American Champion Steeplechase Horse
The American Champion Steeplechase Horse is an American horse racing honor awarded as part of the Eclipse Award program since its inception in 1971. It is awarded annually to the top horse in steeplechase racing.
Flatterer is the only horse to win the award four times in a row, his last coming at age 7 in 1986. Lonesome Glory has won the Award five times, more than any other horse, and was the oldest ever when he won it for the final time at age 11.
Honorees[]
| Year |
Horse |
Age | Trainer |
Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Mean Queen (IRE) | 6 | Keri Brion | Buttonwood Farm |
| 2020 | Moscato | 9 | Jack Fisher | Bruton Street |
| 2019 | Winston C | 5 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Hudson River Farms |
| 2018 | Zanjabeel | 5 | Richard J. Hendriks | Rosbrian Farm and Meadow Run Farm |
| 2017 | Scorpiancer | 8 | Jack Fisher | Bruton Street-US |
| 2016 | Rawnaq | 9 | Cyril Murphy | Irvin S. Naylor |
| 2015 | Dawalan | 5 | Cyril Murphy | Irvin S. Naylor |
| 2014 | Demonstrative | 7 | Richard Valentine | Jacqueline Ohrstrom |
| 2013 | 10 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape & Jonathan E. Sheppard | |
| 2012 | 8 | Bruce Miller | Mrs. Calvin Houghland | |
| 2011 | 8 | Joseph W. Delozier III | Irvin S. Naylor | |
| 2010 | 7 | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | ||
| 2009 | 10 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape | |
| 2008 | 7 | Jack Fisher | Harold A. Via, Jr. | |
| 2007 | 6 | Jack Fisher | Harold A. Via, Jr. | |
| 2006 | McDynamo | 9 | Michael J. Moran | |
| 2005 | McDynamo | 8 | Sanna Hendriks | Michael J. Moran |
| 2004 | 8 | P. Douglas Fout | Eldon Farm Racing Stable | |
| 2003 | McDynamo | 6 | Sanna Hendriks | Michael J. Moran |
| 2002 | 9 | Janet Elliot | Nancy Gerry | |
| 2001 | 7 | Augustin Stable | ||
| 2000 | 6 | Bruce Miller | Calvin Houghland | |
| 1999 | Lonesome Glory | 11 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1998 | 5 | Janet Elliot | Nancy Gerry | |
| 1997 | Lonesome Glory | 9 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1996 | 5 | Charles O'Brien | William C. Lickle | |
| 1995 | Lonesome Glory | 7 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1994 | Warm Spell | 4 | John K. Griggs | John K. Griggs |
| 1993 | Lonesome Glory | 5 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1992 | Lonesome Glory | 4 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1991 | Morley Street | 7 | Toby Balding | Michael Jackson Bloodstock |
| 1990 | Morley Street | 6 | Toby Balding | Michael Jackson Bloodstock |
| 1989 | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jesse M. Henley Jr. | |
| 1988 | 6 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Bertram R. Firestone | |
| 1987 | 6 | Charles Fenwick Jr. | Dogwood Stable | |
| 1986 | Flatterer | 7 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1985 | Flatterer | 6 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1984 | Flatterer | 5 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1983 | Flatterer | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1982 | Zaccio | 6 | Bunny Murdock | |
| 1981 | Zaccio | 5 | Bunny Murdock | |
| 1980 | Zaccio | 4 | Bunny Murdock | |
| 1979 | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape | |
| 1978 | Cafe Prince | 8 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable |
| 1977 | Cafe Prince | 7 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable |
| 1976 | 6 | Lillian Bostwick Phipps | ||
| 1975 | 4 | Virginia Guest | ||
| 1974 | 8 | Clarence Furr | Florence L. Clark | |
| 1973 | 5 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape | |
| 1972 | 5 | Peter M. Howe | Marion duPont Scott | |
| 1971 | Shadow Brook | 7 | Stephen C. Clark Jr. |
References[]
Categories:
- Horse racing awards
- Horse racing in the United States