State of the Eclipse races: Swiss Skydiver clinches, other divisions coming into focus
The Breeders’ Cup is five weeks from now, several Eclipse Award races came into much sharper focus an indeed, we’re ready to make a call in one of them. […]
Eclipse Awards
Bricks and Mortar established as 2019 Horse of the Year
Reviving from nearly career-ending setbacks, Bricks and Mortar compiled a perfect season to garner 2019 Horse of the Year honors and reign as the unanimous champion turf male. He also helped all of his human […]
Maximum Security – 2019 Champion 3-Year-Old Male
Disqualified as the first-past-the-post in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Maximum Security ultimately regained his position atop the division and earned the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old male. Voters also made the Gary and Mary West […]
Mitole – 2019 Champion Male Sprinter
Mitole capped a 6-for-7 season and a terrific 10-for-14 lifetime career with a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, beating his younger and favored rival Shancelot. […]
Covfefe – 2019 Champion 3-Year-Old Filly & Champion Female Sprinter
Arguably one of the swiftest female sprint champions of the 2010s, Covfefe was also judged the best of her age group overall when no standout emerged from the traditional route events that typically go far […]
Vino Rosso – 2019 Champion Older Dirt Male
Vino Rosso showed promise early in his career when on the Triple Crown trail, but the classy chestnut horse did not put it all together until his 4-year-old season. After finishing first in three Grade […]
Midnight Bisou – 2019 Champion Older Dirt Female
A nearly perfect season ensured that Midnight Bisou would be voted champion older dirt female. Indeed, despite her winning skein coming to an end in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), the Steve Asmussen mare still […]
Uni – 2019 Champion Turf Female
A Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) victory propelled Uni to the champion turf female title, giving trainer Chad Brown a sweep of the turf awards led by Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar. Uni’s lifetime […]
Storm the Court – 2019 Champion 2-Year-Old Male
In a year which resembled 2003 in that no male juvenile truly separated himself from the rest, Storm the Court emerged as a default choice by many for winning the division’s signature event, the Breeders’ […]
British Idiom – 2019 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly
Continuing the vice-like grip of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winners in the Eclipse Awards balloting, unbeaten British Idiom was honored as divisional champion in a landslide vote. British Idiom’s lifetime past performances courtesy of […]