American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
The American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both Turf & Sports Digest (TSD) 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 these organizations. The only disagreement came in 1968, when Turf & Sports Digest named Forward Pass as champion whereas the other two organisations voted for Stage Door Johnny.
Champions prior to 1936 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine. There were Co-Champions chosen retrospectively for 1876, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1893, 1894, 1904, 1906, 1917, 1923, and 1932.
The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award.
Contents
1 Honorees
1.1 Eclipse Awards
1.2 Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards
1.3 Daily Racing Form and Turf & Sport Digest Awards
1.4 Informal and retrospective awards
2 References
Honorees
Eclipse Awards
Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Coast | Bob Baffert | Gary and Mary West |
| 2016 | Arrogate | Bob Baffert | Juddmonte Farms |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables |
| 2014 | California Chrome | Art Sherman | Steven Coburn, Perry Martin |
| 2013 | Will Take Charge | D. Wayne Lukas | Willis D. Horton |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Doug F. O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | H. Graham Motion | Team Valor |
| 2010 | Lookin At Lucky | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman |
| 2009 | Summer Bird | Tim Ice | Dr. K. K. & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables & Paul Pompa, Jr. |
| 2007 | Curlin | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables et al. |
| 2006 | Bernardini | Thomas Albertrani | Darley Stable |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | Timothy F. Ritchey | Cash Is King Stable |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | John Servis | Roy & Patricia Chapman |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Bob Baffert | R. L. Reineman/The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 2001 | Point Given | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 2000 | Tiznow | Jay M. Robbins | Michael Cooper & Cecilia Straub-Rubens |
| 1999 | Charismatic | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis |
| 1996 | Skip Away | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Warren A. Croll, Jr. |
| 1993 | Prairie Bayou | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable |
| 1992 | A.P. Indy | Neil D. Drysdale | Tomonori Tsurumaki |
| 1991 | Hansel | Frank L. Brothers | Lazy Lane Farm |
| 1990 | Unbridled | Carl Nafzger | Frances A. Genter |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Charles E. Whittingham | H-G-W Partners |
| 1988 | Risen Star | Louie Roussel III | Ronnie Lamarque & Louie Roussel III |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Jack Van Berg | Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer |
| 1986 | Snow Chief | Melvin F. Stute | Carl Grinstead & Ben Rochelle |
| 1985 | Spend A Buck | Cam Gambolati | Hunter Farm |
| 1984 | Swale | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm |
| 1983 | Slew o' Gold | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Equusequity Stable |
| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm |
| 1980 | Temperence Hill | Joseph B. Cantey | Loblolly Stable |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | William H. Turner, Jr. | Karen & Mickey Taylor |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Laz Barrera | Estéban Rodriguez Tizol |
| 1975 | Wajima | Stephen A. DiMauro | East-West Stable |
| 1974 | Little Current | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable |
| 1972 | Key to the Mint | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Juan Arias | Pedro Baptista |
Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards
Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Personality | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs |
| 1969 | Arts and Letters | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables |
| 1968 | Stage Door Johnny (TRA)[1] (DRF)[2] | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1968 | Forward Pass (TSD)[3] | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm |
| 1967 | Damascus | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps |
| 1965 | Tom Rolfe | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1962 | Jaipur | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price |
| 1960 | Kelso | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable |
| 1959 | Sword Dancer | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable |
| 1956 | Needles | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable |
| 1955 | Nashua | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1954 | High Gun | Max Hirsch | King Ranch |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II |
| 1952 | One Count | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords |
| 1951 | Counterpoint | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stud, Inc. |
Daily Racing Form and Turf & Sport Digest Awards
Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Capot | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1948 | Citation | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1947 | Phalanx | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| 1946 | Assault | Max Hirsch | King Ranch |
| 1945 | Fighting Step | Charles C. Norman | Murlogg Farm |
| 1944 | By Jimminy | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz |
| 1942 | Alsab | Sarge Swenke | Albert Sabath |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1940 | Bimelech | William A. Hurley | Idle Hour Stock Farm |
| 1939 | Challedon | Louis J. Schaefer | Branncastle Farm |
| 1938 | Stagehand | Earl Sande | Col. Maxwell Howard |
| 1937 | War Admiral | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm |
| 1936 | Granville | James E. Fitzsimmons | William Woodward, Sr. |
Informal and retrospective awards
Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Omaha | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | Robert Augustus Smith | Brookmeade Stable |
| 1933 | Head Play | Willie Crump | Suzanne Mason |
| 1932 | Burgoo King ‡ | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1932 | Faireno ‡ | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1929 | Blue Larkspur | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz |
| 1927 | Whiskery | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1926 | Crusader | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm |
| 1925 | American Flag | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm |
| 1924 | Sarazen | Max Hirsch | Virginia Fair Vanderbilt |
| 1923 | Zev ‡ | David J. Leary | Rancocas Stable |
| 1923 | In Memoriam ‡ | George Land | Carl Weidemann |
| 1922 | Whiskaway | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1921 | Grey Lag | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable |
| 1920 | Man o' War | Louis Feustel | Samuel D. Riddle |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross |
| 1918 | Johren | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1917 | Hourless ‡ | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam ‡ | Richard F. Carmen | Wilfrid Viau |
| 1916 | Friar Rock | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. |
| 1915 | The Finn | Edward W. Heffner | Harry C. Hallenbeck |
| 1914 | Roamer | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller |
| 1913 | Rock View | Louis Feustel | August Belmont, Jr. |
| 1912 | The Manager | Thomas Clay McDowell | Thomas Clay McDowell |
| 1911 | Meridian | Albert Ewing | Richard F. Carman |
| 1910 | Sweep ‡ | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1910 | Dalmatian ‡ | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth |
| 1908 | Colin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1907 | Peter Pan | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1906 | Burgomaster ‡ | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1906 | Accountant ‡ | Matthew M. Allen | James B. Brady |
| 1905 | Sysonby | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1904 | Delhi ‡ | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1904 | Ort Wells ‡ | Enoch Wishard | John A. Drake |
| 1903 | Africander | Richard O. Miller | Hampton Stable |
| 1902 | Hermis | John H. McCormack | L. V. Bell |
| 1901 | Commando | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1900 | Kilmarnock | John E. Madden | William Collins Whitney |
| 1899 | Ethelbert | A. Jack Joyner | Perry Belmont |
| 1898 | Hamburg | William Lakeland | Marcus Daly |
| 1897 | Ornament | Charles T. Patterson | Charles T. Patterson |
| 1896 | Requital | James G. Rowe, Sr. | William P. Thompson |
| 1895 | Keenan | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly |
| 1894 | Domino ‡ | William Lakeland | James R. Keene |
| 1894 | Henry of Navarre ‡ | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland |
| 1893 | Clifford ‡ | H. Eugene Leigh | H. Eugene Leigh & Robert L. Rose |
| 1893 | Morello ‡ | A. Frank Van Ness | Elkton Stable |
| 1892 | Tammany | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly |
| 1891 | Potomac | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer |
| 1890 | Tournament | Matthew M. Allen | George Hearst |
| 1889 | Salvator | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin |
| 1888 | Emperor of Norfolk ‡ | Robert W. Thomas | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin |
| 1888 | Sir Dixon ‡ | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1887 | Hanover | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1886 | Inspector B. ‡ | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1886 | The Bard ‡ | John Huggins | Alexander J. Cassatt |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton ‡ | Alex Perry | James T. Williams |
| 1885 | Bersan ‡ | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris |
| 1884 | St. Saviour | Evert V. Snedecker | Frederic Gebhard |
| 1883 | Leonatus | Rolla Colston | George Morgan & Jack Chinn |
| 1882 | Runnymede ‡ | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1882 | Forester ‡ | Lewis Stuart | Appleby & Johnson |
| 1881 | Hindoo | Edward D. Brown | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1880 | Grenada | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1879 | Falsetto | Eli Jordan | J. W. Hunt Reynolds |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1877 | Baden-Baden | James Williams | William B. Astor, Jr. |
| 1876 | Vigil ‡ | Evert V. Snedecker | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1876 | Vagrant ‡ | A. Davis Pryor | William B. Astor, Jr. |
| 1875 | Tom Ochiltree | R. Wyndham Walden | John F. Chamberlain |
| 1874 | Acrobat | Charles S. Lloyd | K. W. Sears |
| 1872 | Joe Daniels | David McDaniel | David McDaniel |
| 1871 | Harry Bassett | David McDaniel | David McDaniel |
A ‡ designates co champion three-year-olds.
References
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^ "Unprecedented turf sweep by Dr Fager". Press-Courier. November 28, 1968. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Dr Fager Named top horse". Montreal Gazette. November 13, 1968. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- The Eclipse Awards at the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of America, Inc.
The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts- American Champion Three-Year-Old Male
