Eclipse Award Archives • The Racing Biz

The week in social media: Jan. 22

Knicks Go installed as the Pegasus World Cup favorite, a local rider up for a big award, and a controversy brews, in the week in social media.

Frank Stronach will receive an Eclipse Award of Merit recognizing his five decades in racing as a top breeder, owner, and racetrack operator.

More than three dozen Facebook commenters were nearly unanimous: California Chrome deserves Horse of the Year honors.

by The Biz | Dec 18, 2014 | Breaking, Regionwide | 0 |

Recently retired New York announcer Tom Durkin will receive an Eclipse Award of Merit.

For Eclipse Award-winning rider Victor Carrasco, sharing the event with family was — despite a couple of hiccups — “an amazing experience.”

Our weekly On Tap feature highlights the weekend’s best races and other events from around the mid-Atlantic!

Red-hot Maryland-based apprentice Victor Carrasco and Bowie-based sprinting filly Dance to Bristol are among the Eclipse award finalists.

Apprentice Victor Carrasco’s late-season surge continues, as he posted two more wins today and is now atop the national apprentice rider standings.

Victor Carrasco won three races for the second straight day to move within one of the national lead for wins by an apprentice this year.