Eclipse Award of Merit
The Eclipse Award of Merit is part of the American Eclipse Awards in Thoroughbred horse racing. The industry's highest honor, it is presented to an individual or entity displaying outstanding lifetime achievement in, and service to, the Thoroughbred industry.
First awarded in 1976, the Eclipse Award of Merit is voted on by a panel of representatives from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association.
Winners
- 2015 - Leonard Lavin
- 2014 - Tom Durkin
- 2013 - D. Wayne Lukas
- 2012 - Cot Campbell
- 2008 - Alice Headley Chandler of Mill Ridge Farm
- 2007 - No Award Presented
- 2006 - John A. Nerud
- 2005 - Penny Chenery
- 2004 - The Cella Family
- 2003 - Richard L. Duchossois
- 2002 - Ogden Phipps / Howard Battle
- 2001 - Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. / Pete Pederson
- 2000 - Jim McKay
- 1999 - No award presented
- 1998 - D. G. Van Clief, Jr.
- 1997 - Bob and Beverly Lewis
- 1996 - Allen E. Paulson
- 1995 - James E. "Ted" Bassett III
- 1994 - Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
- 1993 - Paul Mellon
- 1992 - Joe Hirsch / Robert P. Strub
- 1991 - Fred W. Hooper
- 1990 - Warner L. Jones, Jr.
- 1989 - Michael Sandler
- 1988 - John Forsythe
- 1987 - James B. Faulconer
- 1986 - Herman Cohen
- 1985 - Keene Daingerfield
- 1984 - John R. Gaines
- 1981 - Bill Shoemaker
- 1980 - John D. Shapiro
- 1979 - Frank E. Kilroe
- 1978 - Ogden Mills Phipps
- 1977 - Steve Cauthen
- 1976 - Jack J. Dreyfus
References
- The Eclipse Awards at the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of America, Inc.
- The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts
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