Juddmonte Farms earned its fourth Eclipse Award Thursday night as the 2017 outstanding owner and second straight after being honored in 2016 in the same category.
OWNER | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | |
JUDDMONTE FARMS | 143 | |
Winchell Thoroughbreds | 31 | |
Godolphin Racing | 21 | |
Sol Kumin, Head of Plains, Sheep Pond Partners | 19 | |
Klaravich Stables Inc. & William H. Lawrence | 11 | |
Calumet Farm | 7 | |
End Zone Athletics | 3 | |
Charles Fipke | 2 | |
Coolmore | 1 | |
e Five Racing Thoroughbreds | 1 | |
Fox Hill Farm | 1 | |
Live Oak Plantation | 1 | |
John Oxley | 1 | |
Stonestreet Stables | 1 | |
Voter Abstentions | 1 |
Juddmonte also won the outstanding owner Eclipse Award in 1992 and 2003, and has garnered five Eclipse Awards for leading breeder (1995, 2001-03 and 2009).
The global operation of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia ranked first in earnings among owners in 2017, with its runners earning $10,841,155. They ran up a 147-30-28-18 line for the year, good for a 20.4 percent win percentage.
The operation’s top runner in 2017 proved to be champion Arrogate, who catapulted the farm’s earnings into the stratosphere when winning the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) and $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) at the beginning of the year.
Juddmonte has breeding farms in Kentucky, England and Ireland.