Eleven of the most memorable events from Thoroughbred racing in North America last year have been nominated for the 2025 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year, a distinction determined by fan voting and recognized at the annual Eclipse Awards.
Voting is now open on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) website, www.NTRA.com, and via X (formerly Twitter), where every retweet or use of the official hashtag for the moments as presented on the @NTRA account will be counted as one vote.
The FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year will be recognized during 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 Jan. 22, 2026.
Fans are permitted to 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 Jan. 15 at 11:59 p.m. (ET).
The eligible 2025 moments were selected to demonstrate the various equine and human achievements, as well as human emotions, exhibited throughout the year.
- May 2 #cheeroaks – Godolphin homebred Good Cheer wins the Kentucky Oaks to remain undefeated through the Oaks in seven lifetime starts.
- May 3 #sovereigntyderby – Godolphin homebred Sovereignty rallies late to win the Kentucky Derby and gives owner/breeder Godolphin the elusive Kentucky Oaks-Kentucky Derby double.
- May 17 #journalismpreakness – Journalism takes the 150th Preakness Stakes in a dramatic stretch run where the Curlin colt exchanges bumps with two rivals.
- June 7 #sovereigntybelmont – Sovereignty bypasses the Preakness and claims the final jewel of the Triple Crown by defeating Journalism in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
- June 28 #dwayne – Legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas (The Coach) dies at the age of 89.
- July 19 #journalismhaskell – Journalism uses a late kick to collect his third Grade I win of 2025 in the Haskell Stakes.
- Aug. 23 #sovereigntytravers – Sovereignty romps by 10 lengths in the Travers Stakes to solidify his spot at the top of the 3-year-old male division.
- Aug. 30 #fiercenesspacific – Champion Fierceness overcomes early race trouble to win the GI Pacific Classic.
- Oct. 31 #tedisperfect – Ted Noffey completes an undefeated campaign by winning the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
- Nov. 1 #foreverclassic – Forever Young (JPN) becomes the first Japanese bred and based horse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.
- Nov. 2 #flavienwins7 – Flavien Prat sets a NYRA single card record when riding seven winners in 10 mounts on closing day of the Belmont at the Big A meet.
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