Ten of probably the most thrilling, memorable, and momentous occasions from Thoroughbred racing in North America final yr have been nominated for the 2024 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Second of the Yr, a distinction decided by fan voting and acknowledged on the annual Eclipse Awards.
Voting is now open on the Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation (NTRA) web site, NTRA.com, and by way of X (previously Twitter), the place each retweet or use of the official hashtag for the moments as offered on the @NTRA account will probably be counted as one vote. The FanDuel Racing-NTRA Second of the Yr will probably be acknowledged through the 54th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Offered by John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Membership at The Breakers Palm Seashore in Florida on Jan. 23, 2025.
To vote on the NTRA web site, click on right here. Followers are permitted to vote for a number of moments however there’s a restrict of 1 vote per second for every X account. Subsequent votes from an account will probably be disqualified. Votes for the ballot have to be submitted by Jan. 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The eligible 2024 moments have been chosen to display the varied equine and human achievements, in addition to human feelings, exhibited all year long. Occasions that followers can select from are listed as follows, together with the designated hashtag which can be utilized to vote:
#frankie6straight—Frankie Dettori rides six straight winners on the Santa Anita Derby Day card, together with winners of two stakes races. The 54-year-old Italian jockey had mounts in 11 of the 12 races that day, together with his winners paying as a lot as $21.60.
#annaoaks—Thorpedo Anna wins the Longines Kentucky Oaks by 4 ¾ lengths in a robust wire-to-wire efficiency over a sloppy Churchill Downs major observe. It was the primary Kentucky Oaks win for each coach Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.
#danderby—Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. make it a rail journey to win the 150th Kentucky Derby Offered by Woodford Reserve in a good three-horse photograph end. Educated by Kentucky resident Kenny McPeek, Mystik Dan’s win gave each the coach and jockey their first Kentucky Derby victories. In successful the Derby, McPeek turned simply the third coach to win each the Derby and Oaks in the identical yr.
#seizethepreakness—Seize the Gray provides 88-year-old legendary coach D. Wayne Lukas and progressive microshare possession group MyRacehorse a front-running win within the Preakness Stakes. It was Lukas’s seventh Preakness win, whereas MyRacehorse’s 2,570 house owners celebrated their first.
#dornochbelmont—Dornoch wins the 156th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, the primary time the ultimate jewel of the Triple Crown is run on the Spa. Coach Danny Gargan gained his first Belmont for a big possession group that included former Main League Baseball All-Star and World Collection champion Jayson Werth.
#emmajaynejockey—Emma-Jayne Wilson, a high Canadian jockey, breaks the all-time feminine jockey lifetime purse earnings file held by Corridor of Famer Julie Krone. Along with her win aboard Good Girl Bee, Wilson reached $90,153,109, surpassing Krone’s mark of $90,126,584.
#fiercetravers—Champion Fierceness and Corridor of Fame jockey John Velazquez maintain off filly Thorpedo Anna in an exciting DraftKings Travers Stakes end. The 2023 Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male had gained Saratoga’s Jim Dandy Stakes Offered by Mohegan Solar in his prior begin for proprietor Mike Repole and coach Todd Pletcher.
#annabcdistaff—Thorpedo Anna dominates the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff discipline at Del Mar and places a cap on her 2024 marketing campaign that featured six wins in seven begins. In a yr of firsts for her coach, Thorpedo Anna gave Kenny McPeek yet one more, because the Distaff win was his first in a Breeders’ Cup race.
#sierrabcclassic—Sierra Leone saves his greatest for final and wins the Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic to steer a 1-2-3 end for 3-year-olds. The son of Gun Runner captured the Risen Star Stakes and Toyota Blue Grass Stakes to start the yr and positioned in 4 consecutive graded stakes earlier than his Basic triumph.
#flavienstakesrecord—Jockey Flavien Prat establishes a file 56 graded stakes-winning rides in a yr when he wins the Grade 2 Mathis Mile Stakes at Santa Anita Park aboard King of Gosford. Prat surpassed the earlier file of 55 set by Corridor of Famer Jerry Bailey in 2003.
