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National Turf Writers and Broadcasters. Media coverage of professional horse racing. Advocate for the turf media and the sport we love for more than 60 years.

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Ben Baugh, Ocala Area NTWAB Member, Dies at 60
https://t.co/fXw9dQKCYk Our sympathies go to Ben's family, friends and colleagues.

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.@markecasse addresses the #KyDerby scratch of #ArkDerby runner-up Silent Tactic w a minor foot issue. He'll be pointed for @PreaknessStakes at @LaurelPark. @PaulMiles840 @ESPN680 @NTWAB
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Thinking of all of our peers in front of the cameras and behind them who do such tremendous work. @NTWAB

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Open letter to FanDuel and Flutter Entertainment from NTWAB regarding the decision to phase out FanDuel TV. https://t.co/NFPmrjX4Vw

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President King's NTWAB newsletter ahead of the Kentucky Derby 2026
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NTWABA 2025 Eclipse Award Voting
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The 2025 Eclipse Awards: It's Official - All Eclipse Award winners, equine and human. https://t.co/22MC7KAA2C

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Thank you, and good night from the Eclipse Awards.

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HORSE OF THE YEAR: SOVEREIGNTY
Other finalists: Forever Young, Journalism
Congratulations!

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Male Turf Horse: Notable Speech (GB), winner of the Breeders' Cup Mile.
Trainer: Charles Appleby
Owner: Godolphin, LLC
Breeder: Godolphin
Other finalists: Deterministic, winner of Grade 1s Fourstardave, Manhattan; the globetrotting Rebel’s Romance.

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Female Turf Horse: She Feels Pretty (KY), two wins and two seconds in two Grade 1s and two Grade 2s.
Trainer: Cherie DeVaux
Owner: Lael Stables
Breeder: Payson Stud
Other finalists: Gezora (FR), winner of the BC Filly & Mare Turf; Shisospicy, named in three Eclipse categories.

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FanDuel NTRA Moment of the Year: Forever Young's Breeders' Cup win. Breeder Shunsuke Yoshida accepts.

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Older Dirt Male: Forever Young (JPN), winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, pushing his earnings to $20 million.
Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi
Owner: Susumu Fujita
Breeder: Northern Racing
Other finalists: Nysos, winner of the BC Dirt Mile; Sierra Leone, ITM in all 14 career starts.

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Legendary race caller Trevor Denman is honored with a Special Eclipse Award for Career Excellence as his famous "scintillating" call of Zenyatta's Breeders' Cup win is played.

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1/2 Older Dirt Female: Thorpedo Anna (KY), grade 1s Apple Blossom and Personal Ensign topped her resume.
Trainer: Kenneth G. McPeek
Owner: Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (J. G. Sikura), Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek), Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks
Breeder: Judy Hicks

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2/2 Other finalists Older Dirt Female: Scylla capped ofthe year winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff; Splendora, winner of the Filly & Mare Sprint.

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Outstanding Trainer: Bill Mott, trainer of Sovereignty, with 102 races and over $16 million in earnings. His fifth Eclipse.
Other finalists: Chad Brown won 197 races and over $24 million in earnings; Brad Cox with over $30 million in purses and 26 graded wins.

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Champion Owner: Godolphin
Its eighth Eclipse as top owner and its sixth straight. Owner, breeder of Sovereignty. First by earnings and fourth by wins.
Other finalists: Klaravich Stables, 10th by wins and 2d by earnings; Spendthrift Farm, with a remarkable run in latter 2025.

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Champion Breeder: Godolphin-breds had over $27 million in progeny earnings and won 24 graded races.
Other finalists: Don Alberto Corporation bred the winners of over 120 races including Journalism, WinStar Farm produced 172 wins with eight graded winners.

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The late legendary journalist Ed Bowen named for the Eclipse Award of Merit. Dell Hancock presents to his family.
Ed is considered to be the sport's greatest modern historian. Other achievements include script-writer for these Awards and Editor-in-Chief at BloodHorse.