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JUSTIFY STEALS THE SHOW A confused Wolf said, "No." Edwards then explained that 6:52 was the time when by Bob Ehalt crossed the finish line in the Belmont, eliciting a laugh from Hallandale Beach, Fla. B Once again, to little surprise, it was Wolf, whose nickname may now be Jack "6:52" Wolf. the year's Triple Crown who proved to be There were several light-hearted moments, highlighted by the racing's brightest star. speech of longtime Del Mar Thoroughbred Club head Joe Harper At Thursday's 48th annual Eclipse Awards, the retired Justify in receiving the of Merit. () added Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Harper started by thanking his parents for imparting some Male laurels to a sterling resume that will be forever topped by "wisdom" on him. his stature as the sport's 13th Triple Crown champion. "After flunking out of college for the third time, I was WinStar Farm owner Kenny Troutt, in accepting the Horse of concerned about what to tell my parents, so I tried the truth. I the Year trophy for Justify on behalf of his partners China Horse said to my dad, >Sorry, Dad, Club, Head of Plains Partners and flunked out again, I think I'm just Starlight Racing, expressed thanks not that smart,' and he said, >Your to everyone involved in the mother and I figured that out a undefeated 3-year-old and was long time ago, but you were thankful for the joy the sport has smart enough to figure that out brought to his family. so here's some advice for you, " and this farm has always try to surround yourself been a blessing and has brought with people smarter than you.' my family together," Troutt said That turned out to be fairly easy during a rather brief acceptance at first but when I got to Del Mar speech that lasted only about a that became more difficult minute-and-a-half and closed out because I needed some really an amazingly quick program. "My Team Justify | Horsephotos smart people. I can't tell you how wife and our three kids just love much this award means to Del horse racing. It's been a blessing." Mar." Surprisingly, Justify did not have the coattails of past Triple In thanking the many people who worked for him at Del Mar, Crown/Horse of the Year recipients as the only other members Harper also managed to work in a little dig at another California of Team Justify to be honored at the black-tie track. affair were breeder John D. Gunther and Justify's win in the GI "It just came to me, half of those people were fired at Santa Belmont S., which was voted the National Anita. All you racetrack managers out there, if you need some Association's Moment of the Year. good and talented people, just go down to the Arcadia In accepting his Eclipse Award as the Outstanding Breeder, unemployment office. They're all there. Racing secretaries, race Gunther voiced sincere thanks to his daughter, Tanya. callers." "It is such an honor to achieve this award and if not for my While some Eclipse Awards ceremonies have dragged on daughter, I would not be standing here," Gunther said. longer than Justify's career, the 48th edition was streamlined Fittingly, the NTRA Moment of the Year produced one of the and completed in about 1:39. Some speeches were limited to a more humorous moments of the night when Master of minute, making the night's busiest people the band members Ceremonies Jeannine Edwards presented the award to Jack who began playing when some recipients exceeded their time. Wolf, managing partner and CEO of Starlight Racing. In handing The champion in that division was Sol Kumin of Monomoy the trophy to Wolf, she asked him if he knew about the Stable, who owns Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Monomoy Girl significance of 6:52 on the trophy. (Tapizar). ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 2 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

As for the thank-yous that could not be heard, Kumin said, "I was going for Florent when I stopped. I wanted to thank Paul Sharp for breaking the filly. Her groom Darwin Agular and exercise rider Mario Garcia, too, and I was going to thank my dad, Steve Kumin. He got cut off. He showed up from . We've always had a tight relationship and the last few years we've traveled around the world together for races." The started playing for Chad Brown while he was in the midst of his speech after winning a third straight Eclipse Award as the leading trainer, but he tugged at the heartstrings for a few extra moments. "You're not going to cut me off while I'm thanking my kids, are you?" Brown said. Harper had the best way of stopping the clock on his speech. "I paid off the band," he said. "Three minutes, okay." Sol Kumin & Monomoy Girl=s connections | Horsephotos

In starting his speech, Kumin warned, "There's no shot at doing this in a minute. Not with this group." True to his word, Kumin was able to thank trainer Brad Cox for giving the filly "unbelievable care" and Liz Crow of BSW Bloodstock for signing the $100,000 sale slip for Monomoy Girl at the 2016 September sale before the music started. The music grew louder as Kumin tried to add praise for jockey Florent Geroux and then as he tried to squeeze in kudos for few other folks, the nominations for the Champion 3-Year-Old Male started rolling and he waived the white flag. "I understand the process of trying to shorten the speeches, but it seemed a little bit short to me. You have all these people who have spent a lot of money and time trying to find a great Chad Brown | Horsephotos

The quick hook brought back memories for Jonathan Green, who owns 2-Year-Old Champion Filly Jaywalk (Cross Traffic) with his father, Leonard, and his mother, Lois, and Cash is King LLC. "A long time ago, my mother was the leading owner at Keystone Park and she talked for 15 minutes," he said. "She won the award the next year and they mailed it to her." Perhaps the most priceless moment came when the award for the Outstanding Jockey went to Irad Ortiz, Jr., the brother of 2017's Eclipse Award-winning jockey, Jose Ortiz. Irad walked on stage with his young daughter Sarai who waved and posed for the crowd as her father talked from the heart. "I want to thank my family for their support and I want to dedicate this trophy to a very special person, my brother (Jose) who dedicated his (Eclipse Award) to me a year ago," Irad said. WinStar=s Kenny Troutt | Horsephotos "This is for him. Love you, bro. And I know the happiest person horse and finally get a chance to be in the spotlight and a minute in the room right now is my dad. Thank you, Dad." is a little aggressive. I hope they expand that a little bit to say two minutes." ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 3 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

HORSE OF THE YEAR CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD MALE JUSTIFY (c, 3, Scat Daddy--Stage Magic, by ) $500,000 yrl >15 KEESEP O-China Horse Club, WinStar Farm, Head of Plains Partners & Starlight Racing; B-John D. Gunther (KY); T- 2018 Record: 6-6-0-0, $3,798,000 Major 2018 Races GI ! GI Derby ! GI Preakness S. ! GI Belmont S. TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Justify | Sarah Andrew Justify was the definition of perfection during his brief, but brilliant career. There was no question he would win the Eclipse for top sophomore male and, while there was some debate in the Horse of the Year category with GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner (), the mighty Justify won out there too after a history-making campaign. He is the 15th 3-year-old to be named Horse of the Year and the first since 2015 Triple Crown hero . The prestigious list of past sophomore Horses of the Year includes Triple Crown winners , and , as well as more recent runners, such as , and . Much-hyped leading up to his career bow at Santa Anita Feb. 18, the hulking chestnut lived up to the buzz with an ultra- impressive 9 1/2-length graduation. Equally dominant when clearing his first-level allowance condition by 6 1/2 lengths going a mile at Santa Anita Mar. 11, he stamped his ticket to Churchill Downs with a decisive defeat of Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 7. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 4 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Justify sauntered home a never-in-doubt winner over juvenile champion Good Magic (Curlin) in the GI May 5-- breaking the longstanding Apollo=s curse--and emerged from the fog a half-length clear of the hard-knocking Bravazo () in a nail-biting renewal of the GI Preakness S. May 19. The >TDN Rising Star= cemented his place in the history books June 9 on Long Island when wiring the GI Belmont S. to become the 13th Triple Crown winner. Developing some filling in his ankle in late July that would preclude him from a fall campaign, Justify=s connections deemed it best to retire the valuable colt and he has taken up stud duties alongside 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Coolmore=s Ashford Stud.

Accepting the Award... AI want to thank God for blessing us here tonight. I also want to thank all the voters that voted for Justify. Without them, we would not be here tonight. I would thank all of my partners that we have here. AWe have a lot of fun, especially in the winner=s circle. I want to thank all of WinStar Farm, all of our employees of all the things that they do. AI want to thank Bob Baffert for being a trainer. He=s starting to get this Triple Crown down and so I want to thank him and I also want to thank Mike Smith for all the things that he did for us, running through the dirt and the mud, everything. It=s just a blessing. AI also want to close by saying horse racing and the farm has really brought my family together. My wife and our three kids just love horse racing and it=s just been a blessing what horse racing and the farm has done for us. Thank you.@ CKenny Troutt of WinStar Farm

Early Impressions... AVino Rosso [winner of the GII Wood Memorial S.] and Justify were raised in the same paddock. was more laid back, but always sure of himself. Justify was the more imposing of the two. AIf you were paying attention to Vino, Justify would come over with that look of his and would basically be saying, >Hey what about me?= He knew he was the cat=s meow.@ --John D. Gunther, breeder of Triple Crown winner and $500,000 KEESEP yearling graduate Justify, April 30, 2018 TDN.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Horse of the Year: Justify, 191; Accelerate, 54; Monomoy Girl, 2; Enable, (GB), 1; Voter Abstention, 1. 3-Year-Old Male: Justify, 249. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 5 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION OLDER DIRT MALE ACCELERATE (h, 5, Lookin At Lucky--Issues, by Awesome Again) $380,000 yrl >14 KEESEP O-Hronis Racing; B-Mike Abraham (Ky); T-John W. Sadler 2018 Record: 7-6-1-0, $5,005,000 Major 2018 Races GI Breeders= Cup Classic ! GI TVG Pacific Classic S. ! GI Santa Anita H. ! GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita S. ! GI Awesome Again S. TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Accelerate | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire

Accelerate left no doubt who the best older horse in the country was by capping a historic season with a popular tally in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic at Churchill Downs, his fifth win at the highest level in 2018. The Hronis Racing colorbearer, a well-documented first Breeders= Cup winner for the John Sadler barn, became just the third horse to sweep all three of Southern California's major handicap events for older horses in the same year--the GI Santa Anita H., GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita S. and GI TVG Pacific Classic --joining (2006) and (2013). Accelerate=s season also included wins in the GI Awesome Again S. and GII San Pasqual S. His only loss of the year was a narrow second-place finish behind eventual GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile winner (Quality Road) in the GII Oaklawn H. in April. Lava Man=s 2006 season also included a win in the GII Goodwood Breeders= Cup H., the previous namesake of the Awesome Again. Lava Man, however, could only manage a seventh-place finish in that term=s Breeders= Cup Classic.

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Accelerate | Horsephotos

Accelerate, runner-up for Horse of the Year honors, is slated to retire to Lane=s End Farm after Saturday=s $9-million GI Pegasus World Cup. He is the 9-5 morning-line favorite.

Accepting the Award... AThank you for the support, and thank you to the voters. We appreciate it. We=re honored to be part of this industry.@ BKosta Hronis

Early Impressions... AOf course, I don't live here [in Kentucky] and he lived here. So I probably saw him four or five times before he sold. I always remembered he was a very nice colt, very easy to get along with. You could pet him without him biting or kicking you. He was always friendly. And I just watched him grow and always thought he was really nice. He developed well and always looked good. We didn't know that we would get as much as we did at the [KEESEP] sale [$380,000]. We were really happy with what we got. He had two brothers who were stakes winners and graded stakes placed. So we expected to get a good number, but that was really good. ASince he started running, he's just gotten better and better and better. I was at Del Mar, the only time I actually watched him live, when he broke his maiden by 8 3/4 lengths, I was there that day. It's been a lot of fun watching him. I still have his dam, she is in foal to Curlin and she had a that we bought back in the yearling sale. We are turning him out, he was a late foal, so we won't probably run him until the end of the year or maybe next year.@ --Mike Abraham, breeder of Accelerate.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Champion Older Male: Accelerate, 245; , 2; Discreet Lover, 1; , 1. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 7 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE UNIQUE BELLA (f, 4, TapitBUnrivaled Belle, by =s Song) $400,000 yrl >15 KEESEP O-Don Alberto Stable; B-Brushwood Stable (PA); T-Jerry Hollendorfer 2018 Record: 4-3-1-0, $680,000 Major 2018 Races GII Santa Maria S. ! GI Beholder Mile ! GI Clement L. Hirsch S. TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Unique Bella | Benoit

Unique Bella secured an Eclipse award last year as champion female sprinter with a victory in the GI La Brea S. just five days before the close of her sophomore year. This term, the >TDN Rising Star= ended her 4-year-old season--and career--early, retiring in mid-August after fracturing a sesamoid during a workout, but she did enough in her four 2018 starts to secure another Eclipse as top older female. Kicking off this term with a nine-length domination in the GII Santa Maria S. Feb. 10 at Santa Anita, the gray checked in second as the heavy favorite after a disastrous start in Oaklawn=s GI Apple Blossom H. Apr. 13. A decisive victress of the GI Beholder Mile back in Arcadia June 2, Unique Bella closed out her outstanding career with a half-length success in Del Mar=s GI Clement L. Hirsch S. July 29.

Early Impressions... AIt is a delightful circumstance when dreams of what could be transform into the reality of what is. I vividly recall attending the yearling sale with Carlos Heller, when all of the sudden Unique Bella, hip no. 8, caught his eye. She was so big, so strong, so imposing, so stunning that for Carlos, it was love at first sight. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 8 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

His eyes sparkled with anticipation as he confidently proclaimed, >I am going to buy that filly!= AOur magical ride was about to begin. Her precociousness, raw ability and impressive stride were apparent from the get go. She was born to be a regal champion and it was a privilege to be beside her during her reign. Through the patient, thoughtful and insightful determination of Carlos and Liliana, their Don Alberto Farm has emerged as a major player on the international Thoroughbred scene. The memorable and extraordinary contributions of Unique Bella, the incomparable champion has taken them to the pinnacles of success in this sport. AOf course, no horse can ever blossom into their true potential without the watchful eye and astute expertise of the trainer whose time, trouble and effort molds her into all she should be. Many thanks to Jerry Hollendorfer and his crew from the bottom of our hearts. DID YOU KNOW? AThe future looks bright for Don Alberto as we fantasize about Champion Unique Bella () what could be with future foals from this magnificent mare.@ was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” --Don Alberto advisor and racing manager Fernando Diaz-Valdes on Unique Bella, who will be bred to Medaglia d'Oro. Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website!

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Older Dirt Female: Unique Bella, 182; Abel Tasman, 34; Marley's Freedom, 14; Blue Prize (ARG), 9; Wow Cat (CHI), 9; Voter Abstention, 1. The Pennsylvania HorseBreeders Association Congratulates Eclipse Award Winners

Shamrock Rose 2018 CHAMPION FEMALE SPRINTER

bred by Best A Luck Farm

Unique Bella 2018 CHAMPION OLDER DIRT FEMALE

bred by Brushwood Stables

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CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD FILLY MONOMOY GIRL (f, 3, Tapizar--Drumette, by Henny Hughes) $100,000 yrl >16 KEESEP O-Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, LLC, The ElkstoneGroup, LLC (Stuart Grant) & Bethlehem Stables LLC; B-FPF LLC & Highfield Ranch (Ky); T-Brad H. Cox 2018 Record: 7-6-1-0, $2,818,200 Major 2018 Races GI Longines Breeders= Cup Distaff S. ! GI Longines Kentucky Oaks ! GI Acorn S. ! GI Central Bank Ashland S. ! GI Coaching Club American Oaks TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Monomoy Girl | Horsephotos

While the stewards may have spoiled her perfect season, nobody was going to take away an Eclipse statue from Monomoy Girl. First across the wire in all seven of her trips to the post in 2018, Monomoy Girl was the first filly to complete the GI Kentucky Oaks/GI Breeders= Cup Distaff double since Untapable (Tapit) completed the feat in 2014. The chestnut=s sophomore resume also included dominating wins in the GI Central Bank Ashland S., GI Acorn S., GI Coaching Club American Oaks and GII Rachel Alexandra S. She had her number taken down and placed second behind fellow finalist Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) in her Distaff prep after drifting throughout the stretch in a controversial renewal of the GI Cotillion S. at Parx. After wintering in with Paul Sharp, Monomoy Girl is expected to rejoin trainer Brad Cox=s string at Fair Grounds next ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 10 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

week. She is targeting the GI Apple Blossom S. at Oaklawn Park

Apr. 14. AWARD OF MERIT : JOE HARPER Monomoy Girl=s dam Drumette brought $1.85 million from Bridlewood Farm at last fall=s Fasig-Tipton November Sale.

Accepting the Award... ABrad [Cox], the job you=ve done with this filly, just in terms of how you=ve managed her career so far and the care that you=ve given her has been unbelievable and I speak for this whole group when I truly say thank you.@ Bco-owner Sol Kumin

Early Impressions... AShe was always strong-willed. To be honest with you, she was temperamental enough as a foal. She always had her own mind and took a bit of handling . As she matured, she got better. But she was a tricky enough girl when she was young.@ BCo-breeder Brendan Gallagher on Monomoy Girl. Joe Harper | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire Joe Harper, Chief Executive Officer of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, was honored with the Eclipse Award of ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes 3-Year-Old Filly: Monomoy Girl, 247; Magical (Ire), 1; Rushing Fall, Merit in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding achievement in 1. Thoroughbred racing.

Accepting the Award... AA number of years ago when I came home from flunking out " " " of my third college, I was concerned about what to tell my parents, so I tried the truth. I said to my dad, >I=m sorry dad, I flunked out again--I just don=t think I=m very smart.= And he said, >Your mother and I figured that out quite some time ago...but here=s some advice for you: always surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.= That turned out to be fairly easy at first, but when I got to Del Mar, it was a little more difficult because I really needed some smart people--and I got them. I can=t tell you what this award means to Del Mar. It=s got my name on it, but it=s got Del Mar=s soul in it.@ BJoe Harper

The TDN's very own Christie DeBernardis celebrates her Eclipse Award in the audio/multi-media Internet category for the TDN Weekend story "Cozmic One: Shining New Light on OTTBs.@ | Horsephotos ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 11 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD MALE GAME WINNER (c, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}--Indyan Giving, by A.P. Indy) $110,000 yrl >17 KEESEP O-Gary & Mary West B-Summer Wind Equine (Ky); T-Bob Baffert 2018 Record: 4-4-0-0, $1,496,000 Major 2018 Races GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile ! GI American Pharoah S. ! GI TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Game Winner | Horsephotos

Game Winner, relatively unheralded when selling for $110,000 at Keeneland September, gives owners Gary and Mary West an Eclipse Award for the second consecutive year after their (Flatter) took home 3-Year-Old Male Honors in 2018. Debuting as the second choice Aug. 18 at Del Mar, the bay quickly asserted himself and drew off to a 5 3/4-length romp, earning >TDN Rising Star= honors in the process. He was less fancied at the windows than fellow >Rising Star= Bob Baffert barnmate Roadster (Quality Road) making his stakes debut in the GI Del Mar Futurity the following month, but showed a strong stretch punch to score a convincing success, and continued his ascent with an impressive 4 1/2-length score in the GI American Pharoah S. That earned him heavy favoritism in the Breeders= Cup, where he overcame a wide trip and showed his class to prevail over Knicks Go (Paynter) going away. The early favorite for the GI Kentucky Derby and current leader on the TDN Derby Top 12, Game Winner got back on the worktab with a three-furlong bullet in :35 1/5 (1/15) Jan. 9 at

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Gary West leads Game Winner into the winner=s circle | Benoit

Santa Anita and added a four-furlong move in :48.60 (16/95) Jan. 20. Baffert has won this award four previous times: American Pharoah (2014), Lookin At Lucky (2009), Midshipman (2008) and Vindication (2002).

Accepting the Award... AI would like to thank Bob Baffert and his assistant Jimmy Barnes and his entire team for all the work they did getting Game Winner ready for the races and for making him a champion tonight. A special shout-out to his groom Eduardo Luna--I don=t think grooms get nearly the credit that they ought to get. Here=s a man who is also the groom of American Pharoah, , Justify and Improbable. That=s an incredible resume if you think about it.@ Bowner Gary West

Early Impressions... AThe very first time I breezed him, I said, 'Wow. I love this colt.' I texted Mr. West and told him we had a Candy Ride who was really working lights out.@ --Ben Glass, long-time racing manager and bloodstock agent for Gary and Mary West, on Game Winner.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes 2-Year-Old Male: Game Winner, 247; Bulletin,1; Knicks Go, 1.

DID YOU KNOW? Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}) was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” Visit the TDN Rising Stars section ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 13 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY JAYWALK (f, 2, Cross Traffic--Lady Pewitt, by Orientate) $190,000 yrl >17 KEESEP O-D. J. Stable & Cash is King LLC B-Gainesway LTD (Ky); T-John C. Servis 2018 Record: 5-4-1-0, $1,384,200 Major 2018 Races GI Tito=s Handmade Vodka Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies ! GI Frizette S. ! White Clay Creek S. TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Jaywalk | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire Bought for $190,000 as a Keeneland September yearling--her sire=s most expensive filly and second highest-priced of 54 first- crop yearlings--Jaywalk debuted June 23 at Monmouth and showed speed before holding on for second behind a >TDN Rising Star= in Nonna Madeline (Candy Ride {Arg}). That would be her last defeat of 2018. Cruising to a 7 1/2-length graduation in the Parx mud July 24, the gray made her stakes bow in the White Clay Creek S. Aug. 22 at Delaware and rallied late to score going away. Stepping up into top-level company in the GI Frizette S., Jaywalk took it to her foes early, setting a quick pace, and still had plenty left in the tank to register a powerful 5 3/4-length tally. It was then on to the Breeders= Cup, where she reproduced that effort when wiring the field with a comprehensive 5 1/2-length triumph. Pointing for the GII Davona Dale S. Mar. 2 at Gulfstream as her sophomore debut, Jaywalk drilled an easy half-mile in :50 4/5 (23/38) Jan. 11 at Palm Meadows in her first major post- Breeders= Cup activity and got more serious when working four furlongs in :48.90 (8/103) Jan. 19. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 14 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Accepting the Award... CHAMPION TURF MALE AWe want to thank the NTRA and the National Turf Writers Association for recognizing Jaywalk in this incredible year, and although we=ve been in the business for over 40 years, we (g, 6, Stormy Atlantic--Vassar, by ) haven=t really had that many opportunities to enjoy an event $165,000 RNA Ylg >13 FTSAUG; $100,000 2yo >14 OBSMAR like this. As a matter of fact, it was a long time ago that my mom O- Ranch & David A. Bernsen LLC; accepted an award for leading owner at Keystone Racetrack and B-Dapple Bloodstock & Gryphon Investments LLC (KY); after about a 15-minute speech, she was asked to come off the T-Peter Miller stage. The following year, we won the event again, were leading 2018 Record: 7-4-2-0, $935,360 owners and they mailed us the trophy. So, hopefully that will Major 2018 Races happen again next year where we=re actually invited back.@ GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint ! GIII Eddie D S. ! Green Flash H. Cco-owner Jonathan Green TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree Early Impressions... AShe was a leggy, rangy filly who stood over good ground. I think she takes after her sire. She was a well-above average yearling. She was by a $7,500 horse and she made $190,000 [as a KEESEP yearling], which gives you an inclination as to the level of her physical. You could never have predicted what she's accomplished, but I think there is plenty of run left in her and she is likely to improve further.@ --Michael Hernon on the Gainesway-bred and sold Jaywalk.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes 2-Year-Old Filly: Jaywalk, 214; Newspaperofrecord (Ire), 31; Bellafina, 4.

Stormy Liberal | Horsephotos " " " Stormy Liberal made a name for himself in his division with a 30-1 upset of the GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint in 2017, but he had captured four other stakes earlier that year after being claimed for $40,000 in the fall of 2016. Just missing an international success when second by a half-length in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on the Dubai World Cup card Mar. 31 at Meydan, the 6-year-old returned Stateside to annex another pair of stakes in the Green Flash H. Aug. 18 at Del Mar and GIII Eddie D S. Sept. 28 at Santa Anita. Defending his title over a boggy turf course in the Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill, Stormy Liberal dug deep to get up in the closing strides. Already back in action on New Year=s Day, he was second in the GIII Joe Hernandez S., his 14th black-type placing.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Champion Turf Male: Stormy Liberal, 85; Expert Eye, 66 (GB); Glorious Empire (Ire), 43; 14; Heart to Heart, 12; Catapult, 8; Channel Maker, 7; Raging Bull (FR), 7; Robert Bruce (Chi), 2; Funtastic, 1; Oscar Performance, 1; Yoshida (Jpn) 1; Voter Jonathan Green | Horsephotos Abstentions, 2. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 15 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Peter Miller | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire

Early Impressions... AAs you know we claimed Stormy Liberal for $40,000. He had shown some promise earlier in his career and quite frankly we took a risk at what has become our greatest claim of all time. He is on the cusp of $2 million in earnings and has given us the ride of a lifetime. Stormy has a little more attitude then Roy, so the goal is to just keep him happy back at the barn. AThat being said, when he gets out on the track, he is as professional as can be. He is very aware of his surroundings and is a smart horse. That, coupled with his gutsy , has made him one of the world's top turf sprinters. He always knows where the wire is and has a ton of heart. What a horse!@ --Brian Trump, Rockingham Ranch

Accepting the Award... AWhen we claimed Stormy Liberal for $40,000 three years ago, I never would have dreamt he=d be a two-time Breeders= Cup winner and an Eclipse Award winner, but dreams come true. AToo many people to thank, but again, humbled and blessed and honored and thank you to the voters for voting for a sprinter. He was the best turf horse this year. Thank you.@ Ctrainer Peter Miller

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CHAMPION FEMALE TURF HORSE SISTERCHARLIE (IRE) (f, 4, Myboycharlie {Ire}--Starlet=s Sister {Ire}, by {Ire}) i12,000 Ylg >15 ARQOCT O-Peter M Brant; B-Ecurie des Monceaux; T-Chad Brown 2018 Record: 5-4-1-0, $2,054,200 Major 2018 Races GI Jenny Wiley S. ! GI Diana S. ! GI Beverly D. S. ! GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

head of a perfect season, her lone defeat coming at the hands of stablemate Fourstar Crook (Freud) in the GII S. in Sistercharlie | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire June. Her four victories all came at Grade I level, including a impressive victory in the Jenny Wiley, her first start of a nine- month absence following a serious illness. She led home a Chad Brown 1-2-3 in the Beverly D. S. and capped the season with a neck triumph in desperately soft ground in the Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Sistercharlie will return to the races for a 5-year-old campaign.

Accepting the Award... AIt was a great, great year for this horse. I want to thank Chad and all his assistants...all of his capable staff, who also did such a great job. I=d also like to thank my family for being so supportive of me getting back into horse racing. All of our people at White Birch Farm have done such a great job for us and have been so diligent with all our horses. AIt=s a great honor--this means so much to me, the Eclipse Peter Brant & Chad Brown | Sarah Andrew Award championship. Thank you very much, and thanks to Sistercharlie for giving us some of the most exciting moments of our life.@ Bowner Peter Brant Thirty years after accepting the Eclipse Award for champion sprinter Gulch (Mr. Prospector), owner Peter Brant returned to ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes those heights courtesy of Sistercharlie. The bay came within a Champion Turf Female: Sistercharlie, 130; Enable, 119.

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CHAMPION MALE SPRINTER ROY H (g, 6, More Than Ready---Elusive Diva, by ) $115,000 yrl >13 KEESEP; $310,000 2yo >14 KEEAPR O-Rockingham Ranch & David A Bernsen; B-Ramona S. Bass, LLC (KY); T-Peter Miller 2018 Record: 5-3-1-1, $1,660,000 Major 2018 Races GII Palos Verdes S. ! GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. ! GI TwinSpires Breeders= Cup Sprint TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Roy H | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire Roy H took home his second straight Eclipse award as top male sprinter after another strong season, including two repeat Grade I victories. Kicking off 2018 with a decisive score in the GII Palos Verdes S. at Santa Anita Feb. 3, the bay checked in third in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen S. Mar. 31 and was second in his U.S. return in Del Mar=s GI Bing Crosby S. July 28. The gritty gelding returned to winning ways with a successful title defense in the GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship Oct. 6 and repeated at the World Championships with a 3 1/4-length score in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs Nov. 3. Roy H. becomes the first horse to earn back-to-back champion sprinter honors since Housebuster (1990-91). Roy H kicked off his 7-year-old campaign with a jaw-dropping win in the GII Palos Verdes S. at Santa Anita Jan. 19 and is aiming for a return trip to the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen.

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Male Sprinter: Roy H, 234; City of Light, 9; Imperial Hint, 3; Stormy Liberal, 2; Mind Your Biscuits, 1. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 18 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Accepting the Award... relaxed enough to let you cuddle with him in his stall, but when AI want to thank all my staff. It=s a team sport. I=ve got too he gets on that track, he puffs his chest out and shows off his many guys to mention. I want to thank my wife. I couldn=t do it extraordinary physique. Many of the jockeys who have had the without her. And the breeder, chance to ride him have told us, >He Ramona Bass--great horse you is the best sprinter I have ever rode bred. He=s something special, he=s in my life.= And that means a lot something special. I=m just when it comes from a Hall of Fame honored and humbled to train jockey. him. Thank you.@ Ctrainer Peter AWe feel truly blessed to share this Miller journey with him.@ --Brian Trump, Rockingham Ranch Early Impressions... AWhen we purchased Roy H, we Early Impressions... thought he had quite the AHe was always a beautiful-moving physicality. He was well-balanced, horse and very fast. strong, and everything you could Temperamentally very laid back and hope for. Right off the bat, we saw straightforward. We had big early success, however shortly Roy H | Benoit expectations for him both as a sale after breaking his maiden, he was plagued by some minor foot and a racehorse.@ issues and developed a bit of an attitude. Ultimately, some time --Ciaran Dunne, who purchased Roy H at Keeneland September off to rest and gelding him quickly got his career back on track, before re-offering him through his Wavertree Stables and he has become the horse of a lifetime for us. consignment at the Keeneland April sale in 2014. AHe is cool, calm and collected; a gentle giant if you will. He is ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 19 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION FEMALE SPRINTER SHAMROCK ROSE (f, 3, --Slew=s Quality, by Elusive Quality) $120,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR O-Conrad Farms; B-Best A Luck Farm LLC (PA); T-Mark Casse 2018 Record: 7-4-1-1, $848,076 Major 2018 Races Malvern Rose S. ! S. ! GII Lexus Raven Run S. ! GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Sprint TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Shamrock Rose | Horsephotos

The Conrads accept the Eclipse Award for champion female sprinter | Horsephotos

Manfred and Penny Conrad rolled the dice and supplemented Shamrock Rose into the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 20 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Mark Casse | Sarah Andrew

and the decision paid off in spades, as the Pennsylvania-bred became the third 3-year-old filly to be named Eclipse champion female sprinter. Winner of four of her seven outings last term, Shamrock Rose beat up on restricted foes in the Malvern Rose S. in August and maintained the winning thread in the La Lorgnette S. at Woodbine. Cut back to one turn for the Raven Run, she pulled a 18-1 surprise and was up in the waning strides in the F/M Sprint to post a 25-1 upset.

Accepting the Award... AWithout Mark [Casse], we would not be anywhere near here. We are just small horse owners in Canada and we met Mark five or six years ago. He got us twice to the Queen=s Plate, to a Kentucky Derby and now a Breeders= Cup. God knows where else he=s going to lead us.@ Bowner Manfred Conrad

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Female Sprinter: Shamrock Rose, 136; Marley's Freedom, 113.

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OUTSTANDING OWNER HRONIS RACING, LLC 2018 Record: 259-41-38-38, $7,344,810

Accelerate | Horsephotos

brothers have also campaigned multiple champion Stellar Wind (Curlin). Accelerate makes the final start of his impressive career in Kosta Hronis & John Sadler | Horsephotos Saturday=s GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park.

Accepting the Award... AFirst of all, I got to thank my lovely wife, Stephanie, because if I don=t do that first, I don=t get to claim any more horses, so thank you, honey. My children all flew across the country, so I have to thank them for being a part of the Hronis Racing team. My brother, Pete, is not here because he=s home on the ranch working and that=s where he always is and that=s because I get to have fun at the track and he gets to stay at work. We flipped a coin and he lost. AWe have to thank our one and only trainer, John Sadler, because without him we couldn=t do this. With his training and planning and guidance and friendship, he made all this happen tonight. John not only trains our horses, he trained the Hronis family how to be good owners and good stewards of this great Kosta Hronis | Benoit sport. Our joke at the racetrack is John doesn=t tell me how to grow grapes and I don=t tell him how to train horses. That=s Kosta and Pete Hronis=s Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) missed what=s made our relationship so successful. out on a Horse of the Year title despite winning five Grade I AThis is a little boy=s dream come true. Thank you.@ Cowner races in 2018, but the brothers were able to add the Eclipse as Kosta Hronis outstanding owner to the GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner=s Eclipse statue as champion older horse Thursday night. Also ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 FIRST-PLACE VOTES Outstanding Owner: Hronis Racing LLC, 142; Peter Brant, 27; carrying the Hronises= colors in 2018 was multiple graded stakes WinStar Farm, China Horse Club Intl., Starlight Racing, Head of winner Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags) and Grade I placed Plains Partners, 25; Calumet Farm, 8; Klaravich Stables, Inc., 8; Edwards Going Left (Midnight Lute). They capped a memorable Godolphin Racing, 6; End Zone Athletics, 5; WinStar Farm, 5; Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen, 4; Sol Kumin 3; Michael year with new acquisition Gift Box (Twirling Candy)=s win in the Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group, Bethlehem Stables, Dec. 26 GII San S. 2; China Horse Club, 1; China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Hronis Racing, which led all North American owners by 1; Farms, 1; Loooch Racing Stables, 1; Voter earnings last year, celebrated eight years in racing in 2018. The Abstentions, 10. ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 22 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

AShe manages the farm at Glennwood and it is such an honor OUTSTANDING BREEDER to achieve this award. If it wasn=t for my daughter, I wouldn=t be JOHN D. GUNTHER standing here. And I=d also like to thank all of the staff at Glennwood. They work endless hours and they=re very dedicated and hard working and they certainly deserve honorable mention this evening as well. Thank you.@ CJohn D. Gunther

OUTSTANDING TRAINER CHAD BROWN 2018 Record: 839-224-176-113, $27,546,057

John & Tanya Gunther | Glennwood

It=s a fairly >simple= equation--breed a Triple Crown winner, earn an Eclipse Award. It is, of course, no small feat, to breed that rare animal that can win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness S. and Belmont S.--all in five weeks= time--but John Gunther accomplished that courtesy of Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old Justify (Scat Daddy). Also the breeder of Justify=s Grade III-winning half-brother The Lieutenant (), Gunther=s high-class operation at Glennwood Farm was also Chad Brown | Horsephotos responsible for GII Wood Memorial S. hero and Belmont fourth- Chad Brown made it three straight Eclipse Awards as place finisher Vino Rosso (Curlin) and closed the season on a outstanding trainer after posting another spectacular season in high note when Competitionofideas (Speightstown) took out 2018. the GI American Oaks. Further afield, Gunther homebred The 40-year-old captured 20 Grade I events throughout the Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}) won his first three starts of season, headed by Breeders= Cup winners Sistercharlie (Ire) 2018, including the G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot. (Myboycharlie {Ire}) (F/M Turf) and unbeaten >TDN Rising Star= Newspaperofrecord (Ire) ( {Ire}) (Juvenile Fillies Accepting the Award... Turf), GI Haskell victor Good Magic (Curlin), GI Arlington Million AI=d like to thank everybody that voted for us and most of all winner Robert Bruce (Chi) (Fast Company {Ire}) and GI I=d like to share this award with my daughter, Tanya Gunther. Mile H. hero Patternrecognition (Adios Charlie). Tanya works endless hours planning all the matings of our Sistercharlie, crowned champion female turf horse Thursday mares. evening as well, also delivered top-level wins for Brown in the GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley S., GI Diana S. and GI Beverly D. S., š › respectively. Other 2018 Grade I winners from the Brown shedrow ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 FIRST-PLACE VOTES included: A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) (Just a Outstanding Breeder: John D. Gunther, 102; WinStar Farm, LLC, Game; First Lady); Competitionofideas (Speightstown) 68; Mike Abraham, 21; Calumet Farm, 14; Fred Hertrich III & John D. Fielding, 13; Juddmonte Farms, 8; Summer Wind Equine, 5; (American Oaks); >TDN Rising Star= Complexity (Maclean=s Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey, 3; Brereton C. Jones, 2; Besilu Stables, Music) (Champagne S.); Fog of War (War Front) (Summer); 1; FPF LLC & Highfield Ranch, 1; Stonestreet Thoroughbred Fourstar Crook (Freud) (Flower Bowl); Funtastic (United Nations Holdings, 1; Spendthrift Farm, 1; Voter Abstentions, 9. S.); Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (Hollywood Derby); >TDN ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 23 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

Rising Star= Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) (QEII Cup); >TDN younger brother and 2017 outstanding jockey Jose Ortiz to earn Rising Star= Separationofpowers (Candy Ride {Arg}) (Test S.); the first championship of his career. The Puerto Rican native Uni (GB) (More Than Ready) (Matriarch); and Wow Cat (Chi) won a pair of Breeders= Cup races on championship weekend, (Lookin At Lucky) (Beldame). guiding Eclipse finalist Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lopa de Vega Brown also saddled the second-place finishers in both the {Ire}) to victory in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont S. champion female sprinter Shamrock Rose (First Dude) to glory Brown=s stable posted 224 wins from 839 starters (27%), good in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint. Other Grade I victories last for a nation-leading $27,546,057 in earnings. Both Brown=s win season included the GI Whitney S. with Diversify (Bellamy total and earnings were career highs. Road), the GI Arlington Million with Robert Bruce (Chi) (Fast He continued his dominance throughout the year on his home Company {Ire}), the GI Just a Game S. with Eclipse finalist A turf in New York, registering his fourth consecutive New York Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and GI Flower Bowl Racing Association year-end training title. S. with Fourstar Crook (Freud). Brown won his second H. Allen Jerkens award for the Saratoga Ortiz led all North American jockeys by earnings in 2018, meet's top trainer with a record 46 victories. nosing out his brother who finished the season with earnings of $26,801,159. Accepting the Award... AI want to thank everyone who voted for us. We really Accepting the Award... appreciate this award. It=s a great honor. We take it very AI want to dedicate this trophy to a very special person in my seriously... All of our clients who trust us with these amazing, life--my brother [Jose], who dedicated this award to me last talented horses--all the ups and downs in racing--I really year. I want to dedicate it to him. I love you, bro. The most appreciate it.@ Btrainer Chad Brown happy person in this room tonight is my dad.@ Bjockey Irad Ortiz Jr. ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Outstanding Trainer: Chad Brown, 137; Bob Baffert, 94; Steve ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Asmussen, 6; Brad Cox, 4; John Sadler, 2; Karl Broberg, 2; Jason Outstanding Jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr., 173; Mike Smith, 40; Jose Ortiz, Servis, 1; Jerry Hollendorfer, 1. Voter Abstentions, 2. 25; , 8; Florent Geroux, 1; Javier Castellano, 1; Voter Abstentions, 1. OUTSTANDING JOCKEY OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY IRAD ORTIZ, JR 2018 Record: 1616-346-277-252, $27,727,039 WESTON HAMILTON 2018 Record: 920-120-100-131, $3,512,264 Weston Hamilton, who began his riding career in December 2017 and won his first two pro races Dec. 11, 2017 at Laurel, was the second leading rider at Laurel=s winter-spring meet in 2018 and was second again at the track=s summer meet. He captured the first stakes win of his career aboard Come Sundown in the First State Dash S. at Delaware Park in September and he hit the board in an additional two stakes races last season. Born in Maryland and raised in Oklahoma, Hamilton is the youngest son of popular Maryland rider Steve >Cowboy= Hamilton. AI couldn=t be prouder,@ the elder Hamilton said. AI don=t think anybody could be more proud to see their son do what he=s doing and have the success he=s having with his work ethic and Irad Ortiz Jr. | Horsephotos his attitude about things. We couldn=t be happier for him.@ In an Eclipse finalist battle of brothers, Irad Ortiz, Jr. beat out The 20-year-old Hamilton became the 11th Maryland-based ECLIPSE AWARDS • PAGE 24 OF 24 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JAN. 25, 2019

CHAMPION STEEPLECHASE HORSE ZANJABEEL (GB) (g, 5, Aussie Rules--Grain Only {GB}, by Machiavellian) ,7,500 HRA >16 GOFHIT; 210,000gns yrl >14 TATOCT O-Rosbrian Farm & Meadow Run Farm; B-Miss K. Rausing (GB); T-Richard J Hendriks 2018 Record: 4-2-2-0, $265,500 Major 2018 Races GI Iroquois S. (Stp) ! GI Lonesome Glory H. (Stp) TJCIS PPs ! Equineline catalog-style pedigree

Weston Hamilton | MJC photo rider to earn the Eclipse Award as champion apprentice, following future Hall of Famers Chris McCarron (1974) and (1987), as well as Ronnie Franklin (1978), Alberto Delgado (1982), Allen Stacy (1986), Mike Luzzi (1989), Mark Johnston (1990), Jeremy Rose (2001), Ryan Fogelsonger (2002) and Victor Carrasco (2013).

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Outstanding Apprentice Jockey: Weston Hamilton, 115; Edgar Morales, 87; Reylu Gutierrez, 11; Heriberto Figueroa, 7; Kazushi Kimura, 3; Assael Espinoza, 2; Evin Roman, 1; Johan Rosado, 1; Voter Abstentions, 22. Zanjabeel | Tod Marks š ›

Accepting the Award... AA little trivia...Ricky [Hendriks], the trainer, rode an Eclipse Award-winning horse by the name of Zaccio. He=s the first rider/trainer to win both honors, so we=re very blessed tonight--thank you very much.@ --George Mahoney

ECLIPSE AWARDS 2018 First-Place Votes Steeplechase Horse: Zanjabeel (GB), 176; Optimus Prime (FR), 22; Jury Duty (IRE), 12; Iranistan, 4; Balance the Budget, 1; Voter Abstentions, 34.

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