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Beyer: Wise Dan a triple-threat on speed figures
Horses’ performances on grass and artificial surfaces rarely thrill devotees of speed figures. Dirt is more conducive to fast, blockbuster performances because dirt is conducive to speed, and horses typically…
January 25 2013, 12:37pm | Visit source ›
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Watchmaker: Eclipse Award and Saturday Stakes Thoughts
I don’t have a quibble with any equine Eclipse Award handed out Saturday night, save for Wise Dan getting the older male championship. I voted for Wise Dan to be…
January 20 2013, 9:10am | Visit source ›
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Gardner: The 1st Annual Stretchie Awards
The Eclipse Awards may be tonight, but the 2012 racing season is not fully completed until the announcement of the 1st Annual And Down The Stretch They Come Racing Awards,…
January 19 2013, 4:00pm | Visit source ›
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Florida Postcard: Eclipse Weekend
Steven Crist HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- It’s cool and cloudy and the beaches are empty but you’ll hear no complaining…
January 18 2013, 2:31pm | Visit source ›
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Saturday night from Gulfstream Park: An Eclipse Award live blog with Ray
Will Wise Dan win Horse of the Year? Is Dale Romans destined to pick up his first Eclipse for Outstanding…
January 18 2013, 12:25pm | Visit source ›
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Migliore: Letter to the Editor | DRF
I have been reading with great disappointment about a growing movement to do away with the Eclipse Award for apprentice jockey. Turf writers I have great respect for have raised…
January 13 2013, 8:45am | Visit source ›
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Crist: Horse of the Year candidates a bit short on Grade 1 credentials
Whether it is Fort Larned, I’ll Have Another, or Wise Dan whose name is called from the podium Saturday night at the Eclipse Awards, the 2012 Horse of the Year…
January 11 2013, 12:31pm | Visit source ›
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Column Companion: HOTY and Grade 1's
Steven Crist Here, in conjunction with the Sunday column, is the list of Grade 1 victories by the 39 winners…
January 11 2013, 12:27pm | Visit source ›
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Gowanus Horsemen: Our Eclipse Award ballot
Rather than go through a full exegesis of all the categories — most are boring this year because they’re so straightforward or muddled because the horses all were unimpressive —…
January 9 2013, 10:26am | Visit source ›
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The votes are in! We have lifetime past performances, replays and result charts for the 2012 Eclipse Award finalists.
January 5 2013, 11:56am | Visit source ›
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Simon: A Computerized Look at Horse of the Year
While I appreciate that Horse of the Year means different things to different people, I wondered what the odds might look like should the top contenders for the award actually…
January 5 2013, 8:41am | Visit source ›
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Point/Counterpoint: Wise Dan vs Little Mike
2012 was the year of the terrific turf males. With at least three horses notching multiple G1 wins, and two…
January 4 2013, 5:04am | Visit source ›
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DeRosa: Little Mike as Horse of the Year
I said it once, and I'll say it again: It's a shame that Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta put together their best seasons in the same year (2009) because either campaign…
January 1 2013, 8:52am | Visit source ›
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Hall: Decision time, final edition
Without further ado or polling, here are my voting plans for the remaining seven Eclipse Award categories: (Repeating the earlier caveat, I say plans because I haven’t entered them yet.…
January 1 2013, 8:50am | Visit source ›
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You hear it frequently, either as an explanation or a rationalization for some peculiar Eclipse: The voting is completely subjective; there are no criteria. And with no clear criteria, each…
December 30 2012, 4:17pm | Visit source ›
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The Eclipse Awards: Very Early Predictions
While the racing world eagerly awaits to find out who will, and who will not, be voted in as the…
December 29 2012, 10:17am | Visit source ›
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Don’t be too quick to get down on My Miss Aurelia
With a crash and a thud and a boom and a bang, fickle fans of racing jumped ship in mid-stretch…
December 27 2012, 6:42am | Visit source ›
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How the Eclipse Awards Came to Be
Crowning our champions hasn't always had the formal process that we have today, but it's always inspired plenty of debate!
December 12 2012, 8:30am | Visit source ›
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2012 Eclipse Awards: The Selections
Champion two-year-old male: 1) Shanghai Bobby 2) Uncaptured 3) Overanalyze Champion two-year-old filly: 1) Beholder 2) Executiveprivilege 3) Dreaming of…
December 9 2012, 1:39pm | Visit source ›
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Watchmaker: What Is a Breeders' Cup Win Worth?
If Executiveprivilege wins Saturday’s Hollywood Starlet Stakes, and she will be heavily favored to do so, it will create an interesting dilemma for Eclipse Award voters: With a win Saturday,…
December 4 2012, 1:51pm | Visit source ›
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Ehalt: It's horse racing, not Little League
When the 2012 Eclipse Awards are handed out in January a scene out of the spectacular year of 1973 could be repeated. For back then, the immortal Secretariat took home…
December 3 2012, 1:40pm | Visit source ›
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Gardner: Divisional Standings & The Classic
A few weeks ago when I published the Graded Stakes Results & Divisional Standings data, I included a chart summarizing results from the Classic division in 2012 using a composite…
November 10 2012, 9:36am | Visit source ›
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Crist: A Horse of the Year paradox? Not really
Since the Eclipse Awards began in 1972, all 40 Horse of the Year honorees also have been named the champion of their divisions, from Secretariat (2-year-old champ of 1972) to…
November 10 2012, 8:45am | Visit source ›
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Looking back and looking forward: Thoughts on the Breeders’ Cup and Eclipse Awards
Male Sprinter: Any number of horses could have claimed this prize. Trinniberg should prevail after winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint over Amazombie, Coil and The Lumber Guy. Trinniberg was the…
November 9 2012, 5:47pm | Visit source ›
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Fort Larned Struggles for Respect
Each week I make the call for ZATT’s Star of the Week, a celebration of the horse with the best…
November 9 2012, 1:46am | Visit source ›
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Horse of the Year Point/Counterpoint: Wise Dan vs Royal Delta
Breeders' Cup crowned champions in many divisions, but the most contentious race is always Horse of the Year. Royal Delta…
November 8 2012, 2:39am | Visit source ›
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Is Point of Entry Horse of the Year material?
Point of Entry was nowhere to be found in the Horse of the Year discussion just a few short months…
October 12 2012, 5:55am | Visit source ›
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Whoever is running Wise Dan's Twitter account is banging the drum loudly for respecting the horse's connections for "doing right by the horse" in deciding to send the Grade 1…
October 9 2012, 10:34am | Visit source ›
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Wise Dan on track for 2012 Horse of the Year?
With another dazzling display on Saturday, Wise Dan has done something than no horse could do in the past five…
October 8 2012, 4:32am | Visit source ›
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Crist: I'll Have Another still out front in race for Horse of the Year
A week into October, the question of who will be America’s Horse of the Year remains exactly the same as it was four months ago: Can anyone unseat I’ll Have…
October 5 2012, 1:00pm | Visit source ›
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