2008 Eclipse Award Finalists
Saturday January 10, 2009
The finalists for the 2008 Eclipse Awards were announced Friday. The winners will be announced and trophies presented on Monday January 26 at the 38th annual award ceremony, to be held in Miami. Curlin (right) could repeat as Horse of the Year, although Zenyatta has a lot of support as well. Get all the finalists and links to profiles for each here.
Comments
too bad Zarkava isn’t in the running… hse certainly has proved that she’s the TRUE HoY
www.racehorseowner.com named Zarkava the #1 Horse in the World: http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-2008-best-racehorses-in-the-world-our-rankings-10-30-08.html
They note: Best racehorse in the world for 2008: ZARKAVA (131). She tops our list for three reasons. One, she was never beaten. Two, she crushed Goldikova who then went on to record the most impressive victory of the entire Breeders’ Cup meeting. Three, she demolished the field in The Arc, and that race featured Duke of Marmalade, Youmzain, Soldier of Fortune, Papal Bull, and It’s Gino.
The IFHA would have you believe that all of those horses are within 3lbs of one another in terms of their ratings. That’s a load of papal bull. Zarkava is a better horse than Dylan Thomas based on her efforts, and certainly far superior to any horse she raced against this year. We rate her at 131. (They rated Curlin 130