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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
How I would have voted...
Horse of the Year
Wise Dan, Fort Larned, Game On Dude
2-Year-Old Male
Shanghai Bobby, Overanalyze, Normandy Invasion
2-Year-Old Female
Beholder, Dreaming of Julia, Executiveprivilege
3-Year-Old Male
I’ll Have Another, Bodemeister, Union Rags
3-Year-Old Female
Questing, My Miss Aurelia, Contested
Older Male
Wise Dan, Fort Larned, Game on Dude
Older Female
Royal Delta, Groupie Doll, Include Me Out
Male Sprinter
Trinniberg, Amazombie, Emcee
Female Sprinter
Groupie Doll, Contested, Beholder
Turf Male
Wise Dan, Point of Entry, Little Mike
Trainer
Bob Baffert, Mike Hushion, Todd Pletcher
Jockey
Ramon Dominguez, Jose Lezcano, Javier Castellano
Apprentice Jockey
Wilmer Garcia, Jilver Charmafi, Irad Ortiz Jr.
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I'm surprised you don't have Dale Romans in your final 3 for trainer. His barn was outstanding from start to finish, better than 25% in Grade I races with a $3.61 ROI. Unlike Todd Pletcher, who was 4-14 in Grade I races for 2YOs, all of Romans' Grade Is were with 3YO and up on turf, dirt and synthetic. He got 2 Grade Is out of Tapitsfly. That's Eclipse worthy alone.
As far as Wise Dan, in my opinion, he is deserving of Horse of the Year and Older turf male, which is unfortunate for horses like Little Mike and Point of Entry, who both had phenomenal years. If we would like in the end for the Older Male Eclipse to be more of a dirt-oriented award, which I would, then I'd vote for Fort Larned.