Eclipse Awards
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It's not really difficult to find a list of Eclipse Award winners, but often we forget who the runner-ups were.  We think compiling a history of Eclipse voting is a trip down memory lane and a reminder of the 'almost' champions.

The method of vote tabulation changed several times over the years.  The three voting organizations--Daily Racing Form, Thoroughbred Racing Association and National Turf Writers Association--for a number of years each had one bloc vote.  For awhile each groups first three choices in individual categories was counted on a 5-3-1 basis; later on a 10-5-1 basis.  In a couple of years I failed to locate detail or had to rely on total point counts, although for the past several years the calculation has been based on total votes cast, eliminating the sometimes unfair bloc procedure.

No matter how the calculation was made in a given year, the differences in comparing numerics offers a view of how strongly those horses were viewed at the time.  If it offers you a sense of history and perhaps a little information, then the time compiling it was worthwhile.

---Ron Parker

 2007 Awards Results with Vote Counts

Horse of the Year

Curlin 249     Rags to Riches 12     Invasor (Arg) 2     Corinthian 1     English Channel 1     Street Sense 1

Two-Year-Old Male

War Pass 262      Court Vision 1    Kodiak Kowboy 1     Nownownow 1

 

Two-Year-Old Female

Indian Blessing 250    Country Star 11     Pure Clan 2     Cry and Catch Me 1     Mushka 1     Proud Spell 1    

 

Three-Year-Old Male

Curlin 262      Street Sense 3     Hard Spun 1   

 

Three-Year-Old Female

Rags to Riches 258      Octave 4     Panty Raid 2     Dream Rush 1     Lear's Princess 1

 

Older Male

Lawyer Ron 147     Invasor (Arg) 94     Corinthian 13     Lava Man 4     English Channel 3     Student Council 2   

 

Older Female

Ginger Punch 247     Nashoba's Key 18     Take D'Tour 1

 

Male Sprinter

Midnight Lute 229     Hard Spun 18     Fabulous Strike 9     Idiot Proof 3     Diabolical 2     Greg's Gold 1     In Summation 1     Mach Ride 1     Smokey Stover 1

 

Female Sprinter

Maryfield 155     Dream Rush 61     River's Prayer 32     Hystericalady 12

 

Male Turf Horse

English Channel 251     Kip Deville 6     After Market 5     Cloudy's Knight 1    

Daytona (Ire) 1     Doctor Dino (Fr) 1     Shakespeare 1

 

Female Turf Horse

Lahudood (GB) 188     Nashoba's Key 43     Precious Kitten 16     Citronnade 7    

Bit of Whimsy 3     Panty Raid 3     Honey Ryder 2     Mrs. Lindsay 1     Rutherienne 1    

Wait a While 1

 

Steeplechase

Good Night Shirt 222     McDynamo 13     Floodlights 1     Planets Aligned 1

 

Owner

Shadwell Stable 144     Stronach Stables 59     Maggi Moss 18    

West Point Thoroughbreds 8     James Tafel LLC 7     Zayat Stables LLC 5   

 Stonestreet Stable, Padua, George Bolton and Midnight Cry Stables 4    

James Scatuorchio 3     Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith 3     Jess Jackson 2   

Fares Farm Inc. 1     Louis D. O'Brien LLC 1     Melnyk Racing Stables Inc. 1 

 

Breeder

Adena Springs 203      Fares Farm Inc. 13     Martin and Pam Wygod 12   

 William S. Farish 11     James Tafel 8     Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 2    

Skara Glen Stables 2     Farnsworth Farms 1     Juddmonte Farms 1     Eugene Melnyk 1

 

Trainer

Todd Pletcher 139     Steve Asmussen 65     Kiaran McLaughlin 39     Carl Nafzger 9    

Bill Mott 5     Scott Lake 3     Dale Baird 1     Larry Jones 1     Graham Motion 1

 

Jockey

Garrett Gomez 248     Robby Albarado 11     Russell Baze 2     Calvin Borel 1    

Ramon Dominguez 1

 

Apprentice Jockey

Joe Talamo 254      Carol Cedeno 2     Amaldo Bocachica 1