2011 Horse of the Year: Havre de Grace

2011 Horse of the Year: Havre de Grace

Havre de Grace

Fox Hill Farm’s filly Havre de Grace was named Horse of the Year for 2011 marking the third straight year a female has taken the award and ending one of the most mediocre years of racing in recent memory. She took the award over Acclamation who finished a well beaten second with 26 votes compared [...]

GradedStakes.com Live Blogs Eclipse Awards

The Eclipse Awards aren’t known for their excitement, but we will spice things up by live blogging the event. Join us at 8 PM EST to ask questions and share your input! In the mean time, check out these two articles we have published about the event. You can catch the event on HRTV and [...]

2011 Eclipse Award Selections

2011 Eclipse Award Selections

zenny

2011 was a year of pure mediocrity, but we did see diamonds in the rough. Animal Kingdom ran off to win the Kentucky Derby; Havre de Grace beat the boys in the Woodward; and Hansen stayed undefeated in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. All three of those horses could potential be rewarded with horse racing’s versions [...]

Gradedstakes.com Eclipse Awards Ballot

Gradedstakes.com Eclipse Awards Ballot

Rachel Alexandra HOY

The above photo is of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra. This years Eclipse Awards are every bit as exciting as last year when she took the top spot. I didn’t get a vote, but if I did here are the horses I would’ve selected. Let’s take a look! Two-Year-Old Male: Uncle Mo wins [...]

Zenyatta poll update

Zenyatta poll update

consolation

PHOTO: Joe Nevills In a recent post making my case for Zenyatta to be Horse of the Year I posed the question to my readers asking who they would choose. The results have been quite astounding. A whopping 95% visitors to this website favor Zenyatta over Breeders Cup Classic winner Blame. There were a total [...]

My 2009 Eclipse Award Ballot; Rachel Alexandra HOY

My 2009 Eclipse Award Ballot; Rachel Alexandra HOY

rachel

The Eclipse Award nominees are finally out. The Eclipse Awards are the highest honor in thoroughbred racing. Winners are voted on by the people at the NTRA (National Thoroughbred Racing Assocation), Daily Racing Form, and National Turf Writers Assocation. I wish that I could have a say, but that is not meant to be this [...]

Eclipse Awards

Happy MLK Day to everyone! This was a pretty slow weekend racing wise. My long shot selection Decado came up short and ran fifth in the San Marcos. The very heavy favorite Champs Eylees came out on top. Look for him to make a big impact on the turf division this year. In the Tuzla [...]

2007 Eclipse Award Finalists

Above is last years big eclipse award winner Invasor(HOY, Older Male). Below you have a list of the finalists for the 2008 eclipse awards. Scroll down for my selections in each and every category. Two-Year-Old Male: Kodiak Kowboy, Pyro, War Pass Two-Year-Old Filly: Country Star, Indian Blessing, Proud Spell Three-Year-Old Male: Curlin, Hard Spun, Street [...]