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01-01-2021, 11:25 AM
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2020 Eclipse Award Ballot & Discussion ~ Finalists
My 2020 Eclipse Ballot
Horse of the Year: 1st - Authentic, 2nd - Monomoy Girl, 3rd - Improbable Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Essential Quality, 2nd - Jackie's Warrior, 3rd - Fire At Will Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Vequist, 2nd - Dayoutoftheoffice, 3rd - Aunt Pearl Three-Year-Old Male: : 1st - Authentic, 2nd - Tiz the Law, 3rd - Nadal Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Swiss Skydiver, 2nd - Gamine, 3rd - Shedaresthedevil Older Dirt Male: 1st - Improbable, 2nd - Vekoma, 3rd - By My Standards ~ [Maximum Security] Older Dirt Female: 1st - Monomoy Girl, 2nd - Serengeti Empress, 3rd - Valiance ~ [Midnight Bisou] Male Sprinter: 1st - Whitmore, 2nd - Vekoma, 3rd - Volatile Female Sprinter: 1st - Gamine, 2nd - Serengeti Empress, 3rd - Bell's the One ~ [Glass Slippers] Male Turf Horse: 1st - Channel Maker, 2nd - Zulu Alpha, 3rd - Domestic Spending ~ [Order of Australia] Female Turf Horse: 1st - Rushing Fall, 2nd - Tarnawa, 3rd - Starship Jubilee ~ [Audarya] Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Moscato, 2nd - Snap Decision, 3rd - Rashaan Owner: 1st - Gary Barber, 2nd - Klaravich Stables, 3rd - Three Diamonds Farm ~ [Godolphin; Team Authentic] Breeder: 1st - WinStar Farm, 2nd - Calumet Farm, 3rd - Godolphin ~ [Peter Blum] Jockey: 1st - Joel Rosario, 2nd - Luis Saez, 3rd - John Velazquez ~ [Irad Ortiz Jr.] Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Luis Cardenas, 2nd - Alexander Crispin, 3rd - Yarmarie L. Correa Trainer: 1st - Brad Cox, 2nd - Bob Baffert, 3rd - Chad Brown ~ [Steve Asmussen]
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01-01-2021, 11:28 AM
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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
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01-16-2021, 06:20 PM
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Finalists
HOY
Authentic (Into Mischief) Improbable (City Zip) Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) 2YO Male Essential Quality (Tapit) Fire At Will (Declaration of War) Jackie’s Warrior (Maclean’s Music) 2YO Female Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) Dayoutoftheoffice (Into Mischief) Vequist (Nyquist) 3YO Male Authentic (Into Mischief) Nadal (Blame) Tiz The Law (Constitution) 3YO Female Gamine (Into Mischief) Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) Older Dirt Male Improbable (City Zip) Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}) Dirt Female Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) Serengeti Empress (Alternation) Male Sprinter Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}) Volatile (Violence) Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect) Female Sprinter Gamine (Into Mischief) Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead) Serengeti Empress (Alternation) Turf Male Channel Maker (English Channel) Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) Zulu Alpha (Street Cry {Ire}) Turf Female Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal) Steeplechase Moscato (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) Rashaan (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}) Snap Decision (Hard Spun) Owner Godolphin Klaravich Stables Spendthrift/MyRacehorse/Madaket/Starlight Breeder Peter Blum Thoroughbreds Calumet Farm WinStar Farm LLC Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. Joel Rosario John Velazquez Apprentice Luis Cardenas Yarmarie Correa Alexander Crispin Trainer Steve Asmussen Bob Baffert Brad Cox
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01-16-2021, 06:24 PM
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As usual, some indefensible voting.. and as is typical, in the human categories
That Gary Barber isn't a finalist is an embarrassment considering he should be honored as the year's top Owner.
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01-17-2021, 02:02 PM
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Tough to separate the HOY top 3 but I'm would go with Monomoy Girl. Undefeated in 2020 gives her an edge.
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01-17-2021, 02:22 PM
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Baffert being a finalist for champion trainer, after all that went on with his barn in 2020, is a disgrace.
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01-18-2021, 04:31 AM
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01-25-2021, 05:28 PM
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I would have had Charlatan as the third finalist for top 3yo male over Nadal.
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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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01-28-2021, 07:53 PM
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'Barry Adams'.. Beyond embarrassing. Just hopeless.
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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
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