Even though it was only a little over two months, it seemed as though the Horse of the Year debate had gone on forever. Now that it is finally (and thankfully) over, I wanted to give people a final chance to express their thoughts before we move on. The voting did lose a bit of its luster since Jerry...

The 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, winner of all eight of her starts in 2009, including the Preakness Stakes, and the 5-year old mare Zenyatta, who won all five of her races last year and culminated her undefeated career by becoming the first female to win the Breeders' Cup Classic, are the only...

With more than 400 responses on my last blog, and with some of the posters a bit overzealous in expressing their opinions, it is obvious the Horse of the Year debate is going to continue to heat up as we get closer to the Eclipse Awards. I have stated my feelings and have nothing more to say on the matter...

This will be my final thoughts on racing's hottest current debate--Horse of the Year. After this, I'll let everyone else continue to drill on a subject that surely will not go away any time soon. First of all, let me say that I am not in favor of having a separate "both" option on the Horse of the Year...

A short Breeders' Cup story: Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Stopping to talk with Jerry O'Connell about the Breeders' Cup Classic. I asked Jerry "Having any luck today?" as he responded "no not really" and we began chit chatting. I was definitely curious about who he liked in the Classic and so that was most...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA Zenyatta's magnificent performance in this year's BC Classic has done exactly what I (and plenty of others, I'm sure) predicted back in September -- it has provided the one possible roadblock to Rachel Alexandra being crowned the 2009 Horse of the Year....

.commentForm, .postComments, #comments{display:none;} It's the question every Thoroughbred racing fan is talking about - who should be named 2009 Horse of the Year? It's clearly a two horse race: Zenyatta vs. Rachel Alexandra. If you had a vote, how would you cast it?

The ongoing battle for North American Horse of the Year became a little clearer in August. Several of the top contenders started to separate themselves from the pack. Who would you rank as the #1 Thoroughbred in the country? Rank your Top Ten based on how each horse has performed so far this year. writeRanker...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA Rachel Alexandra has waged a truly historic campaign this year, and we're not halfway through September. The marvelous 3-year-old filly has taken on the best of her male contemporaries twice and beaten them each time-in the Preakness and in the Haskell....