Front-running tactics were partially responsible for Channel Maker’s 2020 success, but it was his late surge—over the season, not within his races—that propelled him to an Eclipse Award as outstanding male turf horse.

Authentic was named Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male Jan. 28 during a star-studded virtual ceremony that honored Eclipse Award winners in 17 categories.

The Goffs London Sale will return on the eve of Royal Ascot, June 14, the sales company announced Jan. 29.

The daughter of More Than Ready was indeed a winner in her final race Jan. 28 as she prevailed at the Eclipse Awards ballot box to become the champion turf female of 2020.

Irad Ortiz Jr. led the nation in wins and earnings for the third straight year in 2020 and took home his third consecutive Eclipse Award Jan. 28.

More often than not, a score in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) earns a championship. Vequist won the 2020 version, and the Eclipse Award, but she proved to be much more than a one-trick pony.

Con Lima earned her first stakes victory after taking the Jan. 2 Ginger Brew Stakes at Gulfstream Park by 3 1/4 lengths.

A Louisville native who grew up near Churchill Downs, Cox got his foot in the door by walking hots, the most modest of beginnings. Driven and dedicated, he pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become one of the sport’s most relevant horsemen.

A half sister to Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) hopeful Caddo River is part of a group of five recent supplements to the Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale at Fasig-Tipton.

Alexander Crispin took home the 2020 Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice jockey, capping off a first year of riding that ended with a 103-73-77 record from 539 races. His mounts last year earned $2,194,030.