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01-07-2015, 11:06 AM
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Eclipse Awards finalists
The 2014 Eclipse Awards finalists, in alphabetical order:
Two-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah, Hootenanny, Texas Red Two-Year-Old Filly: Condo Commando, Lady Eli, Take Charge Brandi Three-Year-Old Male: Bayern, California Chrome, Shared Belief Three-Year-Old Filly: Stopchargingmaria, Sweet Reason, Untapable Older Male: Main Sequence, Palace Malice, Wise Dan Older Female: Close Hatches, Dayatthespa, Don’t Tell Sophia Male Sprinter: Goldencents, Private Zone, Work All Week Female Sprinter: Artemis Agrotera, Judy the Beauty, Sweet Reason Male Turf Horse: Karakontie (JPN), Main Sequence, Wise Dan Female Turf Horse: Crown Queen, Dayatthespa, Stephanie’s Kitten Steeplechase Horse: Demonstrative, Divine Fortune, Makari (GB) Owner: Kaleem Shah, Midwest Thoroughbreds, Ken and Sarah Ramsey Breeder: Adena Springs, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Winchell Thoroughbreds Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez Apprentice Jockey: Angel Cruz, Taylor Rice, Drayden Van Dyke Horse of the Year: Bayern, California Chrome, Main Sequence
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01-07-2015, 12:42 PM
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The 2014 Eclipse Awards finalists, in alphabetical order:
Two-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah Two-Year-Old Filly: Take Charge Brandi Three-Year-Old Male: Bayern Three-Year-Old Filly: Untapable Older Male: Main Sequence Older Female: Don’t Tell Sophia Male Sprinter: Goldencents Female Sprinter: Judy the Beauty Male Turf Horse: Main Sequence Female Turf Horse: Dayatthespa Steeplechase Horse: Demonstrative Owner: Ken and Sarah Ramsey Breeder: Ken and Sarah Ramsey Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano Apprentice Jockey: Angel Cruz Horse of the Year: Main Sequence just my opinion
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Arrogate is the best horse since The Bid, and The Bid was better than Secretariat!!!! Last edited by Kasept : 01-07-2015 at 02:48 PM.
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01-07-2015, 02:29 PM
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To me, the 4 very nice G1 turf efforts just don't measure up to what the 3yo boys and even Untapable did in 2014.
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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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01-07-2015, 02:34 PM
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That's a good point about Untapable, Steve. She would have been a better candidate.
I love Main Sequence, and am a huge fan of Graham as a trainer, but I would never consider him a legit HOY candidate.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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01-07-2015, 02:47 PM
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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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01-07-2015, 02:54 PM
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Just my opinion, undefeated in four grade 1 races, again undefeated in 4 grade 1 races, can anyone else stake that claim? He was Perfection, plain and simple..
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Arrogate is the best horse since The Bid, and The Bid was better than Secretariat!!!!
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01-07-2015, 02:58 PM
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Unless winning photos over Twilight Eclipse ( twice ) and Imagining ( once ) is your idea of HOY type performances?
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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01-07-2015, 03:01 PM
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This idea that Horse of the Year needs to go to undefeated horses has become pervasive and it is just awful in my opinion. Realistically, it's a silly award that jumped the shark four years ago. A large group of non-betting social media titans seem to choose one horse each year, abandoning reason and projecting their opinion on all others. This year they reject Bayern because A) he had the audacity to lose a few times and B) they accept him as the BCC winner about as much as the Democrats accepted Bush in 2000.
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01-17-2015, 10:41 PM
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Two-Year-Old Male: American Pharoah, Hootenanny, Texas Red
Two-Year-Old Filly: Condo Commando, Lady Eli, Take Charge Brandi Three-Year-Old Male: Bayern, California Chrome, Shared Belief Three-Year-Old Filly: Stopchargingmaria, Sweet Reason, Untapable Older Male: Main Sequence, Palace Malice, Wise Dan Older Female: Close Hatches, Dayatthespa, Don’t Tell Sophia Male Sprinter: Goldencents, Private Zone, Work All Week Female Sprinter: Artemis Agrotera, Judy the Beauty, Sweet Reason Male Turf Horse: Karakontie (JPN), Main Sequence, Wise Dan Female Turf Horse: Crown Queen, Dayatthespa, Stephanie’s Kitten Steeplechase Horse: Demonstrative, Divine Fortune, Makari (GB) Owner: Kaleem Shah, Midwest Thoroughbreds, Ken and Sarah Ramsey Breeder: Adena Springs, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Winchell Thoroughbreds Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher Jockey: Javier Castellano, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez Apprentice Jockey: Angel Cruz, Taylor Rice, Drayden Van Dyke Horse of the Year: Bayern, California Chrome, Main Sequence
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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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01-18-2015, 05:30 AM
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Horse of the Year: California Chrome, 143; Main Sequence, 53; Bayern, 36; Shared Belief, 12; Untapable, 11; Wise Dan, 6; Adelaide (IRE), 1; Take Charge Brandi, 1. Voter Abstentions, 2.
2-year-old male: American Pharoah, 126; Texas Red, 111; Hootenanny, 16; Carpe Diem, 7; Dortmund, 3; Ocho Ocho Ocho, 2. 2-year-old female: Take Charge Brandi, 236; Lady Eli, 23; Condo Commando, 3; Sunset Glow, 3 3-year-old male: California Chrome 193, Bayern 56, Shared Belief 15, Voter abstentions 1 3-year-old female: Untapable 265 Older male: Main Sequence 127, Palace Malice 103, Wise Dan 25 Goldencents 9, Game on Dude 1 Older female: Close Hatches 155, Dayatthespa 64, Don't Tell Sophia 19, Judy the Beauty 15, Iotapa 7, Beholder 5 Male sprinter: Work All Week 184, Goldencents 52, Palace 12, Private Zone 11, Bobby's Kitten 2, Bayern 1, Big Macher 1, Secret Circle 1, Shared Belief 1 Female sprinter: Judy the Beauty 261, Midnight Lucky 1, Living the Life (IRE) 1, La Verdad 1, Awesome Baby 1 Male turf: Main Sequence 243, Wise Dan 18, California Chrome 2, Karakontie (JPN) 1, Adelaide (AUS) 1 Female turf: Dayatthespa 260, Crown Queen 2, Coffee Clique 1, Room Service 1, voter abstentions 1 Steeplechase horse: Demonstrative 206, Divine Fortune 12, Decoy Daddy (IRE) 5, Makari 2, Voter abstentions 40 Jockey: Javier Castellano 203, John Velazquez 34, Mike Smith 8, Joel Rosario 8, Rosie Napravnik 5, Victor Espinoza 4, Irad Ortiz Jr, 2, Alexis Batista 1 Apprentice jockey: Drayden Van Dyke 225, Juan Saez 11, Trevor McCarthy 6, Taylor Rice 6, Voter abstentions 17 Trainer: Todd Pletcher 100, Chad Brown 64, Art Sherman 45, Bob Baffert 20, Graham Motion 13, Jerry Hollendorfer 11, Steve Asmussen 6, D. Wayne Lukas 3, Karl Broberg 1, Edward Graham 1, Mike Maker 1 Owner: Ken and Sarah Ramsey 179, Midwest Throughbreds 21, Kaleem Shah Inc. 20, Others: Flaxman Holdings Ltd 18, Steven Coburn and Perry Martin 6, Maggie Moss 2, John Oxley 1, Robert Evans 1, voter abstentions 5 Breeder: Ken and Sarah Ramsey 129, Adena Springs 43, Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC 43, Others: Flaxman Holdings Ltd. 29, Steven Coburn and Perry Martin 6, Helen Alexander 3, Winstar Farm 3, Darley 1, Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. 1, voter abstentions 7
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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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01-18-2015, 05:43 AM
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First choice selections of voters are above and as always, a number of head scratchers..
Horse of the Year: Adelaide (IRE), 1; Take Charge Brandi, 1 Older male: Game on Dude 1 Older female: Beholder 5 Female sprinter: La Verdad 1, Awesome Baby 1 Male turf: California Chrome 2 Female turf: Crown Queen 2, Coffee Clique 1, Room Service 1 Jockey: Alexis Batista 1 Always fun to see sources when voting is shown.. Adelaide and Take Charge Brandi for HOY! Alexis Batista? 260/32-40-42 ($356,612)
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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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01-18-2015, 07:05 AM
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I want to see voter names next to these choices, so we can publicly and verbally flog them.
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01-18-2015, 07:56 AM
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