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2023 Media Eclipse Awards Winners Announced, America's Best Racing Receives Honorable Mention

Lexington, Ky. (January 5, 2024) ―The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters today announced the winners of the 2023 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

Last-Minute Gift Ideas for the Sports and Horse Racing Bettor on Your List

If you enjoy betting on the races or you’ve got someone in your life who loves the ponies, what better time to score a winning gift than this holiday season? If you’re like me and you also like betting on other sports, I’ve got a couple of awesome — and timely — gift ideas for you.

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A Baker’s Dozen Great Books for the Horse Lover Around the Holidays

The winter holidays are defined by the joys and challenges of finding gifts for family and friends on your list. For many, a book is a treasure they look forward to unwrapping, one they can snuggle up with on cold winter days. Each year brings a new slate of books to add to your library, stories that immerse readers in names and places both old and new.

For the horsey sort, 2023 brought a long list of new books on the sport as we celebrate one epic anniversary and look forward to another in the new year.

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Secretariat Among Inspirational Horses on Display at 11th Annual Sporting Art Auction

Every fall, people who are lucky enough to be in Lexington are drawn to the preview of the annual Sporting Art Auction (11th edition) which is a collaboration between Cross Gate Gallery and Keeneland. “The Sporting Art Auction is a highlight of our fall season at Keeneland, and we are thrilled with the support it receives from sporting art enthusiasts and the community,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said.

Monopoly Stinks: Try These Five Board Games Instead

I have friends that swear by Monopoly, but I’ve never been a fan. I’d go so far as to say I consider it a truly awful game.

It lacks the most important element a game should have: fun.

Ohhh, let’s play capitalism on a board and spend 6-8 hours trying to bleed your friends dry so that one person emerges with all of the money. Mortgage, rent, utilities, jail – sounds like a blast, can I be the boot?!?!

Look, I understand a whole generation grew up on Monopoly, but kids also used to play Jacks. Times change …

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