Who is horse of the year

Monomoy Girl Tapizar won her second Eclipse Award in the last three years, adding to her 3-year-old filly championship with the Eclipse as champion older female. Vequist Nyquist provided her sire a champion from his very first crop to the races, securing the Eclipse as champion 2-year-old filly on the strength of victories in the GI Spinaway S. He is set to represent the U. The male sprint category was expected to come down to a choice between the horse with the more complete campaign versus a more brilliant and statistically faster runner whose campaign was truncated.

Whitmore received first-place votes to Vekoma's The evening's most hotly contested championship was the turf female division. The final count of first-place votes was Among the human categories, in addition to Cox, Irad Ortiz, Jr. Media Eclipse Awards were announced earlier this month. The most likely Horse of the Year candidate besides the big two may not be in the Classic, but rather in the Longines Distaff.

Letruska has dominated her division this year, posting six graded stakes wins, including four Grade 1s, the most of any horse in the country. Since the inception of the modern Eclipse Awards in , six female horses have won Horse of the Year, the most recent of which was Havre de Grace in For a filly or mare to win Horse of the Year, two things generally need to happen: the female in question needs to have an outstanding campaign, and there also has to be no standout in the older male division.

Still, a Distaff win keeps her hopes alive. The Distaff will be held at approximately 7 p. The 72nd edition of Horse of the Year Show has something for every member of the family to enjoy including fine dining, shopping and a chance to get up close and meet some of the horses themselves. Visitors will experience thrilling competition, breathtaking displays, unbeatable retail therapy and spectacular horsemanship. Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?

Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined. The 6-year-old mare is unbeaten in her four starts since returning from an month layoff.

Irad Ortiz Jr. The Eclipse Awards are named for Eclipse , a legendary 18th-century British racehorse who went for in his two-year career.