Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse
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Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. Created in 1971, it is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to a stallion or gelding, 4 years old and up.
The Daily Racing Form (DRF) began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by both of 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 listed first and the one chosen by the Thoroughbred Racing Associations listed after.
The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award.
Past winners:
- 2006:
- 2005: Saint Liam
- 2004: Ghostzapper
- 2003: Mineshaft
- 2002: Left Bank
- 2001: Tiznow
- 2000: Lemon Drop Kid
- 1999: Victory Gallop
- 1998: Skip Away
- 1997: Skip Away
- 1996: Cigar
- 1995: Cigar
- 1994: The Wicked North
- 1993: Bertrando
- 1992: Pleasant Tap
- 1991: Black Tie Affair
- 1990: Criminal Type
- 1989: Blushing John
- 1988: Alysheba
- 1987: Ferdinand
- 1986: Turkoman
- 1985: Vanlandingham
- 1984: Slew o'Gold
- 1983: Bates Motel
- 1982: Lemhi Gold
- 1981: John Henry
- 1980: Spectacular Bid
- 1979: Affirmed
- 1978: Seattle Slew
- 1977: Forego
- 1976: Forego
- 1975: Forego
- 1974: Forego
- 1973: Riva Ridge
- 1972: Autobiography
- 1971: Ack Ack
- 1970: Fort Marcy - Nodouble
- 1969: Arts and Letters - Nodouble
- 1968: Dr. Fager
- 1967: Damascus - Buckpasser
- 1966: Buckpasser - Bold Bidder
- 1965: Roman Brother
- 1964: Kelso
- 1963: Kelso
- 1962: Kelso
- 1961: Kelso
- 1960: Bald Eagle
- 1959: Sword Dancer - Round Table
- 1958: Round Table
- 1957: Dedicate
- 1956: Swaps
- 1955: High Gun
- 1954: Native Dancer
- 1953: Tom Fool
- 1952: Crafty Admiral
- 1951: Hill Prince
- 1950: Noor
- 1949: Coaltown
- 1948: Citation
- 1947: Armed
- 1946: Armed
- 1945: Stymie
- 1944: Devil Diver
- 1943: Market Wise - Devil Diver
- 1942: Whirlaway
- 1941: Mioland
- 1940: Challedon
- 1939: Kayak II
- 1938: Seabiscuit
- 1937: Seabiscuit
- 1936: Discovery
- 1935: Discovery
- 1934: Equipose
- 1933: Equipose
- 1932: Equipose
- 1931: Sun Beau
- 1930: Sun Beau - Blue Larkspur
- 1929: Sun Beau - Diavolo
- 1928: Mike Hall
- 1927: Chance Play
- 1926: Sarazen
- 1925: Sarazen
- 1924: Epinard
- 1923: Grey Lag
- 1922: Exterminator - Grey Lag
- 1921: Exterminator - Mad Hatter
- 1920: Exterminator
- 1919: Cudgel - Sun Briar
- 1918: Cudgel
- 1917: Old Rosebud
- 1916: Roamer - Short Grass
- 1915: Roamer
- 1914: Great Britain - Borrow
- 1913: Whisk Broom II
- 1912: Star Charter
- 1911: Plate Glass
- 1910: Fitz Herbert - Ballot
- 1909: King James
- 1908: Ballot
- 1907: Nealon
- 1906: Go Between
- 1905: Ort Wells - Delhi
- 1904: Hermis
- 1903: Hermis - Waterboy
- 1902: Gold Heels
- 1901: Bornastar
- 1900: Kinley Mack
