Racing Dudes' 2019 Eclipse Awards

Unlike last year, when Horse of the Year was a hotly-debated topic until Justify was ultimately named the 2019 Eclipse Award winner, several of the 2019 year-end honors seem like mortal locks. Still, not every category has a surefire winner.

The finalists were recently announced, and although we weren’t asked to vote, here is how each member of the Racing Dudes writing team would have cast his ballot:

	Jared Welch	Aaron Halterman	Mike "Slim" Spector	Curtis "Magic" Kalleward	Mike Somich	Brandon "B$" Bauer	Ricky Pasternak	RacingDudes.com Consensus
Horse of the Year	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Mitole	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar
Two-Year-Old Male	Storm the Court	Structor	Structor	Structor	Structor	Structor	Storm the Court	Structor
Two-Year-Old Female	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom	British Idiom
Three-Year-Old Male	Maximum Security	Maximum Security	Code of Honor	Maximum Security	Maximum Security	Maximum Security	Code of Honor	Maximum Security
Three-Year-Old Female	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe
Older Dirt Male	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Vino Rosso	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole
Older Dirt Female	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou	Midnight Bisou
Male Sprinter	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole	Mitole
Female Sprinter	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe	Covfefe
Male Turf Horse	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar	Bricks and Mortar
Female Turf Horse	Uni	Sistercharlie	Uni	Got Stormy	Uni	Uni	Sistercharlie	Uni
Owner	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Gary Barber	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence	Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence
Breeder	Calumet Farm	Godolphin	Calumet Farm	Godolphin	Godolphin	Calumet Farm	Calumet Farm	Calumet Farm
Trainer	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown	Chad Brown
Jockey	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Jose Ortiz	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Apprentice Jockey	Kazushi Kimura	Angel Diaz	Kazushi Kimura	Kazushi Kimura	Angel Diaz	Julio Correa	Kazushi Kimura	Kazushi Kimura

(note: Aaron would have voted for Karl Broberg [Trainer] and Endzone Athletics [Owner] if given the chance)

Did we get it right? Who did we miss? Let us know in the Comments section below or on Twitter! You can follow each of us at @racing_dudes, @SaratogaSlim, @CurtisKalleward, @Somobomb18, @BbauerRacing, and @RickyP_15.

The 49th Annual Eclipse Awards will be held at Gulfstream Park on January 23, 2020.