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12-28-2015, 03:25 PM
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My 2015 Eclipse Ballot..
It's that time of year again.. Here's my Eclipse submissions..
[Bracketed] are finalists v. my [Italicized] selections.. Red the winner. Horse of the Year: 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Beholder, 3rd - Honor Code [Runhappy] Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Nyquist, 2nd - Airoforce, 3rd - Swipe [Mohaymen] Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Songbird, 2nd - Catch a Glimpse, 3rd - Rachel's Valentina Three-Year-Old Male: : 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Runhappy, 3rd - Dortmund Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Lady Eli, 2nd - I'm a Chatterbox, 3rd - Stellar Wind [Found] Older Dirt Male: 1st - Honor Code, 2nd - Liam's Map, 3rd - Tonalist Older Dirt Female: 1st - Beholder, 2nd - Stopchargingmaria, 3rd - Sheer Drama Male Sprinter: 1st - Runhappy, 2nd - Rock Fall, 3rd - Private Zone Female Sprinter: 1st - Lady Shipman, 2nd - Wavell Avenue, 3rd - La Verdad Male Turf Horse: 1st - Big Blue Kitten, 2nd - Mondialiste, 3rd - The Pizza Man [Golden Horn] Female Turf Horse: 1st - Tepin , 2nd - Stephanie's Kitten, 3rd - Lady Eli [Found] Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Dawalan, 2nd - Bob Le Beau, 3rd - African Oil [Demonstrative] Owner: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Stonestreet Stables, 3rd - Gary Barber [Midwest Thoroughbreds; Ramseys] Breeder: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Ken & Sarah Ramsey, 3rd - Machmer Hall [Darley] Trainer: 1st - Bob Baffert, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Mark Casse [Todd Pletcher] Jockey: 1st - Javier Castellano, 2nd - Victor Espinoza, 3rd - Joe Bravo [I. Ortiz Jr.] Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Tyler Gaffalione, 2nd - Eric Cancel, 3rd - Ashley Broussard [Angel Cruz]
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12-28-2015, 03:26 PM
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Here is link to PP's and stats: www.drf.com/eclipsemedia.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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12-28-2015, 03:41 PM
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Great choices Steve. The only one where I'd differ is flipping Honor Code and Liam's Map for Older Dirt Male.
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12-28-2015, 04:01 PM
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12-28-2015, 04:28 PM
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12-28-2015, 05:15 PM
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At the end of the day, one heck of a year of horse racing.
What a treat it was! Thanks for posting Steve. Spyder from SC
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12-28-2015, 05:21 PM
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Both won 2 gr 1s, but honor code also won the gr 2 gulfstream h'cap.
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12-29-2015, 07:36 AM
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12-29-2015, 07:34 AM
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12-30-2015, 10:28 PM
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12-30-2015, 11:34 PM
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YEAH AND .................HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
in case i miss it.
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01-06-2016, 09:00 AM
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11a release on Eclipse finalists..
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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01-06-2016, 11:45 AM
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The 2015 Eclipse Awards finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
Horse of the Year: American Pharoah, Beholder, Runhappy Two-Year-Old Male: Airoforce, Mohaymen, Nyquist Two-Year-Old Filly: Catch a Glimpse, Rachel's Valentina, Songbird Three-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Runhappy Three-Year-Old Filly: Found (IRE), I'm a Chatterbox, Stellar Wind Older Dirt Male: Honor Code, Liam's Map, Tonalist Older Dirt Female: Beholder, Sheer Drama, Stopchargingmaria Male Sprinter: Private Zone, Rock Fall, Runhappy Female Sprinter: La Verdad, Lady Shipman, Wavell Avenue Male Turf Horse: Big Blue Kitten, Golden Horn (GB), The Pizza Man Female Turf Horse: Found (IRE), Stephanie's Kitten, Tepin Steeplechase Horse: Bob Le Beau (IRE), Dawalan (FR), Demonstrative Owner: Midwest TB's, Inc., Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Breeder: Darley, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano, Victor Espinoza, Irad Ortiz, Jr. Apprentice Jockey: Eric Cancel, Angel Cruz, Tyler Gaffalione
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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01-06-2016, 04:14 PM
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If I had a vote, I'd vote for Golden Horn as top male turf horse. I know people will say that's ridiculous but there are two reasons why.
1. Unless the criteria has changed, the award is supposed to go to the best ELIGIBLE horse in a division. To be eligible, a horse needs only to start once in North America. So is Golden Horn eligible? Yes. Was there a BETTER American male turf horse than him that ran in this country this year? I don't think so. Some will vote Big Blue Kitten. Some will vote The Pizza Man. He beat them both. He did lose the race.....but not to any males. 2. People will say it's ridiculous to vote for a horse that didn't even win a race in this country. I will offer up Singspiel. He won an Eclipse as best male turf horse in 1996 and did so without ever winning a race in this country. In fact, he never even RAN in this country!! He came over to Canada and won the International before running second in the BC Turf, both at Woodbine.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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01-16-2016, 08:49 PM
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[Bracketed] are finalists v. my [Italicized] selections.. Red the winner.
Horse of the Year: 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Beholder, 3rd - Honor Code [Runhappy] Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Nyquist, 2nd - Airoforce, 3rd - Swipe [Mohaymen] Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Songbird, 2nd - Catch a Glimpse, 3rd - Rachel's Valentina Three-Year-Old Male: : 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Runhappy, 3rd - Dortmund Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Lady Eli, 2nd - I'm a Chatterbox, 3rd - Stellar Wind [Found] Older Dirt Male: 1st - Honor Code, 2nd - Liam's Map, 3rd - Tonalist Older Dirt Female: 1st - Beholder, 2nd - Stopchargingmaria, 3rd - Sheer Drama Male Sprinter: 1st - Runhappy, 2nd - Rock Fall, 3rd - Private Zone Female Sprinter: 1st - Lady Shipman, 2nd - Wavell Avenue, 3rd - La Verdad Male Turf Horse: 1st - Big Blue Kitten, 2nd - Mondialiste, 3rd - The Pizza Man [Golden Horn] Female Turf Horse: 1st - Tepin, 2nd - Stephanie's Kitten, 3rd - Lady Eli [Found] Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Dawalan, 2nd - Bob Le Beau, 3rd - African Oil [Demonstrative] Owner: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Stonestreet Stables, 3rd - Gary Barber [Midwest Thoroughbreds; Ramseys] Breeder: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Ken & Sarah Ramsey, 3rd - Machmer Hall [Darley] Trainer: 1st - Bob Baffert, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Mark Casse [Todd Pletcher] Jockey: 1st - Javier Castellano, 2nd - Victor Espinoza, 3rd - Joe Bravo [I. Ortiz Jr.] Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Tyler Gaffalione, 2nd - Eric Cancel, 3rd - Ashley Broussard [Angel Cruz]
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans Last edited by Kasept : 01-17-2016 at 06:33 AM.
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01-16-2016, 08:52 PM
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Horse of the Year: American Pharoah - Finalists (first-place votes) - American Pharoah (261)
Two-Year-Old Male: Nyquist - Finalists (first-place votes) - Nyquist (255); Mohaymen (3) Two-Year-Old Filly: Songbird - Finalists (first-place votes) - Songbird (260); Catch a Glimpse (1) Three-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah - Finalists (first-place votes) - American Pharoah (261) Three-Year-Old Filly: Stellar Wind - Finalists (first-place votes) - Stellar Wind (108); I'm a Chatterbox (47); Found (46) Older Dirt Male: Honor Code - Finalists (first-place votes) - Honor Code (126); Liam's Map (95); Tonalist (14) Older Dirt Female: Beholder - Finalists (first-place votes) - Beholder (256); Stopchargingmaria (4); Sheer Drama (1) Male Sprinter: Runhappy - Finalists (first-place votes) - Runhappy (255), Private Zone (2); Rock Fall (2) Female Sprinter: La Verdad - Finalists (first-place votes) - La Verdad (98); Wavell Avenue (90); Lady Shipman (41) Male Turf Horse: Big Blue Kitten - Finalists (first-place votes) - Big Blue Kitten (134); Golden Horn (63); The Pizza Man (41) Female Turf Horse: Tepin - Finalists (first-place votes) - Tepin (211); Found (38); Stephanie's Kitten (8) Steeplechase Horse: Dawalan - Finalists (first-place votes) - Dawalan (165); Bob Le Beau (47); African Oil (2) Owner: Zayat Stables - Finalists (first-place votes) - Zayat Stables (220); Ken and Sarah Ramsey (26); Midwest Thoroughbreds (6) Breeder: Zayat Stables - Finalists (first-place votes) - Zayat Stables (190); Ken and Sarah Ramsey (39); Darley (13) Trainer: Bob Baffert - Finalists (first-place votes) - Bob Baffert (200); Todd Pletcher (44); Chad Brown (12) Jockey: Javier Castellano - Finalists (first-place votes) - Javier Castellano (184); Victor Espinoza (70); Joe Bravo (1) Jockey: Apprentice Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione - Finalists (first-place votes) - Tyler Gaffalione (149); Eric Cancel (63); Angel Cruz (9)
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans Last edited by Kasept : 01-18-2016 at 08:39 AM.
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01-24-2016, 07:22 PM
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WoW ..  from weekend blog on yahoo to eclipse award elector in 12 years...you've done well congratulations Steve Now that I am back from Denver and my west coast tour,with my mind still in tact, i hope to say hi, at AP this summer I still can't spell, and now my vision fades
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