The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced the finalists for the 2024 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence through the past year in Thoroughbred racing. Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced on FanDuel TV, and other outlets, during the 54th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, presented by John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Club, on Thursday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The evening will culminate with the announcement of the 2024 Horse of the Year.
Of the 240 eligible voters represented by the NTRA, consisting of racetrack racing officials and Equibase field personnel, the NTWAB, and Daily Racing Form, 208 (87%) took part in the voting. Finalists were determined in each category by voters’ top three selections, using a 10-5-1 point basis. Eclipse Award winners are determined solely by first-place votes.
Canada’s Queen of racing, MOIRA (Ghostzapper) is a finalist for Champion Turf Female thanks to her thrilling win in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (GF1) at Del Mar in November. This year Moira also won the Beverly D Stakes (G2) and was second in the Grade 1 Diana and E.P. Taylor Stakes.
Moira, who was trained by Kevin Attard and was bred by Adena Springs, is up against Cinderella’s Dream, who was second in the Breeders’ Cup behind the Canadian star and the three-year-old filly She Feels Pretty, who ended the year with two Grade 1 wins in the American Oaks and Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
Previous Canadian-bred Eclipse Award winners include CHANNEL MAKER (2020). JUDY THE BEAUTY (2014), MARYFIELD (2007), and greats such as DANCE SMARTLY, CHIEF BEARHART, NORTHERN DANCER and LA PREVOYANTE.
Two-Year-Old Male: Chancer McPatrick, Citizen Bull, Gaming
Two-Year-Old Filly: Good Cheer, Immersive, Lake Victoria (IRE)
Three-Year-Old Male: Dornoch, Fierceness, Sierra Leone
Three-Year-Old Filly: Cinderella’s Dream (GB), She Feels Pretty, Thorpedo Anna
Older Dirt Male: Full Serrano (ARG), National Treasure, Straight No Chaser
Older Dirt Female: Adare Manor, Idiomatic, Raging Sea
Male Sprinter: Cogburn, Straight No Chaser, The Chosen Vron
Female Sprinter: Society, Soul of an Angel, Ways and Means
Male Turf Horse: Carl Spackler (IRE), Johannes, Rebel’s Romance (IRE)
Female Turf Horse: Cinderella’s Dream (GB), Moira, She Feels Pretty
Steeplechase Horse: Carloun (IRE), L’Imperator (FR), Snap Decision
Owner: Godolphin LLC, Juddmonte, Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Breeder: Calumet Farm, Godolphin, Judy Hicks
Trainer: Chad Brown, Brad Cox, Kenny McPeek
Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione, Irad Ortiz Jr., Flavien Prat
Apprentice Jockey: Erik Asmussen, Gabriel Maldonado, J.G. Torrealba
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