THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL ECLIPSE AWARDS TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Thoroughbred Racing’s 2009 Champions, Including Horse of the Year, to be Crowned January 18 in Beverly Hills
Tickets for the 39th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony, featuring the much anticipated announcement of 2009 Horse of the Year, are now available for purchase. The Eclipse Awards will be held Monday, January 18, at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Tickets are available for $350 each or $3,500 for a table of 10. For ticket purchases and room reservations, please contact Michele Ravencraft of the NTRA at
mravencraft@ntra.com, or call (859) 422-2657. Order forms for tickets are also available at ntra.com.
The Eclipse Awards are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the National Turf Writers Association and Daily Racing Form.
The Eclipse Awards are named after the great 18th-century racehorse and foundation sire Eclipse, who began racing at age five and was undefeated in 18 starts, including eight walkovers. Eclipse sired the winners of 344 races, including three Epsom Derbies.
The NTRA is a broad-based coalition of horse racing interests consisting of leading thoroughbred racetracks, owners, breeders, trainers and affiliated horse racing associations, charged with increasing the popularity of horse racing and improving economic conditions for industry participants. The NTRA has offices in Lexington, Ky., and Rye Brook, N.Y. NTRA press releases appear on the NTRA web site, NTRA.com.
