Blood-Horse

Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin becomes the first person or entity to win four consecutive dual Eclipse titles as outstanding owner and outstanding breeder.

Thorpedo Anna's stellar season won't be remembered just for winning the Kentucky Oaks (G1), but also for being named champion 3-year-old filly.

Godolphin's homebred Immersive swept the title for the champion 2-year-old female with a flawless 4-for-4 campaign in 2024.

Racing Hall of Fame member Steve Asmussen is North America's all-time winningest trainer, and in 2024 his youngest son Erik won more races than any other apprentice rider and was honored with the Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice jockey.

Soul of an Angel made only two of her 11 starts last year at seven furlongs, but she made those races count. She won both races, including the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), to vault to championship honors as champion female sprinter.

Moira's connections were rewarded for their belief in the 6-year-old mare, when she finally got her well-deserved win in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T), and clinched the title for 2024 champion turf female.

Already an accomplished steeplechase horse, Snap Decision reached new heights in 2024 when the 10-year-old son of classic-placed Hard Spun would sweep two of the signature events in United States steeplechase racing.

In the final start of her career, Idiomatic provided quite a memory, drawing off in the stretch to post a 6 1/2-length victory in the Spinster Stakes (G1) Oct. 6 at Keeneland. That effort likely lifted her to a second straight Eclipse Award.

America's Best Racing provides and At-a-Glance look at the 2025 Southwest Stakes (G3).

The $3 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Feb. 25 at Gulfstream Park brings together a field of 12 in what should be an exhilarating race at the distance of 1 1/8 miles, with seven of the 12 entrants having earned $1 million or more.

It will be quite the achievement if Facteur Cheval can land the Al Maktoum Challenge (G1) Jan. 24 at Meydan. Having won the Dubai Turf (G1T) last March, he's now bidding to become the first horse to win a group 1 on dirt and grass in the UAE.

After two unsatisfying performances in Gulfstream Park's richest race, hard-knocking Skippylongstocking is back for another try Jan. 25 in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1).

In advance of the 2025 Pegasus World Cup day, 1/ST and the Ed Brown Society are pleased to announce the extension of their initial three-year partnership to provide opportunities for young people of color.

Early nominations for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to become eligible for the 2025 Triple Crown close Jan. 27 with a $600 payment.

After a fever forced him out of a start in the 2024 Hong Kong Sprint (G1), Nobals will take his first steps toward a possible return to the Breeders' Cup when he launches his 6-year-old season in the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes Jan. 25.

The son of English Channel was a grade 1-placed, three-time graded stakes winner. He stood at stud in Indiana and Oklahoma.

Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Unbridled Mo headlines the latest supplements to Fasig-Tipton's Winter Mixed Sale held Feb. 3. The daughter of Uncle Mo is offered as part of the dispersal of Red Oak Stable.

Finnegans Wake, who won the 2015 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (G1T), is being relocated from Northern California to Wolfpaw Stables in Wyoming for the 2025 season. He is standing for a private fee.

Litigation brought by a private market investment company against prominent Thoroughbred owner John Stewart, and the private equity firm he founded, MiddleGround Capital, has been settled in principle.

As much as it is still a grade 2 test, the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T) surely has a grade 1 feel.