Finley on Eclipse Awards...

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Originally Posted by smuthg

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ill&id=3813940

I know there are a million different thoughts on Eclipse Awards (and 1000's of posts on this site), but I think his positions on Conduit and Goldikova are as misguided as some people thought Steve Davidowitz's position on Eight Belles is/was. If they are honoring the "best" turf horses to run in the US this year (or 3YO filly in addition to the turf in Goldikova's case) I think its hard to argue that the "Best" turf horses of their respective gender in 2008 are not Conduit and Goldikova...

His point about Conduit is that performance over the entire year should count for more than just what some horse does in the monumentally stupid Breeders' Cup (although he probably wouldn't agree with me on the 'monumentally stupid' part). I agree with his basic point there.
Voters can vote on whatever criteria they like, but if I had a vote I wouldn't assign a Breeders' Cup race any more significance than any other G1 race.