Eventers Chime in to Promote OTTBS with #NeverEclipsed Campaign

By on Jan 9, 2020 9:00 am -

If you’ve spent any time on social media this week, you’ve in all likelihood noticed a new hashtag making its way around the horse community. #NeverEclipsed is a social media campaign launched by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to salute the versatile off-track Thoroughbred as the 49th Annual Eclipse Awards for Thoroughbred racing approach later this month.

You can participate in the #NeverEclipsed campaign, which stops taking submissions on January 17. Select submissions will be shown, highlight-reel style, during the awards ceremony at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Note: Thanks to our readers for pointing out that posts on Facebook and Twitter using #NeverEclipsed will be used, and Instagram is not mentioned as an eligible platform for selection into the highlight reel.

We’ve seen plenty of eventers jumping on the wagon, so here is a round-up of a few of our favorite #NeverEclipsed posts. Don’t forget to add yours to the mix to promote the breed most loved by event riders the world over! Go OTTBS, and Go Eventing.

#nevereclipsed #SimplyPriceless aka kalinga Damo(his Australian track name) the thoroughbred that gives me wings ❤️❤️:) #gojohnnygo

Posted by Elisa Wallace on Wednesday, January 8, 2020

#nevereclipsedRaced under the Jockey club name MightyrecklessHollywood and I living the dream!

Posted by Kelly Sult-Ransom on Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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Jumping on the #ottb #nevereclipsed bandwagon, because god forbid I pass up any opportunity to brag about my kiddos. 💙💚 I brought both kiddos from their second ride off the track to prelim and I couldn’t be more proud of them. Cassius C aka Donnie aka Donatello. 23: 2, 2, 9. Earning $34.6K. My first event horse and taught me the hard way everything I know. He’s temperamental, sassy, has more opinions than I care for, and my ultimate heart horse. We’ve traveled all across the county, won countless ribbons at events and jumper shows, taken home our fair share of year end awards, and now he cruises around beginner novice and novice like the queen he was meant to be. He has endless heart it’s the coolest feeling in the world on cross country when he digs deep and steps his gallop and jump into another gear. T Hop aka Oscar aka Valhalla 16: 1, 2, 2. Earning $7.7K The horse I stumbled onto when I wasn’t even horse shopping. Philly said I had to have him and he’d change my life. I took a leap of faith and bought him even though he failed his PPE. The first year was rough with the baby dinosaur, he was slow to trust, would lose his legs out from under him at the canter and fall over and it felt like we were constantly out of control. A slow start to his eventing career was exactly what he needed, as he effortlessly cruised around his first season at prelim this year. He’s by far the most game horse I’ve ever ridden, and every day impresses me with how much he continues to grow up. Every time we think he’s hit his max he shows us he’s just a little lazy and unimpressed. Can’t wait to see where he goes. I am SO blessed these failed racehorses found their way into my life and continue to bless me with their strong personalities, insane athleticism, and unconditional love. I love the #nevereclipsed campaign and seeing how versatile and awesome off-the-track thoroughbreds are. 🐎

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Happily Twisted #nevereclipsed 2016 came off track, 2019 ran his first 3*. Horse of a lifetime

Posted by Kim Wendel on Wednesday, January 8, 2020

#nevereclipsed to the horse that gave me limitless wings. There will never be another❤️ #GoAlGo #anthonypatch #yesimcryingpostingthese #unforgettablememories #internationAL

Posted by Lainey Ashker on Wednesday, January 8, 2020

#NeverEclipsed Radio Flyer by Stick Together, out of Gypsy Hoofer. Off the track in '98, he brought me back to the…

Posted by Dorothy Crowell on Thursday, January 9, 2020

Kulik Lodge (Curlin) bred and raced by Stonestreet Farm. He ran 12 times, earned $180,000. Now he’s leaping big into his…

Posted by Wendy Uzelac Wooley on Wednesday, January 8, 2020