Correll’s Eclipse Selections: Bricks and Mortar to reign as Horse of the Year

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
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The 49th Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 23, 2020, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters I’m allowed to vote in both the equine and human categories for the 2019 awards. We select three places in each division and the winners are determined by the amount of votes they get for all three placings. Below are my picks for each category.

Horse of the Year: 1st – Bricks and Mortar, 2nd – Maximum Security, 3rd – Mitole

Two-Year-Old Male: 1st – Four Wheel Drive, 2nd – Structor, 3rd – Maxfield

Two-Year-Old Filly: 1st – British Idiom, 2nd – Sharing, 3rd – Bast

Three-Year-Old Male: 1st – Maximum Security, 2nd – Omaha Beach, 3rd – Spun to Run

Three-Year-Old Filly: 1st – Covfefe, 2nd – Concrete Rose, 3rd – Cambier Park

Older Dirt Male: 1st – Mitole, 2nd – Vino Rosso, 3rd – Tom’s d’Etat

Older Dirt Female: 1st – Midnight Bisou, 2nd – Blue Prize, 3rd – Come Dancing

Male Sprinter: 1st – Mitole, 2nd – Omaha Beach, 3rd – Shancelot

Female Sprinter: 1st – Covfefe, 2nd – Come Dancing, 3rd – Belvoir Bay

Male Turf Horse: 1st – Bricks and Mortar, 2nd – World of Trouble, 3rd – Old Persian

Female Turf Horse: 1st – Sistercharlie, 2nd – Uni, 3rd – Concrete Rose

Steeplechase Horse: 1st – Brain Power, 2nd – Winston C, 3rd – Scorpiancer

Owner: 1st – Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence, 2nd – Calumet Farm, 3rd – Gary Barber

Breeder: 1st – George Strawbridge Jr., 2nd – Calumet Farm, 3rd – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey

Jockey: 1st – Irad Ortiz Jr., 2nd – Javier Castellano, 3rd – John Velazquez

Apprentice Jockey: 1st – Julio Correa, 2nd – Cristian A. Torres, 3rd – Angel I. Diaz

Trainer: 1st – Chad Brown, 2nd – Steve Asmussen, 3rd – Bob Baffert