NTRA Release
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that Britney Eurton and Lindsay Czarniak will co-host the 54th Annual Eclipse Awards, which will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at The Breakers Palm Beach. Caton Bredar will be again serving as the Ceremony Announcer.
“We are thrilled to have Britney Eurton back to co-host her fifth consecutive Eclipse Awards and to be joined by first time host Lindsay Czarniak,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “These two women are incredible ambassadors for our sport, and together their headlining the Eclipse Awards will bring the 2024 champions into the households of everyone watching from home and make for a great night.”
The Eclipse Awards will honor the 2024 human and equine champions of Thoroughbred racing. Named after the great 18th-century racehorse and foundation sire Eclipse, the awards will be presented in 17 categories and will be televised live on FanDuel TV, Racetrack Television Network (RTN), and streamed on multiple outlets.
Ticket sales for the black-tie Eclipse Awards will begin on Monday, November 18, 2024. To stay up to date on the 54th Annual Eclipse Awards and for more information, visit https://www.ntra.com/eclipse-awards/.
Britney Eurton is a host and reporter for NBC, Amazon Prime, and other independent networks. She began her broadcasting career with FanDuel (formerly TVG) in 2014, covering major horse racing events around the world such as the Triple Crown, Breeders’ Cup, and Royal Ascot. She returns to the Eclipse Awards in 2025 having co-hosted the past five years. In 2017, Eurton made her NBC Sports debut with the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and now serves as a host and reporter for their horse racing coverage. Her role with NBC has also included reporting on diverse events, such as tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics, volleyball, and MLB in addition to hosting the 2024 Paris Paralympics. For Amazon Prime, Eurton currently covers the National Women’s Soccer League. Eurton is a board member for New Vocations, one of the largest Thoroughbred aftercare organizations in the country. A graduate of the University of Southern California with a degree in business, she is the daughter of Peter Eurton, a former jockey and accomplished Thoroughbred horse trainer.
Lindsay Czarniak is an EMMY and Gracie award-winning broadcaster known for her work across the sports industry. This year Czarniak served as host of NBC Universal’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on USA Network. Her reporting and hosting roles have included the Today Show 3rd Hour, the Indy 500 Victory Celebration and the events surrounding the sport’s biggest race, as well as host of the National Grocers Association’s annual Best Bagger Championship. Lindsay continues her work as a journalistic content creator with her partnership with America’s Best Racing and their “Stake in Stardom” program.
In recent years, Czarniak has appeared in on-air hosting and sideline reporting roles for FOX NFL and NASCAR, CBS’s Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), and NBC Sports coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. She had also hosted celebrity interview podcasts “The Artist and The Athlete” with Sony Music pairing top sports and music stars with surprising connections and “Lunch with Lindsay” sitting with notable figures in sports and entertainment for casual conversations. Previously Czarniak worked at ESPN from 2011 to 2017, anchoring SportsCenter and contributing to Sunday NFL Countdown as a reporter and host in the field. During this time, she became the first woman to host the network’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on ABC.
Czarniak began her career as an on-air reporter on multiple stations in Atlanta, GA, Jacksonville, Florida, and Miami Florida. She also worked at the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C. for the legendary George Michael as a sports reporter/anchor and fill in host of “the George Michael Sports Machine.” Czarniak grew up learning about horse racing from her father, Chet Czarniak, who began covering the sport for USA Today in the early 1980’s. She graduated from James Madison University in 2000 with a major in journalism and a minor in studio art. She lives in Connecticut with her husband Craig Melvin and two children.
