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What’s Next for Chancer McPatrick and Other Chad Brown-Trained Derby Hopefuls?

With two seconds and a third in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve since 2018, trainer Chad Brown has high standards for his top 3-year-olds.

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The Great Eight: Ranking the Best Pegasus World Cup Winners

Since its inception in 2017, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat at Gulfstream Park has successfully bum-rushed the North American racing calendar and made an impression comparable with hoofprints from the gigantic statue of the winged equine icon of Greek mythology that resides at the Hallandale, Fla. track.

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Ten Things You Need to Know About the Eclipse Awards

Horse racing’s equivalent of the Academy Awards takes place Thursday, Jan. 23 with the 54th annual Eclipse Awards, held at The Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Fla. The Eclipse Awards recognize the best of the best in American Thoroughbred racing and are voted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), staff at Daily Racing Form, and members of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB).

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Jockey Kendrick Carmouche Early Equibase Earnings Leader for 2025

After earning the Jockey Guild’s top jockey of the week to start off the new year, Kendrick Carmouche tacked on five more wins last week and now leads the 2025 Equibase standings for North American jockeys by wins and earnings with 13 wins and $589,050 in earnings (all statistics through Jan. 14).

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2025 Lecomte Stakes at a Glance

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve gets a tad more important Saturday as the Lecomte Stakes ushers in a slate of preps worth a total of 42 qualifying points. The first five finishers in the two-turn test at Fair Grounds will receive 20-10-6-4-2 points in descending order.

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