With the finalists for this year’s Eclipse Awards having been recently announced, it is time to start picking the winners. To see who made the cut click here, and to see the nominees’ big wins, click here.
Now let’s get on with the show…
Two-Year-Old Male
Cup win or promise?
Old Fashioned will be better
Midshipman wins now
Two-Year-Old Female
So many Grade Ones
Stardom Bound is Eclipse Bound
No one else is close
Three-Year-Old Male
Big Brown and the rest
Triple Crown run clinched his spot
It’s a one horse race
Three-Year-Old Female
All deserving picks
Tempting sympathetic choice
Stablemate gets it
Older Male
Curlin raked in dough
Yet another mortal lock
Classic changed nothing
Older Female
Not a hard choice here
Zenyatta stays unbeaten
Best of a strong field
Male Sprinter
Constant dilemma
One huge race or steady run?
Benny bucks his foes
Female Sprinter
Juv champ snubbed elsewhere?
Not a bad consolation
She has my blessing
Male Turf Horse
Multi-surface threat
Einstein deserves an award
This will do nicely
Female Turf Horse
Forever ran big
Goldikova beat the boys
Tie favors home team
Steeplechaser
Stabbing blindly here
The incumbent never lost
Good Night Shirt repeats
Owner
Love or hate them
IEAH won a bunch
Doesn’t feel good though
Breeder
McNair’s big swan song
He left this for the Texans?
Seller’s remorse much?
Trainer
Record setting year
Plus Curlin, minus drug fuss
Still equals Eclipse
Jockey
State sweep’s impressive
Go-Go wins in all 50
Two straight for Gomez
Apprentice Jockey
The Sweede Gets the nod
When in doubt, pick who you know
She made me money
Horse of the Year
Time to flip a coin
Heads, Curlin. Tails, Zenyatta.
It’s up…Heads it is
Haiku selections
Quite a challenging effort
I say: Nicely done.
Well played, sir!