2013 Eclipse Finalists

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Danzig

they're picked randomly in that you never know what the various voters are thinking...or what they know, how closely they followed racing all year. there have been some interesting picks to show as finalists over the years.

How closely the voters were following racing all year is clearly reflected in the utter embarrassment that Authenticity failed to appear on enough ballots to finish as a finalist. Because her PP's were mistakenly omitted from the Older Fillies & Mares stats, oblivious ballots didn't include her. As Jay Privman said last week on ATR, it's a litmus test on who takes the process seriously.