Roy H in 2018 became the first male horse to earn back-to-back sprint champion titles since Housebuster (1989-90), thus joining an illustrious group of two-time sprint champions that also includes Dr. Fager, Ta Wee, Decathlon, […]
Shamrock Rose made her presence felt during the second-half of 2018, offering a bold turn of foot to rally last-to-first in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), and the three-year-old filly parlayed her […]
Jaywalk capped a near perfect juvenile season under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs when romping home a 5 1/2-length winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on November 2. In the process, the […]
Game Winner went through his juvenile campaign undefeated in four starts and is the fifth titlest of this division trained by Bob Baffert, who previously conditioned champion colts Vindication (2002), Midshipman (2008), Lookin at Lucky […]
Triple Crown hero Justify and Breeders’ Cup winners Accelerate and Monomoy Girl lead the 2018 Eclipse Award finalists announced Saturday by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form (DRF) and National Turf Writers […]
Whenever mutually worthy candidates are up for Horse of the Year, strong cases can be made for both. But the ultimate result turns on what the majority of the Eclipse Award voters thinks the golden […]
Eclipse Award voters are encountering a bit of everything in this year’s equine divisional races. There are, of course, the slam dunk choices: Game Winner (juvenile colt), Justify (three-year-old colt), Monomoy Girl (three-year-old filly), Accelerate […]
Justify won the 2018 Triple Crown.
Supporters of Justify‘s Horse of the Year candidacy often note that the electorate has never turned its back on a Triple Crown winner for the honor since proper year-end polling commenced in 1936. True enough. […]
After punctuating a nearly flawless 2017 season with a convincing victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Gun Runner was named Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male at Thursday evening’s Eclipse Award ceremonies at […]
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