April 27, 2024

Juddmonte Farms – 2017 Outstanding Owner

Arrogate became North America's all-time richest racehorse in the 2017 Dubai World Cup (Dubai Racing Club/Mathea Kelley)

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.