Edwards Returns to Host Eclipse Awards a Seventh Time
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Jeannine Edwards has hosted the Eclipse Awards six times
Broadcaster Jeannine Edwards, who enjoyed an award-winning, 22-year career with ESPN and ABC, will host the 48th annual Eclipse Awards Jan. 24. It will be the seventh time Edwards has hosted the ceremony.
The Eclipse Awards, which honors the 2018 champions of Thoroughbred racing, will be held for the seventh time at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The NTRA, Daily Racing Form, and National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Jan. 2 that Edwards would host this year's event.
"I'm delighted to have been asked to host the Eclipse Awards once again," Edwards said in a press release. "It's a privilege to be a part of racing's championship night, and I look forward to the opportunity to connect with old friends and honor all those who made horse racing exceptional in 2018."
Edwards joined ESPN in 1995 as a Thoroughbred racing analyst and over time became one of the network's most recognizable faces. She worked the sidelines for college football and college basketball, in addition to reporting on a variety of news for SportsCenter, including extensive coverage of American Pharoah 's 2015 Triple Crown run.
In 2009 Edwards was part of the broadcast team that won an Eclipse Award for the Belmont Stakes (G1) telecast on ABC, as well as an Emmy nomination for the Breeders' Cup on ESPN. That same team won a second Eclipse Award and a second Emmy nomination for the 2010 Breeders' Cup telecast.
A native of Tenafly, N.J., Edwards spent 10 years on the racetrack as an exercise rider, apprentice jockey, and trainer in New York and New Jersey before initially getting into television in 1994 as an in-house TV host at racetracks in Maryland.