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Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Females dominate horse racing as the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta and the Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra lead the Eclipse Awards finalists being the only two nominated for Horse of the Year.
Either Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta will become the first female to win the year-end honor since Azeri in 2002. They are virtual locks to win divisional championships.
Eclipse Awards Finalists
- Horse of the Year
- Rachel Alexandra
- Zenyatta
- Two-Year-Old Male
- Lookin at Lucky
- Noble’s Promise
- Vale of York
- Two-Year-Old Filly
- Blind Luck
- Hot Dixie Chick
- She Be Wild
Three-Year-Old Male
- Mine That Bird
- Quality Road
- Summer Bird
- Three-Year-Old Filly
- Careless Jewel
- Flashing
- Rachel Alexandra
- Older Male
- Einstein (BRZ)
- Gio Ponti
- Kodiak Kowboy
- Older Female
- Life Is Sweet
- Music Note
- Zenyatta
- Male Sprinter
- Dancing in Silks
- Kodiak Kowboy
- Zensational
- Female Sprinter
- Informed Decision
- Music Note
- Ventura
- Male Turf Horse
- Conduit
- Gio Ponti
- Presious Passion
- Female Turf Horse
- Goldikova
- Midday
- Ventura
- Steeplechase Horse
- Mixed Up
- Red Letter Day
- Spy in the Sky
- Owner
- Godolphin
- Juddmonte Farms
- Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moss
- Breeder
- Adena Springs
- Juddmonte Farms
- Dolphus C. Morrison
- Trainer
- Steve Asmussen
- Bob Baffert
- John Shirreffs
- Jockey
- Ramon Dominguez
- Garrett Gomez
- Julien Leparoux
- Apprentice Jockey
- Luis Batista
- Christian Santiago Reyes
- Luis Saez
Winners in all categories will be announced at the 39th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony, to be held on January 18, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Voting is done by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the National Turf Writers Association and the Daily Racing Form.
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