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![]() The vision of the TCR awards is to give recognition to the horses whose on track accomplishments have merited special notice. We need your votes to help decide the rightful year-end champions.
TCR point standings have been updated all year long giving us a picture of every horses accomplishments in numerical form. For a more detailed look at how the TCR is calculated you may visit here Now is the chance for us, the fans of Thoroughbred racing, to vote on the horses that we feel were the most accomplished and thus the most deserving of year end recognition. Voting is easy. Below you will find a list of the top TCR ranked horses in each division along with their point totals for the year. Simply take all 5 horses and rank them in the exact order of your preference. You may either post them in this thread, or send me your votes via personal message or email (canken19@hotmail.com). Please familiarize yourself with these horses and their accomplishments in 2006 prior to voting. A link to the DRF Past Performances of the majority of the contenders for each division can be found here You do not need to vote for all 10 awards. You can simply vote for one division if you wish. However in order to be valid a vote must include all 5 of the finalists ranked in the exact order of your preference. My goal is get 100 votes for each award. Voting will close at midnight Jan 22nd. Votes will account for 50% of the final total. The final 2006 TCR standings will account for the other 50% of the consideration. The award will be given to the horse that has the highest combined point total and votes received. All award finalists have met the following criteria: - The finalist must have made three starts minimum in America. - The finalist must meet the age and gender requirements of the division to be eligible. - The finalist must have won a graded stakes in current season. - The finalist must have run three races within the division in order to be eligible for that division. - The finalist must have finished in the top five in the TCR after the above filters have been applied. Thanks for your support in this project! Horse of the Year Lava Man 379.04 Invasor 369.20 Bernardini 343.86 Aragorn 296.75 The Tin Man 267.50 Older Horse (Dirt & All Weather) Lava Man 379.04 Invasor 369.20 Thors Echo 232.30 Premium Tap 212.40 Siren Lure 185.22 Older Mare (Dirt & All Weather) Fleet Indian 217.88 Take DTour 170.48 Behaving Badly 165.14 Healthy Addiction 164.94 Round Pond 157.80 Turf Horse Aragorn 296.75 The Tin Man 267.50 English Channel 261.20 Showing Up 240.62 Miesques Approval 234.56 Turf Filly and Mare Wait A While 197.24 Honey Ryder 167.12 Gorella 130.78 Film Maker 107.28 Foxysox 106.30 Sprinter (All Surfaces) Thors Echo 232.30 Siren Lure 185.22 Behaving Badly 165.14 Nightmare Affair 138.23 Silver Train 135.90 3yo Colt (All Surfaces) Bernardini 343.86 Showing Up 240.62 Barbaro 209.56 Discreet Cat 208.82 Bluegrass Cat 184.22 3yo Filly (All Surfaces) Wait A While 197.24 Bushfire 139.90 Pine Island 128.64 Foxysox 106.30 Balance - 98.50 2yo Colt (All Surfaces) Circular Quay 114.17 Street Sense 110.39 Great Hunter 101.76 Scat Daddy 95.06 Stormello 94.46 2yo Filly (All Surfaces) Dreaming of Anna 116.36 Octave 63.19 Point Ashley 44.80 Romance Is Diane 43.80 Sutra 42.14 |
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![]() 3yo Filly (All Surfaces)
Pine Island Balance Bushfire Foxysox Wait A While |
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![]() Horse of the Year
Invasor Bernardini Lava Man The Tin Man Aragorn Older Horse (Dirt & All Weather) Invasor Premium Tap Lava Man Thors Echo Siren Lure Turf Horse Miesques Approval Showing Up The Tin Man English Channel Aragorn Turf Filly and Mare Gorella Honey Ryder Film Maker Wait A While Foxysox |
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![]() Quote:
Lava Man Bernardini The Tin Man Aragorn Quote:
Lava Man Premium Tap Thor's Echo Siren Lure Quote:
The Tin Man Aragorn English Channel Showing Up Miesque's Approval Quote:
Silver Train Siren Lure Behaving Badly Nightmare Affair Quote:
Barbaro Showing Up Discreet Cat Bluegrass Cat --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |
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![]() Thank you for all the responses thus far. It is interesting to gather to opinions of fans from all different sources. I'm a regular on the TBC message board and it is certainly apparent that when a certain group is always discussing the same races together that some biases appear, either for or against certain horses.
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