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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Authentic’s stirring triumph in the 146th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve has been voted the 2020 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year based on the results of 3,403 votes cast via Twitter and an online poll.

Gulfstream Park has long been a key racetrack on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and in recent years three of the last eight Kentucky Derby winners made at least one start at the Hallandale Beach, Fla. track on the Derby trail.

The upcoming week in horse racing is a busy one, highlighted by horse racing's annual celebration of the best of the best as well as two Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points races. On Saturday, Jan.

BloodHorse associate editor Byron King presents the inaugural Derby Dozen this week with his look at his leading contenders for the 147th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1.

There are certainly numerous reasons to remember the racing career of Ferdinand.

He was the Horse of the Year and the champion handicap horse of 1987.

In that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, he defeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Alysheba by a scant nostril in one of the most exciting editions of America’s richest race.

He won only eight of 29 starts in his career, but still managed to retire in 1988 with earnings of $3,777,978, which at that time ranked him fifth on the all-time list.

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