Eclipse Awards finalists announced

[MaryS]

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/editoria ... i?id=33848

Two-Year-Old Male: Shanghai Bobby, Uncaptured, Violence
Two-Year-Old Filly: Beholder, Dreaming of Julia, Executiveprivilege
Three-Year-Old Male: Bodemeister, I'll Have Another, Union Rags
Three-Year-Old Filly: Believe You Can, My Miss Aurelia, Questing
Older Male: Fort Larned, Little Mike, Wise Dan
Older Female: Groupie Doll, Include Me Out, Royal Delta
Male Sprinter: The Lumber Guy, Shackleford, Trinniberg
Female Sprinter: Contested, Groupie Doll, Mizdirection
Male Turf Horse: Little Mike, Point of Entry, Wise Dan
Female Turf Horse: Marketing Mix, Tapitsfly, Zagora
Steeplechase Horse: Demonstrative, Divine Fortune, Pierrot Lunaire
Horse of the Year: Fort Larned, I'll Have Another, Wise Dan
Owner: Godolphin Racing LLC, Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc., Reddam Racing LLC
Breeder: Adena Springs, Darley, Brereton C. Jones
Trainer: Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, Dale Romans
Jockey: Javier Castellano, Ramon Dominguez, John Velazquez
Apprentice Jockey: Jose Montano, Irad Ortiz Jr., Angel Suarez

[Hollywoodmike]

I think that Ramon and Irad are slam dunks in the jockey and apprentice categories.

[Tvghrtvfan]

https://twitter.com/DRFGrening

"Irad Ortiz Jr. was an apprentice for one month in 2012 yet he's a finalist for Eclipse Award for leading apprentice?"

[Southieboy]

I would say the following are slam dunks in their respective categories:

Two-Year-Old Male: Shanghai Bobby
Two-Year-Old Filly: Beholder
Three-Year-Old Male: I'll Have Another
Older Female: Royal Delta
Female Sprinter: Groupie Doll
Male Turf Horse: Wise Dan
Female Turf Horse: Zagora
Steeplechase Horse: Demonstrative or Pierrot Lunaire
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
Horse of the Year: Wise Dan

[Tvghrtvfan]

Two-Year-Old Male: Shanghai Bobby
Two-Year-Old Filly: Beholder
Three-Year-Old Male: I'll Have Another
Three-Year-Old Filly: Questing
Older Male: Fort Larned
Older Female: Royal Delta
Male Sprinter: Trinniberg
Female Sprinter: Groupie Doll
Male Turf Horse: Little Mike
Female Turf Horse: Zagora
Horse of the Year: Wise Dan
Owner: Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc.
Breeder: Adena Springs
Trainer: Dale Romans
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
Apprentice Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.

[Apad]

Male Turf Horse: Little Mike
Horse of the Year: Wise Dan

How do the figure the most dominant turf horse, who is a slam dunk for HOTY, loses the award for best turf horse?

[Tvghrtvfan]

Male Turf Horse: Little Mike
Horse of the Year: Wise Dan

How do the figure the most dominant turf horse, who is a slam dunk for HOTY, loses the award for best turf horse?

Well I want things to be fair and that's how I would vote.

[Hollywoodmike]

Questing ahead of My Miss Aurelia after the latter beat her twice????

[Tvghrtvfan]

Let's see what happens at the end