Eclipse Awards Horse of the Year.

Eclipse Awards Horse of the Year. These annual awards have been presented by the Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Association, and the National Turf Writers Association since 1971. Previously, the Daily Racing Form (1936-70) and the Thoroughbred Racing Association (1950-70) had given separate horse of the year awards.. Year Horse 1936 Granville 1937 War Admiral1 1938 Seabiscuit 1939 Challedon 1940 Challedon 1941 Whirlaway1 1942 Whirlaway 1943 Count Fleet1 1944 Twilight Tear 1945 Busher 1946 Assault1 1947 Armed 1948 Citation1 1949 Capot 1950 Hill Prince 1951 Counterpoint 1952 2 One Count (DRF) Native Dancer (TRA) 1953 Tom Fool 1954 Native Dancer 1955 Nashua 1956 Swaps 1957 2 Bold Ruler (DRF) Dedicate (TRA) 1958 Round Table 1959 Sword Dancer 1960 Kelso 1961 Kelso 1962 Kelso 1963 Kelso 1964 Kelso 1965 2 Roman Brother (DRF) Moccasin (TRA) 1966 Buckpasser 1967 Damascus 1968 Dr. Fager 1969 Arts and Letters 1970 2 Fort Marcy (DRF) Personality (TRA) 1971 Ack Ack 1972 Secretariat 1973 Secretariat1 1974 Forego 1975 Forego 1976 Forego 1977 Seattle Slew1 1978 Affirmed1 1979 Affirmed 1980 Spectacular Bid 1981 John Henry 1982 Conquistador Cielo 1983 All Along 1984 John Henry 1985 Spend a Buck 1986 Lady's Secret 1987 Ferdinand 1988 Alysheba 1989 Sunday Silence 1990 Criminal Type 1991 Black Tie Affair 1992 A P Indy 1993 Kotashaan 1994 Holy Bull 1995 Cigar 1996 Cigar 1997 Favorite Trick 1998 Skip Away 1999 Charismatic 2000 Tiznow 2001 Point Given 2 002 Azeri 2003 Mineshaft 2004 Ghostzapper 2005 Saint Liam 2006 Invasor 2007 Curlin 1) Triple Crown winners. 2) The Daily Racing Form (DRF) and the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America (TRA) each chose a horse of the year independently from 1950 to 1971. In all but 4 of the 21 years the awards coexisted, the groups chose the same horse. Source: National Thoroughbred Racing Association.