Of course, Thorpedo Anna, who capped a brilliant campaign with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), is a sure bet to be voted Horse of the Year as well as champion 3-year-old filly.

Prat, meanwhile, set records for most stakes and most graded stakes wins in a year, and is joined as a finalist by Irad Ortiz, Jr., and Tyler Gaffalione.

Godolphin should win the Eclipse Award as leading owner for the fifth year in a row. Among its Eclipse finalists are Rebel’s Romance (male turf horse), Immersive and Good Cheer (2-year-old filly), and Cinderella’s Dream (female turf horse).

Among categories where the vote is expected to be close are for champion 3-year-old male — BC Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone, Travers Stakes (G1) winner Fierceness, Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Dornoch – and champion older male and older female.

The older male finalists are Full Serrano, National Treasure, and Straight No Chaser; for older female the final three are Adare Manor, Idiomatic, and Raging Sea.

As for the 2-year-old champions, trainer Bob Baffert has two of the three finalists in BC Juvenile (G1) winner Citizen Bull and Gaming; Chad Brown has the other in Chancer McPatrick. In the 2-year-old filly category, BC Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Immersive is the favorite over fellow unbeaten fillies Good Cheer and Lake Victoria.

Of the 240 eligible voters represented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), rack racing officials and Equibase field personnel, the National Thoroughbred Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB), and the Daily Racing Form, 208 (87%) took part in the voting. Finalists were determined by voters’ top three selections, using a 10-5-1 point basis. Eclipse winners are determined by first-place votes only.

2-Year-Old Male: Chancer McPatrick, Citizen Bull, Gaming

2-Year-Old Filly: Good Cheer, Immersive, Lake Victoria (IRE)

3-Year-Old Male:Dornoch, Fierceness, Sierra Leone

3-Year-Old Filly: Cinderella’s Dream (GB), She Feels Pretty, Thorpedo Anna

Older Dirt Male: Full Serrano (ARG), National Treasure, Straight No Chaser

Older Dirt Female: Adare Manor, Idiomatic, Raging Sea

Male Sprinter: Cogburn, Straight No Chaser, The Chosen Vron

Female Sprinter: Society, Soul of an Angel, Ways and Means

Male Turf Horse: Carl Spackler (IRE), Johannes, Rebel’s Romance (IRE)

Female Turf Horse: Cinderella’s Dream (GB), Moira, She Feels Pretty

Steeplechase Horse: Carloun (IRE), L’Imperator (FR), Snap Decision

Owner: Godolphin LLC, Juddmonte, Klaravich Stables, Inc.

Breeder: Calumet Farm, Godolphin, Judy Hicks

Trainer: Chad Brown, Brad Cox, Kenny McPeek

Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione, Irad Ortiz, Jr., Flavien Prat

Apprentice Jockey: Erik Asmussen, Gabriel Maldonado, J.G. Torrealba

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