Voting is available on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association website, NTRA.comand via The FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year will be recognized at the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards presented by John Deere, The Jockey Club and the NTRA at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida on January 22, 2026.
To vote on the NTRA website, go HERE. Fans may vote for multiple moments, but there is a limit of one vote per moment for each X account. Subsequent votes from an account will be disqualified. Votes for the poll must be submitted by January 15 at 11:59 PM ET.
The 2025 qualifying moments were selected to showcase the various equine and human achievements, as well as human emotions, on display throughout the year. Events for fans to choose from are listed as follows, along with the designated hashtag to vote on:
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- May 2 #cheeroaks – The Godolphin-bred Good Cheer wins the Kentucky Oaks and remains undefeated by the Oaks after seven lifetime starts. The daughter of Medaglia d’Oro won these races by a total of 44 1/2 lengths.
- May 3 #sovereigntyderby – The Godolphin-bred Sovereignty makes a late move to win the Kentucky Derby, giving owner/breeder Godolphin the elusive Kentucky Oaks-Kentucky Derby double. Sovereignty is Godolphin’s first Kentucky Derby winner.
- May 17 #journalismpreakness – Journalism wins the 150th Preakness Stakes in a dramatic stretch run that sees the Curlin colt trade bumps with two rivals. This was the final running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico before a new grandstand/clubhouse structure is built there in time for the 2027 edition. Laurel Park will host the Preakness Stakes in 2026.
- June 7 #sovereigntybelmont – Sovereignty bypasses the Preakness to claim the final jewel of the Triple Crown by defeating Journalism in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The Belmont Stakes is scheduled to be held at the Spa again in 2026, before returning to Belmont Park in 2027.
- June 28 #dwayne – Legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas (“Coach”) dies at the age of 89. The basketball coach turned Hall of Fame horse trainer has won 15 Triple Crown races, including his most recent in the 2024 Preakness Stakes with Seize the Gray, and 20 Breeders’ Cup races.
- July 19 #journalismhaskell – Journalism uses a late kick to take his third Grade 1 win of 2025 in the Haskell Stakes. The Preakness winner also won the Santa Anita Derby.
- August 23 #sovereigntytravers – Sovereignty romps by 10 lengths in the Travers Stakes to cement his place at the top of the 3-year-old men’s division. De Travers was the son of Into Mischief’s fourth straight win, including three Grade 1s.
- August 30 #fiercenesspacific – Champion Fierceness overcomes early race struggles to win the Pacific Classic. The 2-year-old male of the 2023 Eclipse Award champion dove toward the temporary rail just after the start, but Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez controlled the City of Light colt perfectly from there.
- October 31 #tedisperfect – Ted Noffey completes an undefeated campaign by winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The two-year-old colt Into Mischief, “named” after Ned Toffey, managing director of owner Spendthrift Farm, finished the year perfectly with four starts.
- November 1 #foreverclassic – Forever Young (JPN) becomes the first Japanese-bred and bred horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The four-year-old colt defeated last year’s winner, the 2024 Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone, by half a length and increased his career earnings to more than $19.3 million.
- November 2 #flavienwins7 – Flavien Prat sets a NYRA single card record by riding 7 winners in 10 mounts on the final day of the Belmont at the Big A meet. Six of his wins were consecutive and Prat’s horses finished second three times, for a ledger of 10-7-3-0 on the day.
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