2024 might have been the Year of the Dragon, but in the land of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, it was the Year of the “Grizzly.”

The finalists for the 2024 Eclipse Awards were announced on Sunday, except for the identities of the Horse of the Year candidates.

Racing’s sentimental hero has now become an official champion in the record book, as Cody’s Wish was named Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male at Thursday night’s 53rd Eclipse Awards gala at The Breakers Palm Beach.

When the finalists for the 2023 Eclipse Awards were revealed on Saturday, a theme emerged of top performers qualifying for honors in more than one division. Champions will be announced Jan. 25.

Just as Flightline streaked light years ahead on the racetrack, so did the unbeaten phenom run away with Horse of the Year honors at Thursday night’s 52nd annual Eclipse Awards gala at The Breakers Palm Beach.

The brightest superstar of the 2022 North American racing scene, Flightline, headlines the list of Eclipse Awards finalists announced on Saturday.

Recently named the World’s Best Racehorse of 2021 according to rankings by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, Knicks Go was the runaway choice for Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male.

The 2021 Horse of the Year and all the divisional champions will be revealed at a Santa Anita gala on Feb. 10, the Thursday night going into Super Bowl weekend.

James Scully has ranked the 2020 Breeders’ Cup performances in the following order...do you agree?

Standout performances throughout Breeders' Cup weekend at Keeneland ensured that there will be few equine Eclipse Award divisions open to serious discussion in the coming weeks.

The Breeders' Cup is five weeks from now, several Eclipse Award races came into much sharper focus an indeed, we're ready to make a call in one of them.