Racing Dudes' 2020 Eclipse Awards Votes

In 2018, Horse of the Year was a hotly-debated topic until Justify was ultimately named the 2019 Eclipse Award winner. In 2019 and 2020, however, several of horse racing’s year-end honors seem like mortal locks. Still, not every category has a surefire winner.

Even though we weren’t asked to vote, here’s how each member of the Racing Dudes team would have completed his or her ballot:

Racing	Dudes'	2020	Eclipse	Awards
	Jared Welch	Aaron Halterman	Mike "Saratoga Slim" Spector	Curtis "Magic" Kalleward	Ricky "Rocket Man" Pasternak	Dr. Miranda Bunge	Vinny Blond	RacingDudes.com Consensus Vote
Horse of the Year	Authentic	Welder	Tiz the Law	Authentic	Authentic	Swiss Skydiver	Authentic	Authentic
Two-Year-Old Male	Essential Quality	Ultimate Badger	Essential Quality	Essential Quality	Essential Quality	Essential Quality	Essential Quality	Essential Quality
Two-Year-Old Female	Vequist	Moonlight d'Oro	Vequist	Aunt Pearl	Aunt Pearl	Vequist	Vequist	Vequist
Three-Year-Old Male	Authentic	Shivaree	Authentic	Authentic	Authentic	Authentic	Authentic	Authentic
Three-Year-Old Female	Swiss Skydiver	Donna Veloce	Swiss Skydiver	Swiss Skydiver	Swiss Skydiver	Swiss Skydiver	Swiss Skydiver	Swiss Skydiver
Older Dirt Male	Improbable	Welder	Improbable	Improbable	Improbable	Improbable	Improbable	Improbable
Older Dirt Female	Monomoy Girl	Horologist	Monomoy Girl	Monomoy Girl	Monomoy Girl	Monomoy Girl	Monomoy Girl	Monomoy Girl
Male Sprinter	Whitmore	Hidden Scroll	Whitmore	Whitmore	Whitmore	Whitmore	Whitmore	Whitmore
Female Sprinter	Gamine	Sally's Curlin	Serengeti Empress	Serengeti Empress	Gamine	Gamine	Serengeti Empress	Serengeti Empress (tiebreaker goes to whoever has the lower number of positive drug tests)
Male Turf Horse	Channel Maker	Optimizer (standing at Calumet Farm with Oxbow)	Channel Maker	Channel Maker	United	Channel Maker	Channel Maker	Channel Maker
Female Turf Horse	Rushing Fall	Sistercharlie	Rushing Fall	Rushing Fall	Rushing Fall	Tarnawa	Rushing Fall	Rushing Fall
Owner	Godolphin	Endzone Athletics	Sackatoga Stable	Gary Barber	Calumet Farm	Klaravich Stables	Sackatoga Stable	Sackatoga Stable
Breeder	WinStar	Michael Spector	Godolphin	Godolphin	Ken and Sarah Ramsey	Godolphin	Godolphin	Godolphin
Trainer	💉💉💉	Kelly Von Hemel	Brad Cox	Brad Cox	Chad Brown	Brad Cox	Brad Cox	Brad Cox
Jockey	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Chris Landeros	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Tyler Gaffalione	Joel Rosario	Irad Ortiz Jr.
Apprentice Jockey	-abstain-	Oliver Spector	-abstain-	Alex Crispin	Luis Cardenas	Ferrin Peterson	Luis Cardenas	Luis Cardenas