Eclipse Award Cup | horse photo
Via JN Campbell
With the 52nd Annual Eclipse Awards in Palm Beach, Fla. With less than a month to go, the media and other key officials will vote until January 3, as the Thoroughbred race celebrates the best of it.
Purebred Daily News National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) staff members submitted their picks this week, and here’s the list of results from several categories, along with their ‘strongest votes’.
Receipt
Horse of the Year: Flight route
3 year old male: Taiba
3 year old baby: Nest
2 year old male: Forte
Male sprinters: elite power
Female turf horses: regal glory
Older than Dirty Female: Malathaat
Owner: Godolphin
breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Strongest Vote: Epicenter is a well-deserved champion, but with Taiba having three wins in Tier I versus one for Epicenter, I picked Taiba in the 3-year-old men’s category.
alan
Horse of the Year: Flight route
3 year old male: epicenter
3 year old baby: Nest
2 year old male: Forte
Male sprinters: Jackie’s Warrior
Female turf horses: regal glory
Older than Dirty Female: Malathaat
Owner: Godolphin
breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: brown chad
Strongest Vote: Even though she tripped her toes against the boys and even fell head-to-head against her usually-owned stable of friends in Italy, Regal Glory still received a slight nod for three points. very high numbers in 2022.
Christina
Horse of the Year: Flight route
3 year old male: epicenter
3 year old baby: Nest
2 year old male: Forte
Male sprinters: elite power
Female turf horses: In Italy
Older than Dirty Female: Malathaat
Owner: Godolphin
breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Strongest Vote: Looking at this year’s Eclipse vote, TAP is sure to win for both ponies and ponies, horses of different ages and in many categories. In my opinion, he is the embodiment of dominance.
Sara
Horse of the Year: Flight route
3 year old male: epicenter
3 year old baby: Nest
2 year old male: Forte
Male sprinters: Jackie’s Warrior
Female turf horses: regal glory
Older than Dirty Female: Malathaat
Owner: Godolphin
breeder: Godolphin
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Strongest Vote: Malathaat is my top pick this year. Not only did she continue the momentum from her season as champion at the age of 3, but she also built on that success with an incredibly impressive combination of perseverance and heart. , topped by a spectacular performance in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
JN
Horse of the Year: Flight route
3 year old male: Modern games (Ire)
3 year old baby: Nest
2 year old male: Forte
Male sprinters: Cody’s Wish
Female turf horses: regal glory
Older than Dirty Female: Malathaat
Owner: Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, Summer Wind Equine, West Point Purebred
breeder: Summer wind horse
Trainer: John Sadler
Strongest Vote: It was Flightline and Co.’s year, but let’s not forget that Modern Games won a pair of Tier I in North America ahead of the older ones (including Breeders’ Cup Mile), which tell me this field horse won a medal in the hotly contested men’s 3rd class.
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