American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse

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The American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.

The award originated in 1936 when the Daily Racing Form (DRF) began naming an annual champion. In the same year, the Baltimore-based Turf and Sports Digest magazine instituted a similar award. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by these organizations. Whenever there were different champions named, the horses are listed side by side with the one chosen as champion by the Daily Racing Form noted with the letters (DRF), the one chosen by the Thoroughbred Racing Associations by the letters (TRA) and the one chosen by Turf and Sports Digest by the letters (TSD).

The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award.

Champions from 1887 through 1935 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine.[1]

Honorees[]

Eclipse Awards[]

Year
 Horse
 Trainer
 Owner
2020 Essential Quality Brad H. Cox Godolphin
2019 Storm the Court Exline-Border Racing LLC
2018 Game Winner Bob Baffert Mary & Gary West
2017 Good Magic Chad Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables
2016 Classic Empire Mark Casse John C. Oxley
2015 Nyquist Doug O'Neill Reddam Racing
2014 American Pharoah Bob Baffert Ahmed Zayat
2013 Shared Belief Jerry Hollendorfer Jungle Racing, Kmn Racing et al.
2012 Shanghai Bobby Todd Pletcher
2011 Hansen Mike Maker K. Hansen & Sky Chai Racing
2010 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Mike Repole
2009 Lookin at Lucky Bob Baffert Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, Paul Weitman
2008 Midshipman Bob Baffert Godolphin Racing
2007 War Pass Nicholas P. Zito
2006 Street Sense Carl Nafzger
2005 Stevie Wonderboy Douglas F. O'Neill Merv Griffin
2004 Declan's Moon Ronald W. Ellis Jay Em Ess Stables
2003 Action This Day Richard E. Mandella B. Wayne Hughes
2002 Vindication Bob Baffert
2001 Johannesburg Aidan O'Brien Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
2000 Macho Uno Joe Orseno Stronach Stables
1999 Anees The Thoroughbred Corp.
1998 Answer Lively John A. Franks
1997 Favorite Trick Patrick B. Byrne Joseph LaCombe
1996 Boston Harbor D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm
1995 Maria's Mon Mrs. Morton Rosenthal
1994 Timber Country D. Wayne Lukas Gainesway Stable, et al.
1993 Dehere Due Process Stable
1992 Gilded Time David Milch, Jack & Mark Silverman
1991 Arazi François Boutin Allen E. Paulson & Sheikh Mohammed
1990 Fly So Free Flint S. Schulhofer Tommy & Elizabeth Valando
1989 Rhythm Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps
1988 Easy Goer Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps
1987 Forty Niner Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm
1986 Capote D. Wayne Lukas Beal, French Jr. & Klein
1985 Tasso Neil D. Drysdale Gerald Robins
1984 Chief's Crown Roger Laurin Star Crown Stable
1983 Devil's Bag Woody Stephens Hickory Tree Stable
1982 Roving Boy Robert E. Hibbert
1981 Deputy Minister Centurion Stables & Kinghaven Farms
1980 Lord Avie Daniel Perlsweig SKS Stable
1979 Rockhill Native Harry A. Oak
1978 Spectacular Bid Bud Delp Hawksworth Farm
1977 Affirmed Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm
1976 Seattle Slew William H. Turner Jr. Karen & Mickey Taylor
1975 Honest Pleasure LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone
1974 Foolish Pleasure LeRoy Jolley John L. Greer
1973 John P. Campo Maxwell H. Gluck
1972 Secretariat Lucien Laurin Christopher Chenery
1971 Riva Ridge Lucien Laurin Christopher Chenery

Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards[]

Year
 Horse
 Trainer
 Owner
1970 Hoist The Flag
1969 Silent Screen Elberon Farm
1968 Top Knight Steven B. Wilson
1967 Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps
1966 Successor Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable
1965 Buckpasser William C. Winfrey Ogden Phipps
1964 Bold Lad William C. Winfrey Wheatley Stable
1963 Hurry to Market (TRA)[2](DRF)[3] David Erb Roger W. Wilson & Mrs. T. P. Hull Jr.
1963 Raise a Native (TSD) Burley Parke Louis Wolfson
1962 Never Bend Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable
1961 Crimson Satan Peter W. Salmen Sr.
1960 Hail to Reason Hirsch Jacobs Hirsch Jacobs & Harbor View Farm
1959 Warfare Hack Ross Clifton H. Jones
1958 First Landing Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery
1957 Nadir (DRF) Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm
1957 Jewel's Reward (TRA)[4] (TSD) Ivan H. Parke Maine Chance Farm
1956 Horace A. Jones Lucille P. Markey
1955 Needles Hugh L. Fontaine Jack Dudley &
1954 Nashua James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud
1953 Porterhouse (TRA)[5] (DRF)[6] Charles E. Whittingham Liz Whitney Tippett
1953 Hasty Road (TSD)[7] Harry Trotsek
1952 Native Dancer William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
1951 Tom Fool John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable
1950 Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr.

Daily Racing Form and Turf & Sport Digest Awards[]

Year
 Horse
 Trainer
 Owner
1949 Hill Prince (DRF)[8] Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery
1949 Oil Capitol (TSD)[9] Harry Trotsek Thomas Gray & Cora M. Trotsek
1948 Blue Peter Andy Schuttinger
1947 Citation Ben & Horace Jones Calumet Farm
1946 Double Jay James V. Tigani & James Boines
1945 Star Pilot Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm
1944 Pavot Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr.
1943 Platter (DRF) Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr.
1943 (TSD)[10] Burley Parke
1942 Count Fleet Don Cameron Fannie Hertz
1941 Alsab Albert Sabath
1940 Whirlaway (TSD)[11] Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1940 Our Boots (DRF)
1939 Bimelech William A. Hurley Edward R. Bradley
1938 William Ziegler Jr.
1937 Menow Hal Price Headley
1936 Pompoon Johnny Loftus

The Blood-Horse retrospective champions[]

Year
 Horse
 Trainer
 Owner
1935 George M. Odom Marshall Field III
1934 Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley
1933 Cavalcade Robert Augustus Smith Isabel Dodge Sloane
1932 Ladysman Bud Stotler William R. Coe
1931 Pat & Richard Nash
1930 Jamestown A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr.
1930 Equipoise Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
1929 Whichone James G. Rowe Jr. Harry Payne Whitney
1928 George M. Odom Marshall Field III
1927 Reigh Count Henry E. McDaniel Fannie Hertz
1927 Dice James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable
1926 Scapa Flow Scott P. Harlan Walter M. Jeffords Sr.
1925 Pompey William R. Coe
1924 Master Charlie William Daniel
1923 A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr.
1923 Frederick A. Burton & John S. Ward
1922 Zev Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable
1921 Morvich Fred Burlew Benjamin Block
1920 James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney
1919 Man o' War Louis Feustel Samuel D. Riddle
1918 Billy Kelly H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross
1918
1917 Sun Briar Henry E. McDaniel Willis Sharpe Kilmer
1916 Campfire Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr.
1915 James G. Rowe Sr. Lewis S. Thompson
1914 James Butler
1913 Old Rosebud Frank D. Weir Frank D. Weir & Hamilton Applegate
1912 Johnson N. Camden Jr.
1911 Worth Frank M. Taylor
1910 Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth
1909 Sweep James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene
1909 Charles L. Harrison
1908 Sir Martin John E. Madden John E. Madden
1907 Colin James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene
1906 John E. Madden Thomas Hitchcock
1905 Harry Payne Whitney
1904 Sysonby James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene
1903 Walter M. Scheftel & John W. May
1902 Irish Lad John E. Madden H. P. Whitney & H. B. Duryea
1901 Nasturtium William Collins Whitney
1900 Commando James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene
1899 Bromley and Co.
1899 James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene
1898 Jean Bereaud Sam Hildreth Sydney Paget
1897 Hamburg John E. Madden John E. Madden
1896 Ogden Marcus Daly
1895 James G. Rowe Sr.
1895 Ben Brush Edward D. Brown H. Eugene Leigh & Edward D. Brown
1894 none selected
1893 Domino James R. Keene
1892 William M. Singerly
1891
1890 James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont
1889 El Rio Rey
1888 Proctor Knott & George Scoogan
1887 Emperor of Norfolk E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin
1887 Raceland James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont
1886 Tremont Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Kelso named again as Horse-of-Year". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. December 6, 1963. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
  3. ^ "Kelso selected year's top racing horse". St. Petersburg Times. November 26, 1963. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
  4. ^ "Jewel's Reward named top colt of year". Lewiston Evening Journal. December 3, 1957. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ^ "Native Dancer chosen top 3-year-old". Youngstown Vindicator. December 3, 1953. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  6. ^ "Tom Fool named horse of the year". Calgary Herald. November 14, 1953. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  7. ^ "Three champions to race at Hialeah". Miami News. December 14, 1953. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  8. ^ "Capot captures horse of the year award for 1949". Toledo Blade. November 28, 1949. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  9. ^ "Coaltown is named Horse of the year". Schenectady Gazette. December 13, 1949. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  10. ^ "Count Fleet is horse of year". Tuscaloosa News. December 17, 1943. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  11. ^ "Challedon is horse of year". Kentucky New Era. December 11, 1940. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

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