Britney Eurton

Road to the Kentucky Derby Continues with Live Coverage Saturday on CNBC and Peacock

NBC Sports will present live coverage of the $1-million GII Louisiana Derby, a key prep race ahead of the 150th GI Kentucky Derby, this Saturday, Mar. 23, live at 6 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock from Fair Grounds Race Course. The hour-long program will also feature the $700,000 GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park and the GII Fair Grounds Oaks. Six weeks ahead of the running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4, the Louisiana Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks will both award Kentucky Derby qualification points,...

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Eurton Joins Prime's National Women's Soccer League Coverage

Former FanDuel TV and NBC Sports horse racing reporter/host Britney Eurton will join Amazon Prime's coverage of the National Women's Soccer League, the network said in a tweet on Wednesday. During the inaugural season, which starts with the NWSL Challenge Cup this Friday, Mar. 15, Prime will broadcast select games. Eurton will serve as the sideline reporter, and join commentators Mike Watts and Lori Lindsey from the booth. Eurton left FanDuel last November after nine years, and the daughter of trainer Peter Eurton also reported for NBC during their coverage...

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NBC Sports to Televise Saturday's Coolmore Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream

With nine weeks until the 150th running of the GI Kentucky Derby, NBC Sports will continue its coverage of the 1/ST RACING TOUR this Saturday, Mar. 2, live at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock. The hour and a half long program, featuring three live races, will be headlined by the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth S. from 1/ST's Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Dornoch (Good Magic), winner of the 2023 GII Remsen S. and a full-brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, is the morning-line favorite in...

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1/ST Racing Unveils Marquee Event For Santa Anita

During an interview on Saturday's NBC broadcast of the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational, 1/ST CEO Belinda Stronach announced that Santa Anita Park will play host to the "California Crown" Sept. 28, which she said will have some of the same elements as Gulfstream's Pegasus World Cup Day. The Pegasus has become a huge event for 1/ST, who owns both racetracks. "We have an amazing relationship with the folks here in Miami, but we're going to move it out West," Stronach said. "Not the Pegasus, but a new race called...

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Eclipse Awards Ceremony to be Broadcast Live

The Eclipse Awards Ceremony, to be held Thursday at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida, will be broadcast live on FanDuel TV and Racetrack Television Network (RTN). The Keeneland red-carpet show will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the ceremony following at 7:30 p.m. ET. In addition to FanDuel TV and RTN, the ceremony will be streamed live on multiple outlets including: NTRA.com, americasbestracing.net, bloodhorse.com, DRF.com, equibase.com, ThoroughbredDailyNews.com, and NTRA's YouTube channel. The ceremony will be co-hosted by Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement, and Nick Luck. Caton Bredar will be...

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Eclipse Finalists To Be Announced on FDTV Jan. 6

The finalists for the 2023 Eclipse Awards will be announced live on FanDuel TV Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at noon ET, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) and Daily Racing Form (DRF) announced Thursday. Eclipse Award ballots were due by Jan. 3. The awards, which honor excellence in Thoroughbred racing, are voted upon by the NTRA, represented by member racetrack racing officials and Equibase field personnel, NTWAB and DRF, and are produced by the NTRA. The announcement of the Eclipse Awards finalists on...

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Britney Eurton Leaves FanDuel TV

Britney Eurton bid a tearful goodbye to watchers of FanDuel TV Tuesday after working with the network as a paddock host and reporter for the last nine years. "I never thought I would work in horse racing," Eurton said in the segment announcing her departure. "But everybody in the industry knows, when you fall in love, it never leaves you. I have experienced some of the greatest moments in all of sports watching horse racing and I've made some lifelong friends. I am so very, very grateful for that." Eurton,...

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Eclipse Awards Tickets On Sale

Tickets for the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards, to be held Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at The Breakers Palm Beach, are now on sale. The ceremonies return to The Breakers for the second year in a row and will be co-hosted by Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement and Nick Luck, with Caton Bredar as the ceremony announcer. The event, honoring the 2023 Champions of Thoroughbred racing, is presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB). For additional information, click here,...

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Eclipse Award Tickets on Sale Nov. 20

Tickets for the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards, which will be held Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach, will be on sale beginning  Nov. 20. Presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB), the Eclipse Awards will honor the 2023 human and equine champions of Thoroughbred racing. The event will be co-hosted by Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement, and Nick Luck. Caton Bredar will once again serve as the Ceremony Announcer. Information about the Eclipse Awards, including host hotels,...

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Horse Racing Women's Summit Topics, Speakers Announced

The second annual Horse Racing Women's Summit, to be held Sept. 27-29 at Santa Anita, will include three panel discussions, morning and luncheon keynotes and a Friday morning workshop. Zoe Cadman, XBTV and 1/ST RACING Host and Analyst, will serve as the emcee for the event, which will kick off with a keynote from Reagan Cannon, an international leadership speaker and coach. Following the morning keynote, leaders at the front line of industry change will gather for a discussion on the State of the Industry, moderated by Millie Ball, XBTV...

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Eurton, Clement and Luck To Host 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards

Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement and Nick Luck will co-host the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) said in a release Wednesday. Held on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at The Breakers Palm Beach, Caton Bredar will be again serving as the Ceremony Announcer. "We are very excited for this wide range of talent to host this year's Eclipse Awards and for FanDuel TV to bring it live to households across the country," said NTRA President...

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Peacock To Stream All Five Days Of Royal Ascot; FanDuel TV To Broadcast Meeting Live

Live coverage of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting will be exclusively streamed on Peacock, NBC Sports announced. Their Royal Ascot coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. daily from Tuesday, June 20, through Friday, June 23 on Peacock. On Saturday, June 24, both NBC and Peacock will cover the day's card beginning at 9 a.m., and at 1 p.m., Peacock will continue to broadcast the Royal meeting. Coverage airing on NBC will also stream live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. NBC Sports' Royal Ascot veterans Britney Eurton and Nick Luck...

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