Caledonia Road – 2017 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Caledonia Road won two of her three lifetime starts in 2017, but the highlight came with a 3 1/4-length romp in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on November 4. That was […]
Eclipse Awards
West Coast – 2017 Champion 3-Year-Old Male
West Coast emerged as a force during the second half of the year, posting convincing victories in the Travers (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G1), and concluded his sophomore campaign with a respectable third in the […]
World Approval – 2017 Champion Turf Male
Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval, who emulated half-brother Miesque’s Approval when taking the November 4 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), has now followed him onto the Eclipse Award podium as champion turf male. TURF MALE […]
Forever Unbridled – 2017 Champion Older Dirt Female
Forever Unbridled was honored as the 2017 champion older dirt female at Thursday evening’s Eclipse Award ceremony for putting together a perfect three-for-three campaign for owner/breeder Charles E. Fipke and trainer Dallas Stewart. OLDER DIRT […]
Roy H – 2017 Champion Male Sprinter
Entering the 2017 racing season, Roy H would hardly have been considered potential championship material by anyone except the most dewy-eyed of optimists. One-for-11 entering the term, he’d been stuck at the entry-level allowance condition […]
Lady Eli – 2017 Champion Turf Female
Sheep Pond Partners’ Lady Eli, whose victory over life-threatening laminitis earned her as many fans as her exploits on the racecourse, has concluded her career with an Eclipse Award as champion turf female. Had she […]
Unique Bella – 2017 Champion Female Sprinter
Unique Bella lived up to her name in 2017, turning from an early route campaign to be named the 2017 champion female sprinter. FEMALE SPRINTER FIRST-PLACE VOTES UNIQUE BELLA 90 Paulassilverlining 60 Ami’s Mesa 41 […]
Scorpiancer – 2017 Champion Steeplechaser
A tendon injury limited Scorpiancer to a mere two starts in 2017, but the Irish-bred son of Scorpion was repeatedly flattered by early-season victories in the Temple Gwathmey (G3) and Calvin Houghland Iroquois (G1) throughout […]
Abel Tasman – 2017 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Abel Tasman proved victorious in three of her seven starts during 2017, with all three coming in Grade 1 contests, and closed out her sophomore campaign with a half-length second in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff […]
Chad Brown – 2017 Outstanding Trainer
Chad Brown earned his first Eclipse Award in 2016 and on Thursday night added another trophy to his collection when honored as the outstanding trainer of 2017. TRAINER FIRST-PLACE VOTES CHAD […]