http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/02/02/how-much-is-an-eclipse-award-worth/ via Pinboard - On January 17, Thoroughbred racing crowned its champions at the Eclipse Awards in Beverly Hills. Unlike most sports, in which champions are determined on the field of play, in racing, champions are crowned at the ballot box, and while there’s usually a sensible link between a horse’s record on the… ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:41:00 -0800 http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/02/02/how-much-is-an-eclipse-award-worth/ http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/01/24/sports/horseracing/doc4f1e3ec26fc10526298179.txt?viewmode=fullstory via Pinboard - You have to hand it to Eclipse voters, the 267 people entrusted with selecting American Thoroughbred racing's champions. They are just as ornery and opinionated as fans of the sport. Don't think so? Take a close look at the breakdown of votes for the various equine and human divisions which… ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:38:00 -0800 http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/01/24/sports/horseracing/doc4f1e3ec26fc10526298179.txt?viewmode=fullstory http://www.drf.com/blogs/congratulations-2011-horse-year-havre-de-grace Barbara Livingston Blog - Barbara Livingston A heartfelt congratulations to Havre de Grace and her connections - including Rick Porter and his Fox Hill Farms, trainer Larry Jones and his wife Ciny, jockey Ramon Dominguez, assistant Corey York and breeder Nancy S. Dillman - on the lovely filly's 2011 Horse of the Year title! Havre… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:22:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/congratulations-2011-horse-year-havre-de-grace http://equispace.blogspot.com/2012/01/spacestitions-other-stuff.html EquiSpace - I was walking into my office the other day and realized that I my gait was causing me to step on every crack in the sidewalk. Pretty much have avoided that kind of situation for the past 48 years, but I couldn't stop myself. Something about breaking my mother's back...of course,… ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:51:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2012/01/spacestitions-other-stuff.html http://ghostsnapper.blogspot.com/2012/01/mighty-eclipse-winner.html via Pinboard - Let me tell you a secret about horse racing photographers: Not all of them even like horse racing. Pretty sad, isn’t it, as they are given some of the most intimate, up-close access to our great sport? These are the people who don’t know the names of the horses, don’t… ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:23:00 -0800 http://ghostsnapper.blogspot.com/2012/01/mighty-eclipse-winner.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/neighborhoods/havre-de-grace/ph-re-horse-0120-20120118,0,5315943.story via Pinboard - No matter how they pronounced it, Havre de Grace was the champion. Wasn't even close. The racehorse named for the city, her name often butchered by race callers and fans from outside Maryland, was honored in Monday evening as the 2011 American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year during the annual… ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:48:00 -0800 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/neighborhoods/havre-de-grace/ph-re-horse-0120-20120118,0,5315943.story http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/hansen-gets-rodney-treatment-for.html The Brock Talk - Despite his victory in the prestigious Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Monday night being honored with an Eclipse Award as Champion Two-Year-Old Male, one would think Hansen (photo right) returns to training this year among a wave of popularity. After all, his eventual task now is to carry that… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:29:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/hansen-gets-rodney-treatment-for.html http://www.drf.com/blogs/indefensible-eclipse-award-votes via Pinboard - Reasonable people can disagree about the merits of Acclamation, Game On Dude, and Tizway for champion older male of 2011, a title that went to Acclamation at Monday night’s Eclipse Awards dinner in Beverly Hills. And they can debate whether Animal Kingdom or Caleb’s Posse was more deserving of being… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:21:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/indefensible-eclipse-award-votes http://www.drf.com/news/hovdey-words-flow-wine-eclipse-awards via Pinboard - Sitting down to an old-fashioned session with a personal computer late Monday evening, after staggering home from the Eclipse Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills, I was shocked – shocked! – to learn that it had been televised. ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:20:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/news/hovdey-words-flow-wine-eclipse-awards http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/Around/The_2012_Eclipse_Awards_in_a_Word_Or_Two_123 via Pinboard - I have a confession to make: this year was the first year that I watched the entire presentation of the Eclipse Awards, this year telecast live from Beverly Hills. If I may say, I’m glad I picked this year to watch it in its entirety. Not only did some of… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:43:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/Around/The_2012_Eclipse_Awards_in_a_Word_Or_Two_123 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/7ZCnw_iVHeY/eclipse-recap.html Thoroughbred Chat - Here are the results for the Eclipse, as well as my thoughts. 2yo Male: Hansen- Say what you may about him, the right horse won the award. He beat Union Rags on the track where it counts. 2yo Female: My Miss Aurelia- Nice that we heard from her namesake, but Barbara… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:31:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/7ZCnw_iVHeY/eclipse-recap.html http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 That's Amore Stable - Last night’s Eclipse awards ceremony — at which racing’s glitterati pretend that the sport’s deck chairs are more important than its listing hull — provoked (in me, anyway) a number of questions.  To wit: Since Animal Kingdom’s one boffo effort apparently trumped Caleb’s Posse’s clearly superior season — this choice… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 http://www.drf.com/blogs/eclipse-voting Crist Blog - Steven Crist BEVERLY HILLS -- A squeaker for 3-year-old, a mild upset for older male and the lack of a single unanimous selection were the talk of the 41st annual Eclipse Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. You can find the complete voting totals at the bottom of this… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:24:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/eclipse-voting http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/fat-lady-still-humming-few-bars-in.html The Brock Talk - I, and many in racing for that matter, expect history tonight at the Eclipse Awards. When they get down to giving out the golden Eclipse trophy for Horse of the Year, Havre de Grace may become the third consecutive female to be so named. Not since Hanover won the first… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/fat-lady-still-humming-few-bars-in.html http://foolishpleasure-valerie.blogspot.com/2012/01/eclipse-award-predictions-and-wistful.html Foolish Pleasure - After what was in many ways an unsatisfying year forAmerican horse racing, I find myself strangely ambivalent about tonight’sEclipse Awards show—but will certainly watch them online thanks to the DailyRacing Form beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Unlike the previous two years,there’s not the passion…nay, rabid fervor…behindwho is named Horse of… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:27:00 -0800 http://foolishpleasure-valerie.blogspot.com/2012/01/eclipse-award-predictions-and-wistful.html http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Eclipse_Award_Selections_Of_the_21st_century_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - As the racing world prepares for the announcement of 2011 Eclipse Award winners, ZATT takes it to whole new level with a look at not just the best of last year, but rather the best of the entire 21st century. Below are my finalists for each division. Feel free to visit… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:04:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Eclipse_Award_Selections_Of_the_21st_century_123 http://www.drf.com/news/crist-no-drama-horse-year-vote via Pinboard - After two years of genuine uncertainty, excitement, and controversy over who would be the Horse of the Year, the climactic announcement at Monday night’s Eclipse Awards ceremonies appears to be a foregone conclusion: Havre de Grace did not have as sparkling a season as Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta when they… ]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:23:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/news/crist-no-drama-horse-year-vote http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/the-people-s-choice-eclipse-awards/ Paulick Report - How many times have you seen the list of Best Picture nominees at the Oscars and wondered why you hadn’t heard of half the selections? Or an Emmy was awarded to a show that only had a shelf life of a year or two but was deemed by the critics… ]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:41:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/the-people-s-choice-eclipse-awards/ http://equispace.blogspot.com/2012/01/space-thoughts-top-ten-again.html EquiSpace - I was walking my trusty companion, Tanner Jones, tonight and looked up to see an almost full moon on a balmy 45 degree evening in Buffalo, NY. I thought to myself, I wonder when the last lunar eclipse was? Then that reminded me of the Eclipse Awards on Monday night.… ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:05:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2012/01/space-thoughts-top-ten-again.html http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/horse-of-the-year-not-so-clear/ Paulick Report - Some years it’s just so damned easy for Eclipse Award voters when they cast their ballot for Horse of the Year. A couple of Grade 1 victories capped off by a big win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and even the guys who cover three horse races a year usually… ]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:42:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/horse-of-the-year-not-so-clear/