American Champion Sprint Horse
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The American Champion Sprint Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. Created in 1947, in 1971 it became part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to the top horse in sprint races usually run at a distance of 6 or 7 furlongs).
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:
- 2007 : Midnight Lute
- 2006 : Thor's Echo
- 2005 : Lost in the Fog
- 2004 : Speightstown
- 2003 : Aldebaran
- 2002 : Orientate
- 2001 : Squirtle Squirt
- 2000 : Kona Gold
- 1999 : Artax
- 1998 : Reraise
- 1997 : Smoke Glacken
- 1996 : Lit de Justice
- 1995 : Not Surprising
- 1994 : Cherokee Run
- 1993 : Cardmania
- 1992 : Rubiano
- 1991 : Housebuster
- 1990 : Housebuster
- 1989 : Safely Kept
- 1988 : Gulch
- 1987 : Groovy
- 1986 : Smile
- 1985 : Precisionist
- 1984 : Eillo
- 1983 : Chinook Pass
- 1982 : Gold Beauty
- 1981 : Guilty Conscience
- 1980 : Plugged Nickle
- 1979 : Star de Naskra
- 1978 : Dr. Patches & J.O. Tobin (tie)
- 1977 : What a Summer
- 1976 : My Juliet
- 1975 : Gallant Bob
- 1974 : Forego
- 1973 : Shecky Greene
- 1972 : Chou Croute
- 1971 : Ack Ack
- 1970 : Ta Wee
- 1969 : Ta Wee
- 1968 : Dr. Fager
- 1967 : Dr. Fager
- 1966 : Impressive
- 1965 : Affectionately
- 1964 : Ahoy
- 1963 : No award given
- 1962 : No award given
- 1961 : No award given
- 1960 : No award given
- 1959 : Intentionally
- 1958 : Bold Ruler
- 1957 : Decathlon
- 1956 : Decathlon
- 1955 : Berseem
- 1954 : White Skies
- 1953 : Tom Fool
- 1952 : Tea-Maker
- 1951 : Sheilas Reward
- 1950 : Sheilas Reward
- 1949 : Delegate - Royal Governor (Tie)
- 1948 : Coaltown
- 1947 : Polynesian
