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01-06-2016, 08:00 AM
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11a release on Eclipse finalists..
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#2
01-06-2016, 10:45 AM
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The 2015 Eclipse Awards finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
Horse of the Year: American Pharoah, Beholder, Runhappy Two-Year-Old Male: Airoforce, Mohaymen, Nyquist Two-Year-Old Filly: Catch a Glimpse, Rachel's Valentina, Songbird Three-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Runhappy Three-Year-Old Filly: Found (IRE), I'm a Chatterbox, Stellar Wind Older Dirt Male: Honor Code, Liam's Map, Tonalist Older Dirt Female: Beholder, Sheer Drama, Stopchargingmaria Male Sprinter: Private Zone, Rock Fall, Runhappy Female Sprinter: La Verdad, Lady Shipman, Wavell Avenue Male Turf Horse: Big Blue Kitten, Golden Horn (GB), The Pizza Man Female Turf Horse: Found (IRE), Stephanie's Kitten, Tepin Steeplechase Horse: Bob Le Beau (IRE), Dawalan (FR), Demonstrative Owner: Midwest TB's, Inc., Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Breeder: Darley, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano, Victor Espinoza, Irad Ortiz, Jr. Apprentice Jockey: Eric Cancel, Angel Cruz, Tyler Gaffalione
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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01-06-2016, 03:14 PM
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If I had a vote, I'd vote for Golden Horn as top male turf horse. I know people will say that's ridiculous but there are two reasons why.
1. Unless the criteria has changed, the award is supposed to go to the best ELIGIBLE horse in a division. To be eligible, a horse needs only to start once in North America. So is Golden Horn eligible? Yes. Was there a BETTER American male turf horse than him that ran in this country this year? I don't think so. Some will vote Big Blue Kitten. Some will vote The Pizza Man. He beat them both. He did lose the race.....but not to any males. 2. People will say it's ridiculous to vote for a horse that didn't even win a race in this country. I will offer up Singspiel. He won an Eclipse as best male turf horse in 1996 and did so without ever winning a race in this country. In fact, he never even RAN in this country!! He came over to Canada and won the International before running second in the BC Turf, both at Woodbine.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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