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|  My 2015 Eclipse Ballot.. It's that time of year again.. Here's my Eclipse submissions..  [Bracketed] are finalists v. my [Italicized] selections.. Red the winner. Horse of the Year: 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Beholder, 3rd - Honor Code [Runhappy] Two-Year-Old Male: 1st - Nyquist, 2nd - Airoforce, 3rd - Swipe [Mohaymen] Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Songbird, 2nd - Catch a Glimpse, 3rd - Rachel's Valentina Three-Year-Old Male: : 1st - American Pharoah, 2nd - Runhappy, 3rd - Dortmund Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st - Lady Eli, 2nd - I'm a Chatterbox, 3rd - Stellar Wind [Found] Older Dirt Male: 1st - Honor Code, 2nd - Liam's Map, 3rd - Tonalist Older Dirt Female: 1st - Beholder, 2nd - Stopchargingmaria, 3rd - Sheer Drama Male Sprinter: 1st - Runhappy, 2nd - Rock Fall, 3rd - Private Zone Female Sprinter: 1st - Lady Shipman, 2nd - Wavell Avenue, 3rd - La Verdad Male Turf Horse: 1st - Big Blue Kitten, 2nd - Mondialiste, 3rd - The Pizza Man [Golden Horn] Female Turf Horse: 1st - Tepin , 2nd - Stephanie's Kitten, 3rd - Lady Eli [Found] Steeplechase Horse: 1st - Dawalan, 2nd - Bob Le Beau, 3rd - African Oil [Demonstrative] Owner: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Stonestreet Stables, 3rd - Gary Barber [Midwest Thoroughbreds; Ramseys] Breeder: 1st - Zayat Stables, 2nd - Ken & Sarah Ramsey, 3rd - Machmer Hall [Darley] Trainer: 1st - Bob Baffert, 2nd - Chad Brown, 3rd - Mark Casse [Todd Pletcher] Jockey: 1st - Javier Castellano, 2nd - Victor Espinoza, 3rd - Joe Bravo [I. Ortiz Jr.] Apprentice Jockey: 1st - Tyler Gaffalione, 2nd - Eric Cancel, 3rd - Ashley Broussard [Angel Cruz] 
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|   Here is link to PP's and stats: www.drf.com/eclipsemedia. 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   Great choices Steve. The only one where I'd differ is flipping Honor Code and Liam's Map for Older Dirt Male. | 
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|   The Met Mile and Whitney for HC trump the Woodward and BC Dirt Mile for LM by quite a bit, IMO. | 
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|   I get the prestige aspect, but Liam's Map was so much the best in the Whitney and finished the year stronger than Honor Code. That's why I'd give it to him. | 
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|   At the end of the day, one heck of a year of horse racing. What a treat it was! Thanks for posting Steve. Spyder from SC 
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 Both won 2 gr 1s, but honor code also won the gr 2 gulfstream h'cap. | 
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|   So much the best...he lost to a horse that made up 15 lengths on him..He ran super, but HC wasnt a perfect trip suck up winner | 
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|   I can't be the only one disappointed Freddy doesn't have a vote. I mean, someone has to vote for Shug, and every horse he trains, every year. It seems only fair  
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|   I guess this isn't the Heisman vote where your not allowed to divulge your selections/votes eh??? 
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|   The reason there were 15 lengths to make up is that Liam's Map was running skull-busting fractions for all nine furlongs, while Honor Code only had to run for about 3/8 of a mile. Give him credit for being the only one to make a significant close, but LM was clearly much the best that day. | 
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|   Lady Shipmen never won a Graded stakes. Wavell Avenue won G2 and the G1 Championship. Isn't the Eclispe awards about champions not almost champions. | 
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|   Lady Shipman performed at a high level the entire year, finishing up with a superb performance against males. Wavell Avenue only got good late in the year and finished with a great pair of efforts. Lady Shipman won't win, but in this case I prefer to recognize the complete campaign in what was a muddled division. What she did in '15 was more impressive to me than the pure dirt sprinters. Also, winning a Breeders' Cup race isn't the end-all, be-all just because they've tried to bill them as 'World Championships'. 
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|   YEAH AND .................HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! in case i miss it. 
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|  Trainer I would vote for Chad Brown and Javier for depth of work this year over Baffert and Espinoza. | 
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|   11a release on Eclipse finalists.. 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   The 2015 Eclipse Awards finalists (in alphabetical order) are: Horse of the Year: American Pharoah, Beholder, Runhappy Two-Year-Old Male: Airoforce, Mohaymen, Nyquist Two-Year-Old Filly: Catch a Glimpse, Rachel's Valentina, Songbird Three-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Runhappy Three-Year-Old Filly: Found (IRE), I'm a Chatterbox, Stellar Wind Older Dirt Male: Honor Code, Liam's Map, Tonalist Older Dirt Female: Beholder, Sheer Drama, Stopchargingmaria Male Sprinter: Private Zone, Rock Fall, Runhappy Female Sprinter: La Verdad, Lady Shipman, Wavell Avenue Male Turf Horse: Big Blue Kitten, Golden Horn (GB), The Pizza Man Female Turf Horse: Found (IRE), Stephanie's Kitten, Tepin Steeplechase Horse: Bob Le Beau (IRE), Dawalan (FR), Demonstrative Owner: Midwest TB's, Inc., Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Breeder: Darley, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano, Victor Espinoza, Irad Ortiz, Jr. Apprentice Jockey: Eric Cancel, Angel Cruz, Tyler Gaffalione 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   Surprised Lady Eli is missing from the three-year-old filly finalists. |