Take a look at the list below- names courtesy of Bloodhorse.com. Of the horses in the list who should win a particular category? And, using those horses listed, who should be Horse Of The Year?
My selections are:
2 YO Male: Hansen
2 Yo Filly: Stephanie's Kitten
3 YO Male: Shakleford
3 Yo Filly: It's Tricky
Older Male: Game on Dude
Older Female: Blind Luck
Male Sprinter and Female Sprinter: ? nobody impressed me enough
Male Turf Horse: Cape Blanco
Female Turf Horse: Duwabi Heights
Steeplechase Horse: Tax Ruling
Horse Of the Year: Game On Dude
The Eclipse Awards finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
2-Year-Old Male: Creative Cause, Hansen, Union Rags
2-Year-Old Filly: Grace Hall, My Miss Aurelia, Stephanie's Kitten
3-Year-Old Male: Animal Kingdom, Caleb's Posse, Shackleford
3-Year-Old Filly: It's Tricky, Plum Pretty, Royal Delta
Older Male: Acclamation, Game on Dude, Tizway
Older Female: Awesome Maria, Blind Luck, Havre de Grace
Male Sprinter: Amazombie, Caleb's Posse, Regally Ready
Female Sprinter: Hilda's Passion, Musical Romance, Sassy Image
Male Turf Horse: Acclamation, Cape Blanco , St Nicholas Abbey
Female Turf Horse: Dubawi Heights, Perfect Shirl, Stacelita
Steeplechase Horse: Black Jack Blues, Decoy Daddy, Tax Ruling
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"And down the stretch they come!..."
LW
1 day 12 hours
Havre de Grace deserved that one.
And that's three years in a row that girls rule, and boys run around the track lookin' pretty!
Bwaa haaa haaa hah!
2 min 27 sec
No, the boys run around the track trying to catch the girls, but can't. LOL She deserved the HOY award. I like her a lot.
1 hour 49 min
to Zenyatta for winning the Classic a couple years ago, now they give it to Havre de Grace for running up the track. I guess this was just a weaker year.
Congrats to the Ramseys, Acclamation, Animal Kingdom and all the other winners and nominees. Nice to see the Johnston's, of Old English Rancho fame, accepting an Eclipse!
1 hour 15 min
black caviar should get this reward....smiles
1 day 12 hours
Black Caviar is an amazing horse, so is Frankel, but they don't qualify for Eclipse Awards. In international rankings, they're not the only two horses that rank higher than our Eclipse award winners.
I'd love to see both those horses race here in the states this coming year, but I think they're doing so well where they are, they're likely to stay there. But we'll see.....
1 hour 49 min
Black Caviar and the better USA horses race in England. It is after all the birthplace of the sport.
I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Black Caviar, Frankel, and many other horses race due to the great expansion of international broadcasting recently.