2023 Eclipse Award Ballot & Discussion
 

2023 PP's & Statistics

Eclipse candidates past performances (Updated December 29)

Statistics

Horses
Jockeys
Trainers
Owners
Breeders
Apprentice Jockeys
2023 Grade 1 Stakes Winners

My 2023 Eclipse Ballot

Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Fierceness, 2nd - Muth, 3rd - Locked
Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Just F Y I, 2nd - Hard to Justify, 3rd - She Feels Pretty

Three-Year-Old Male: : 1st - Arcangelo, 2nd - Forte, 3rd - Two Phil's
Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Pretty Mischievous, 2nd - Randomized, 3rd - Surge Capacity

Older Dirt Male: 1st - Cody's Wish , 2nd - White Abarrio, 3rd - Zandon
Older Dirt Female: 1st - Idiomatic, 2nd - Adare Manor , 3rd - Clairiere

Male Sprinter: 1st - Elite Power, 2nd - Gunite, 3rd - Nobals
Female Sprinter: 1st - Goodnight Olive, 2nd - Echo Zulu, 3rd - Maple Leaf Mel

Male Turf Horse: 1st - Up to the Mark, 2nd - Master of the Seas, 3rd - Casa Creed
Female Turf Horse: 1st - In Italian, 2nd - Fev Rover, 3rd - War Like Goddess
Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Merry Maker, 2nd - Snap Decision, 3rd - Belfast Banter

Owner: 1st - Godolphin, LLC, 2nd - Juddmonte, 3rd - Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Breeder: 1st - Godolphin, 2nd - Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 3rd - Brereton C. Jones
Trainer: 1st - Bill Mott, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Brad Cox

Jockey: 1st - Irad Ortiz Jr., 2nd - Javier Castellano, 3rd - Junior Alvarado
Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Axel Concepcion, 2nd - Sofia Vives, 3rd - Luis Rivera Jr.

Horse of the Year: 1st - Cody's Wish, 2nd - Idiomatic, 3rd - White Abarrio

As always, a reminder that 1st place determine winners with 2nd/3rd just window dressing. A couple of quibbles after voting..

Klaravich/Juddmonte impossible to separate behind Godolphin in Ownership, but Juddmonte will have 2 Champions;

Pletcher/Cox interchangeable at 3rd/4th in Trainer and I probably should have sided with Todd who'll have 2 Champions (plus Locked & Forte) to Brad's 1;

I often give a tip of the hat to the 3rd slot and a case can be made that Larry Rivelli deserved one for landing Two Phil's & Nobals on the ballot and his career year overall..

ECLIPSE FINALISTS

Two-Year-Old Male: Fierceness (City of Light), Locked (Gun Runner), Muth (Good Magic)
Two-Year-Old Filly: Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}), Hard to Justify (Justify), Just F Y I (Justify)

Three-Year-Old Male: Arcangelo (Arrogate), Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Mage (Good Magic)
Three-Year-Old Filly: Mawj (Ire) (Extend and Excel {Aus}), Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), Randomized (Nyquist)

Older Dirt Male: Cody's Wish (Curlin), Elite Power (Curlin), White Abarrio (Race Day)
Older Dirt Female: Clairiere (Curlin), Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper), Idiomatic (Curlin)

Male Sprinter: Cody's Wish (Curlin), Elite Power (Curlin), Gunite (Gun Runner)
Female Sprinter: Echo Zulu (Gun Runner), Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper), Maple Leaf Mel (Cross Traffic)

Male Turf Horse: Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Master of The Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Up to the Mark (Not This Time)
Female Turf Horse: In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Inspiral (Frankel {GB}), Mawj (Ire) (Extend and Excel {Aus})
Steeplechase Horse: Awakened (Curlin), Merry Maker (Ire) (Malinas {Ger}), Snap Decision (Hard Spun)

Owner: Godolphin LLC, Juddmonte, Klaravich Stables Inc
Breeder: Calumet Farm, Godolphin LLC, Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC,
Trainer: Chad Brown, Brad Cox, William I. Mott

Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione, Irad Ortiz, Jr., Flavien Prat
Apprentice Jockey: Axel Concepcion, Jamie Torres, Sofia Vives