ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERS:
PRINT AND INTERNET
FEATURE/COMMENTARY
2024 — CHRIS McGRATH
Thoroughbred Daily News
2023 — TIM LAYDEN
NBC Sports
2022 — TIM LAYDEN
NBC Sports
2021 — SANDRA McKEE
Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred
2020 — NATALIE VOSS
Paulick Report
2019 — JOE NEVILLS
Paulick Report
2018 — TIM LAYDEN
Sports Illustrated
2017 — JASON FRAKES
Louisville Courier-Journal
2016 — JOHN SCHEINMAN
Writing for Paulick Report
2015 — JENNIE REES
Louisville Courier-Journal
2014 — JOHN SCHEINMAN
Writing for BloodHorse
2013 — MARTY McGEE
Daily Racing Form
2012 — RYAN GOLDBERG
Daily Racing Form
2011 — CLAIRE NOVAK
BloodHorse
2010 — WRIGHT THOMPSON
ESPN.com
NEWS/ENTERPRISE
2024 — SEAN CLANCY
The Saratoga Special
2023 — SEAN CLANCY
The Saratoga Special
2022 — TOM LAW
Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred
2021 — ERIC MITCHELL
BloodHorse
2020 — NATALIE VOSS
Paulick Report
2019 — BRYCE MILLER
San Diego Union-Tribune
2018 — JEREMY BALAN
BloodHorse
2017 — DENISE STEFFANUS
Trainer Magazine
2016 — NATALIE VOSS
Paulick Report
2015 — TIM SULLIVAN
Louisville Courier-Journal
2014 — JOE CLANCY
Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred
2013 — MARCUS HERSH
Daily Racing Form
2012 — MARY SIMON
Thoroughbred Times
2011 — JENNIE REES
Louisville Courier-Journal
2010 — BILL FINLEY
Thoroughbred Daily News
AUDIO/MULTI-MEDIA INTERNET
2024 — SUE FINLEY
Thoroughbred Daily News
2023 — TDN WRITERS' ROOM PODCAST
Thoroughbred Daily News, Sue Finley, Publisher
2022 — HORSE RACING RADIO NETWORK (HRRN)
Mike Penna, President
2021 — ATTHERACES.COM
Matthew Taylor, Director of New Media and Innovation; Peter Fornatale, writer and interviewer; Naomi Tukker, interviewer
2020 — THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS
Joe Bianca, writer/narrator; Patty Wolfe, producer
2019 — HORSE RACING RADIO NETWORK
Mike Penna, President
2018 — CHRISTIE DeBERNARDIS & PATTY WOLFE
Thoroughbred Daily News
2017 — BARBARA LIVINGSTON
Daily Racing Form
2016 — JAY HOVDEY, BARBARA LIVINGSTON and MOLLY McGILL
Daily Racing Form
2015 — MARY SIMON
DRF.com
2014 — FRANK ANGST
BloodHorse.com
2013 — NYTIMES.com
2012 — GLENYE CAIN OAKFORD
DRF.com
2011 — THOROUGHBREDTIMES.com
2010 — HORSE RACING RADIO NETWORK
Mike Penna, President
FEATURE WRITING
2009 — JOE DRAPE
The New York Times
2008 — VINNIE PERONNE
Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred
2007 — BRIAN HIRO
North County Times
2006 — MIKE JENSEN
Philadelphia Inquirer
2005 — JANET PATTON
Lexington Herald-Leader
2004 — MIKE JENSEN
Philadelphia Inquirer
2003 — WILLIAM NACK
Gentlemen’s Quarterly
2002 — JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN
Harper’s Magazine
2001 — LAURA HILLENBRAND
Equus
2000 — MARY SIMON
Thoroughbred Times
1991 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
NEWS/COMMENTARY
2009 — SEAN CLANCY
BloodHorse
2008 — BILLY REED
Thoroughbred Times
2007 — BILL MOONEY
Post Time USA34
2006 — DICK JERARDI
Philadelphia Daily News
2005 — BOB FORD
Philadelphia Inquirer
2004 — BILL CHRISTINE
Los Angeles Times
2003 — JAY HOVDEY
Daily Racing Form
2002 — JOE DRAPE
New York Times
2001 — JANET PATTON
Lexington Herald-Leader
2000 — JAY HOVDEY
Daily Racing Form
1991 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
NEWSPAPER WRITING
1999 — MARYJEAN WALL
Lexington Herald-Leader
1998 — TOM KEYSER
The Baltimore Sun
1997 — MARYJEAN WALL
Lexington Herald-Leader
1996 — TOM KEYSER
The Baltimore Sun
1995 — STEPHANIE DIAZ
The Riverside Press-Enterprise
1994 — MIKE DOWNEY
Los Angeles Times
1993 — JENNIE REES
Louisville Courier-Journal
1992 — JAMES WALLACE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1990 — PAUL MORAN
Newsday
1989 — RONNIE VIRGETS
Gambit
1988 — BILLY REED
Lexington Herald-Leader
1987 — TIM LAYDEN
Capital Newspapers
1986 — EDWIN POPE
Miami Herald
1985 — PAUL MORAN
Newsday
1984 — EDDIE DONNALLY
Dallas Morning News
1984 — BILL CHRISTINE
Los Angeles Times
1983 — DAVE KOERNER
The Louisville Times
1982 — EDWIN POPE
Miami Herald
1981 — DAVE KINDRED
The Washington Post
1980 — MARYJEAN WALL
Lexington Herald
1979 — BILLY REED
Louisville Courier-Journal
1978 — JOE HIRSCH
Daily Racing Form
1977 — SKIP BAYLESS
Los Angeles Times
1976 — EDWIN POPE
Miami Herald
1975 — BOB HARDING
Newark Star-Ledger
1974 — WILLIAM H. RUDY
New York Post
1973 — RED SMITH
The New York Times
1972 — PHIL RANALLO
Buffalo Courier Express
1971 — SCOTT YOUNG
Toronto Telegram
MAGAZINE WRITING
1999 — TOM KEYSER
Breeders’ Cup Souvenir Magazine
1998 — LAURA HILLENBRAND
American Heritage
1997 — BILL HELLER
Backstretch
1996 — DON CLIPPINGER
Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred
1995 — AWARD VACATED
1994 — JAY HOVDEY
BloodHorse
1993 — STEPHANIE DIAZ
The Backstretch
1992 — JOSEPH P. PONS JR.
BloodHorse
1991/Feature — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1991/News — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1990 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1989 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1988 — JENNIE REES
Louisville Courier-Journal
1987 — JACK MANN
Spur
1986 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1985 — BILL MOONEY
The Thoroughbred Record
1984 — FRANK DEFORD
Sports Illustrated
1983 — ARNOLD KIRKPATRICK
Keeneland
1982 — JAY HOVDEY
Horsemen’s Journal
1981 — JOSEPH P. PONS JR.
BloodHorse
1980 — CLIVE GAMMON
Sports Illustrated
1979 — WILLIAM LEGGETT
Sports Illustrated
1978 — BILL NACK
Sports Illustrated
1977 — WHITNEY TOWER
Classic
1976 — WHITNEY TOWER
Classic
1975 — FRANK DEFORD
Sports Illustrated
1974 — CHET HAGAN
Spur
1973 — PETE AXTHELM
Newsweek
1972 — EDWARD L. BOWEN
BloodHorse
1971 — BILL SURFACE
Reader’s Digest
