ST Publishing Inc.’s brother duo of Joe and Sean Clancy earned Eclipse Award honorable mention recognition for their coverage of major racing events in 2025.
Both honors came in the News/Enterprise Writing Award category. Joe earned his recognition for his story titled “Journalism Writes a Masterpiece in Preakness Thriller” about the Preakness Stakes that appeared in the July 2025 edition of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. Sean earned his recognition for his story titled “Summer Reading” about the Travers Stakes that appeared in the August 27, 2025 edition of The Saratoga Special.
The Clancys are co-founders, co-owners and co-editors of the Maryland-based ST Publishing Inc., which owns and produces The Saratoga Special and Thisishorseracing.com and produces editorial for magazines Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and The Horsemen’s Journal.
Joe Clancy added his 2025 honorable mention to his Eclipse Award in the same category in 2014 for his piece “Horse of a Lifetime” on California Chrome’s victory in the Preakness Stakes that also appeared in Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. Joe serves as editor of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred.
Sean Clancy picked up his third honorable mention for writing and added the latest honor to his three Eclipse Awards for writing. Sean won the last two Eclipse Awards in the news/enterprise category for pieces that appeared in The Saratoga Special after taking home his first in 2009.
Natalie Voss, former editor-in-chief at Paulick Report, won the Eclipse Award for news/enterprise for her four-part series “Doom Scroll: Thoroughbreds, Bail Pens, And Horse Traders,” published in December 2024. Voss’ package provided an analysis on the methods, reactions and ramifications of bail pens, a new and growing economy in which horses, including many Thoroughbreds, are offered for sale to the public under the threat that they will be exported and rendered for meat if a steep “bail price” isn’t paid.
Judges in the news/enterprise category were Dan Liebman, former editor of BloodHorse and The State-Journal in Frankfort, Ky.; Jim Mulvihill, director of marketing communications for Denver-based Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, former editor and NTRA communications director; and David Papadopoulos, managing editor, Bloomberg News.
The 2025 Eclipse Award winners in the media categories:
Live Television Programming – FOX Sports, “The Belmont Stakes,” Michael Mulvihill, President – Insight and Analytics, June 7, 2025.
Feature Television – FOX Sports, “The Healing Ride,” Michael Mulvihill President – Insight & Analytics, June 7, 2025.
Writing – News/Enterprise – Natalie Voss, Paulick Report – “Doom Scroll: Thoroughbreds, Bail Pens, And Horse Traders,” December 2024.
Writing – Feature/Commentary – Jay Privman, DRF.com and Daily Racing Form, “Lukas Morphed from Caustic to Avuncular,” June 29, 2025.
Photography – Skip Dickstein, “Unseated,” The Albany Times-Union and BloodHorse, Aug. 31, 2025.
Multimedia – Augusta Chapman and Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics Radio “The Horse is Us: Inside the Horse-Industrial Complex,” Oct. 31, 2025.
Media Eclipse Award winners will be presented their trophies at the 55th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Ceremony and Dinner at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida Thursday, January 22.
