Eclipse Award Poll

Dateline: 01/04/01

The finalists for the 2000 Eclipse Awards were announced today by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers Association, and the Daily Racing Form. Winners for each category will be named at the Eclipse Awards dinner on January 30th in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kona Gold came out as a finalist in three categories: Older Male, Sprinter, and Horse of the Year. He was unanimously selected as Champion Sprinter based on his record of 5 wins (all graded stakes including the Breeders' Cup Sprint) in 6 starts in 2000 with earnings of $1,042,630.

Below is a list of all the finalists in alphabetical order plus a poll for each category where you can vote for who you think should win. Results from the pre-finalist voting are also linked (where available) under each category to compare to the actual finalist lists.

About.com Poll 3-Year-Old Male Fusaichi Pegasus Giant's Causeway Tiznow Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll 3-Year-Old Filly Jostle Spain Surfside Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Older Male General Challenge Kona Gold Lemon Drop Kid Current Results Pre-finalist voting results
About.com Poll Older Female Beautiful Pleasure Heritage of Gold Riboletta Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Turf Male John's Call Kalanisi War Chant Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Turf Female Gaviola Perfect Sting Tout Charmant Current Results Pre-finalist voting results
About.com Poll 2-Year-Old Male City Zip Flame Thrower Macho Uno Point Given Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll 2-Year-Old Filly Caressing Raging Fever She's a Devil Due Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Steeplechaser All Gong Pompeyo Yellowroad Current Results
Kona Gold Lemon Drop Kid	About.com Poll Horse of the Year Kona Gold Lemon Drop Kid Tiznow Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	Tiznow
About.com Poll Breeder Juddmonte Farms Harry Mangurian Jr. Frank Stronach Current Results	About.com Poll Owner Michael Cooper & Cecilia Straub-Rubens Juddmonte Farms Frank Stronach Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Trainer Robert Frankel Scott Lake Joseph Orseno Current Results Pre-finalist voting results
About.com Poll Jockey Jerry Bailey Pat Day Russel Baze Current Results Pre-finalist voting results	About.com Poll Apprentice Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. Tyler Baze Greta Kuntzweiler Current Results

More about the Eclipse Awards:

• Past winners for all categories
• Eclipse Awards from Infoplease Almanac with some historical info and multiple winners
• Voting rules new this year from the NTRA

All photos by Cindy Pierson or Terence Dulay. Logo courtesy of Breeders' Cup Limited.

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