2008 Eclipse Awards Play by Play
 

Leslie Jordan A.K.A The Eclipse Awards A-Lister.

I hear they tape it to use on prisoners as a torture technique.

Scat Daddy accepts the award for Best Ears.

Scat Daddy won't stop neighing.

Mr. Clean accepts the award for Best Transvestite for Lahudood.

I'm really happy English Channel won the turf award, as he's one of the most underrated (and undersized) horses I've ever seen, but the Academy Award style has to go. Scatorchio rambling on is pretty typical of the extending of the awards wayyyy too long.

Lahodood shouldn't have won.

As an aside, one of my really good friends presented the media awards (Tom Law, editor of T-Times.) I've never seen him that nervous!

Wayyyyy too long.

English Channel is underrated?

That's like saying Nate Robinson is underrated.

Oh Shirt!!!

Don Rickles is bringing the house down.

Maybe not by you and me and the rest of the hardcores, but by the general racing public, who wouldn't know he won 6 G1's including the most important one pre-BC times TWICE and another of the most important twice.

Frank Stronach wins award for Best Breeder.


That just doesn't sound right...

And he is bitching about how he missed out on alot of profit.....He is loony

Does that mean Good Night Shirt won?

"vould you care foh a enagee dvink, jah?"

Adena is the best farm out there. Even if he can't run a racetrack.

Yeah but Best Breeder and then you see his son behind him...it's just not right.

I think he's a nice horse who was born at the right time. I credit him for his longevity, at a reasonable level, but not for having any sort of extraordinary talent. Frankly, it is a condemnation of turf racing in America that he was far and away our best horse last year.

Handicapper of the year is Andy Serling.

Good Lord that was well put.

Oh Stanley Bavlish, trying to be a playa.....

Good to see The Kentucky Horse Park awarded for being d'awesome.

Fair point- and I agree on the longevity/right time thing, but I have a bad feeling THIS year will be even more of a condemnation of the turf division. Seriously- is there ANYONE out there? The 3YOs turfers were mediocre at best, and the older horses couldn't hold EC's jock. Ripe for some Euro imports, really.

Truly a great place.

That's really nice.

Can you please tell me if your shirt comment meant he won?

Please?

Boo.
I don't even get that.
And that last line is ridiculous.

Good Night Shirt won, yes.

Champs Elysees is the only bright hope, especially with Barclay Tagg getting upset about Showing Up's workouts. At least CE will be able to go up to 1 1/2 miles with no issue.

It would be amazing though if Better Talk Now could pick up another Grade I win.

By the way, I do not think English Channel grabbing any accolade is a condemnation of the turf division. It's been so long since the American turf division was anything special and at least English Channel ran four excellent races in this country then beat the highly acclaimed turf superstar Dylan Thomas handily when it counted.

NT

Yes

Thanks Phil.

(... and PP)

This Rice guy is a DOUCHE BAG....

Female Sprinter Award goes to Tits McGee.

Edit: Maryfield


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Yea!:)

I'm sorry for asking and i really don't care how stupid i look but you guys... there's not really a capper of the year award, is there?????

yeah, it is whoever wins the NHC in Vegas

Thanks. I didn't know. (Duh)

Male Sprinter Award goes to Midnight Lute Olson

I love the horse, but he's probably done. His injury is pretty tough to come back from. I wouldn't be surprised to see BTN win another one this year, he's probably the defacto best? Einstein maybe?

i've seen that chick before.

:D

.... which is a total crapshoot to win, let alone get into.

Shadwell purchase Mr. Clean accepts award for something...don't know.

Superfabulous Trainer goes to the most boring guy on the planet. Monotone.

Phil, I have met that guy, doesn't look at PP's, only Bris sheets and quite honestly, I was pretty surprised at the bets I heard coming out of his mouth when at Ballys, no where near what you would think.....