Citizen Bull, National Treasure win at Eclipse | College News
Southern California, shut out of final yr’s Eclipse Awards, stormed back with three awards at Thursday’s Eclipse Awards ceremony in Palm Beach, Fla.
None of the awards had been a shock with two of three winners profitable a Breeders’ Cup race of their final outing.
Citizen Bull was the winner of the 2-Year-Old Male Eclipse after profitable his final two races, the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile and American Pharoah. He did lose his second begin ending third within the Del Mar Futurity however gained his maiden race at Del Mar.
The $675,000 buy, headed by a consortium of homeowners together with SF Racing and Starlight Racing, is the third favourite within the Kentucky Derby futures pool at 17-1 behind stablemate Barnes (6-1) and East Avenue (15-1), winner of the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland.
National Treasure, winner of the 2023 Preakness, was named the winner of the Older Dirt Male award after wins within the Pegasus and Met Mile. In his final race, he completed second within the California Crown. He can also be skilled by Baffert and owned by most of the group that owns Citizen Bull.
The different native winner was Straight No Chaser for coach Dan Blacker and owned by MyRacehorse, an possession group that sells microshares of horses. The 5-year-old colt gained his final two races after transferring to the Blacker barn with wins within the Santa Anita Sprint Championship and Breeders’ Cup Sprint. He has gained six of 10 lifetime.
The huge winner of the evening was the now 4-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna, the primary feminine horse to win since 2011 when Havre de Grace was provided that honor. Zenyatta gained the award in 2010. Thorpedo Anna additionally gained the 3-Year-Old Filly award in the one unanimous vote.
“She’s only started, she’s going to keep running … it’s been a fantastic ride,” coach Kenny McPeek stated.
Somewhat of a shock was Chad Brown profitable coach of yr honors over McPeek. Brown had the best numbers however McPeek gained each the Kentucky Oaks (Thorpedo Anna) and Kentucky Derby (Mystik Dan) on back-to-back days. Brown had 101 first-place votes and McPeek had 88.
Even although the Eclipse panel proclaims first-, second- and third-place finalists, solely first place votes are counted in figuring out the winners.
The awards are voted on by members of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Assn., a group of each journalists and publicists, some paid by the tracks, the National Thoroughbred Racing Assn. and the Daily Racing Form. Only the NTWAB reveals its particular person voting outcomes. The Times doesn’t vote within the Eclipse Awards.
Other winners had been: Immersive (2-Year-Old Filly), Sierra Leone, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, (3-Year-Old Male), Idiomatic (Older Dirt Female), Soul of an Angel (Female Sprinter) and Rebel’s Romance (Male Turf Horse).
Former Southern California-based jockey Flavien Prat gained his first Eclipse as high jockey.
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