55th Eclipse Awards: Sovereignty gets the nod

Sovereignty gets the nod

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
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TRINITY, Fla. – The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting organizations, my picks are listed below.

SELECTIONS

Two-Year-Old Male:

1st – Ted Noffey, 2nd – Napoleon Solo, 3rd – Final Score

Two-Year-Old Filly:

1st – Super Corredora, 2nd – Explora, 3rd – Cy Fair

Three-Year-Old Male:

1st – Sovereignty, 2nd – Journalism, 3rd – Magnitude

Three-Year-Old Filly:

1st – Nitrogen, 2nd – Shisospicy, 3rd – Lush Lips

Older Dirt Male:

1st – Forever Young, 2nd – Nysos, 3rd – Bishop Bay

Older Dirt Female:

1st – Cavalieri, 2nd – Splendora, 3rd – Thorpedo Anna

Male Sprinter:

1st – Book’em Dano, 2nd – Nysos, 3rd – Patch Adams

Female Sprinter:

1st – Shisospicy, 2nd – Splendora, 3rd – Queen Maxima

Male Turf Horse:

1st – Ethical Diamond, 2nd – Notable Speech, 3rd – Deterministic

Female Turf Horse:

1st – Shisospicy, 2nd – She Feels Pretty , 3rd – Nitrogen

Steeplechase Horse:

1st – Cool Jet, 2nd – Swore, 3rd – Zanahiyr

Owner:

1st – Godolphin LLC, 2nd – Spendthrift LLC, 3rd – Juddmonte

Breeder:

1st – Godolphin, 2nd – Don Alberto Corp., 3rd – Spendthrift Farm

Jockey:

1st – Irad Ortiz Jr., 2nd – Flavien Prat, 3rd – Jose Ortiz

Apprentice Jockey:

1st – Pietro Moran, 2nd – Manuel Americano, 3rd – Yedsit Hazlewood

Trainer:

1st – Chad Brown, 2nd – Bob Baffert, 3rd – Brad Cox

Horse of the Year:

1st – Sovereignty, 2nd – Forever Young, 3rd – Nitrogen