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Old 12-28-2015, 03:25 PM
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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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 12-28-2015, 04:01 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.
The Met Mile and Whitney for HC trump the Woodward and BC Dirt Mile for LM by quite a bit, IMO.
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Old 12-28-2015, 04:28 PM
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The Met Mile and Whitney for HC trump the Woodward and BC Dirt Mile for LM by quite a bit, IMO.
I get the prestige aspect, but Liam's Map was so much the best in the Whitney and finished the year stronger than Honor Code. That's why I'd give it to him.
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Old 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.

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Old 12-28-2015, 05:21 PM
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I get the prestige aspect, but Liam's Map was so much the best in the Whitney and finished the year stronger than Honor Code. That's why I'd give it to him.
My first thought was liams map...but in looking over both, i would give to honor code.
Both won 2 gr 1s, but honor code also won the gr 2 gulfstream h'cap.
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Old 12-29-2015, 07:34 AM
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It's that time of year again.. Here's my Eclipse submissions..

Horse of the Year: 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Beholder, 3rd - Honor Code

Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Nyquist, 2nd - Airoforce, 3rd - Swipe
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

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
Female Turf Horse: 1st - Tepin , 2nd - Stephanie's Kitten, 3rd - Lady Eli

Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Dawalan, 2nd - Bob Le Beau, 3rd - African Oil

Owner: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Stonestreet Stables, 3rd - Gary Barber
Breeder: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Ken & Sarah Ramsey , 3rd - Machmer Hall

Trainer: 1st - Bob Baffert, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Mark Casse
Jockey: 1st - Javier Castellano, 2nd - Victor Espinoza, 3rd - Joe Bravo
Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Tyler Gaffalione, 2nd - Eric Cancel, 3rd - Ashley Broussard
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Old 12-29-2015, 07:36 AM
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I get the prestige aspect, but Liam's Map was so much the best in the Whitney and finished the year stronger than Honor Code. That's why I'd give it to him.
So much the best...he lost to a horse that made up 15 lengths on him..He ran super, but HC wasnt a perfect trip suck up winner
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Old 12-29-2015, 09:55 AM
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I can't be the only one disappointed Freddy doesn't have a vote. I mean, someone has to vote for Shug, and every horse he trains, every year. It seems only fair
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Old 12-29-2015, 10:52 AM
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I guess this isn't the Heisman vote where your not allowed to divulge your selections/votes eh???
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So much the best...he lost to a horse that made up 15 lengths on him..He ran super, but HC wasnt a perfect trip suck up winner
The reason there were 15 lengths to make up is that Liam's Map was running skull-busting fractions for all nine furlongs, while Honor Code only had to run for about 3/8 of a mile. Give him credit for being the only one to make a significant close, but LM was clearly much the best that day.
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Old 12-30-2015, 01:21 AM
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Lady Shipmen never won a Graded stakes. Wavell Avenue won G2 and the G1 Championship. Isn't the Eclispe awards about champions not almost champions.
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Old 12-30-2015, 07:29 AM
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Lady Shipmen never won a Graded stakes. Wavell Avenue won G2 and the G1 Championship. Isn't the Eclispe awards about champions not almost champions.
Lady Shipman performed at a high level the entire year, finishing up with a superb performance against males. Wavell Avenue only got good late in the year and finished with a great pair of efforts. Lady Shipman won't win, but in this case I prefer to recognize the complete campaign in what was a muddled division. What she did in '15 was more impressive to me than the pure dirt sprinters. Also, winning a Breeders' Cup race isn't the end-all, be-all just because they've tried to bill them as 'World Championships'.
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Old 12-30-2015, 10:28 PM
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It's that time of year again.. Here's my Eclipse submissions..

Horse of the Year: 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Beholder, 3rd - Honor Code

Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Nyquist, 2nd - Airoforce, 3rd - Swipe
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

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
Female Turf Horse: 1st - Tepin , 2nd - Stephanie's Kitten, 3rd - Lady Eli

Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Dawalan, 2nd - Bob Le Beau, 3rd - African Oil

Owner: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Stonestreet Stables, 3rd - Gary Barber
Breeder: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Ken & Sarah Ramsey , 3rd - Machmer Hall

Trainer: 1st - Bob Baffert, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Mark Casse
Jockey: 1st - Javier Castellano, 2nd - Victor Espinoza, 3rd - Joe Bravo
Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Tyler Gaffalione, 2nd - Eric Cancel, 3rd - Ashley Broussard
Honestly, you may have nailed every one.
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I would vote for Chad Brown and Javier for depth of work this year over Baffert and Espinoza.
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11a release on Eclipse finalists..
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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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Surprised Lady Eli is missing from the three-year-old filly finalists.
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