Eclipse Awards ceremony moves to California next year

Edited press release
Photo: Alex Evers / Eclipse Sportswire

Next year’s 51st annual Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony, honoring Thoroughbred racing’s champions of 2021, will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., according to a press release from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters.

Held in conjunction with the Stronach Group, the Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony at Santa Anita will take place on Thursday, Feb. 10, prior to the NFL’s Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 13. Additional information will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Stronach Group hosted the Eclipse Awards ceremony at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., from 2013 through 2020. This year’s awards presentation, held Jan. 28, was a virtual ceremony.

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