Southern California only has three horses chosen as finalists for Eclipse Awards. Flavien Prat is a finalist for jockey. Awards to be issued Jan. 26.
, the only 3-year-old male who won three Grade 1 stakes and finished third in the Classic behind Flightline and Olympiad. The wild card will be Modern Games, who mostly races on the turf in Europe and won two races on this continent, including the Breeders’ Cup Turf Mile.The category with the least clear favorite is Female Turf, which has In Italian, Regal Glory and War Like Goddess as nominees.
Other categories in which there are clear favorites include Forte for 2-year-old Male , Nest as 3-year-old Filly , Modern Games in the Male Turf , Godolphin as top breeder and Irad Ortiz Jr., who would pick up his fourth Jockey of the Year Award .Awards that might have favorites but with not as much certainty include 2-year-old Filly , Older Dirt Female , Male Sprint , Female Sprint .Taiba makes a case for 3-year-old male horse of the year with win in the Malibu at Santa Anita.
The Owner of the Year Award is down to Godolphin, Peter M. Brant and Klaravich Stables. The Trainer of the Year Award is among Steve Asmussen, Chad Brown and Todd Pletcher. Voting on the awards is done by members of the Daily Racing Form, National Thoroughbred Racing Assn. and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters. Even though voters are asked to cast ballots for first, second and third, it is only to create suspense by providing three finalists. The actual award is decided only by first place votes, and the results have already been determined when the finalists are announced.The winners will be honored Jan. 26 at a dinner in Palm Beach, Fla.
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