Eclipse Awards 2019 finalists named; see the full list
Finalists were announced Saturday for the 49th Eclipse Awards, U.S. racing's year-end championships to be revealed Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park in conjunction with Pegasus World Cup (G1) weekend.
Established in 1971 and named after the great 18th-century racehorse and sire Eclipse, who was undefeated in 18 starts, the Eclipse Awards are voted on by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, NTRA and Daily Racing Form.
Of the 254 eligible voters, 241 (94.88%) took part in this year’s 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.
Horse of the Year
Two-Year-Old Male
Maxfield
Storm the Court
Structor
Two-Year-Old Filly
Bast
British Idiom
Sharing
Three-Year-Old Male
Code of Honor
Maximum Security
Omaha Beach
Three-Year-Old Filly
Covfefe
Guarana
Serengeti Empress
Older Dirt Male
McKinzie
Mitole
Vino Rosso
Older Dirt Female
Blue Prize
Elate
Midnight Bisou
Male Sprinter
Imperial Hint
Mitole
World of Trouble
Female Sprinter
Belvoir Bay
Come Dancing
Covfefe
Male Turf Horse
Bricks and Mortar
Mo Forza
World of Trouble
Female Turf Horse
Got Stormy
Sistercharlie
Uni
Steeplechase Horse
Brain Power
Scorpiancer
Winston C
Owner
Gary Barber
Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence
Peter Brant
Breeder
Calumet Farm
Godolphin
George Strawbridge Jr.
Jockey
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Javier Castellano
Jose Ortiz
Apprentice Jockey
Julio Correa
Angel Diaz
Kazushi Kimura
Trainer
Brad Cox
Chad Brown
Steve Asmussen