heat with Domestic Spending in the Grade 1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes on the 2021 Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs.
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Who Should Win and Who Will Win the Closest Eclipse Awards Races?
A celebration of the undefeated Flightline awaits when racing’s best horses and human participants of 2022 are honored at a sold-out Eclipse Awards dinner Jan. 26 at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla.
2023 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Jan. 18
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago.
Ten Things to Know About the Eclipse Awards
Horse racing’s equivalent of the Academy Awards takes place Thursday, Jan. 26 with the 52nd annual Eclipse Awards, held at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla. The Eclipse Awards recognize the best of the best in American Thoroughbred racing and are voted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), staff at Daily Racing Form, and members of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB).
