Eclipse Award Winners | Retama Ruffian

I'm sure by now, the vast majority of you have seen or heard about the Eclipse Award winners. My plan was to post my picks for each of the categories, but that did not happen. So, to make it up to you I will be posting the winners (as I originally doing) AND I will be starting a new blog series that only one person knows of besides myself. The series will be posting by the end of tomorrow (hopefully) or early Tuesday morning.

Female Turf Horse-
Dayatthespa
Dayatthespa has been a favorite of mine for quite awhile and I'm 100% for her at all times.

Male Turf Horse-
Main Sequence
The underdog, Main Sequence, has been exceptional this whole year and four grade one wins really screams something to me.

Female Sprinter-
Judy the Beauty
Her Breeders' Cup win was one of my favorites. She is extremely deserving of her title.

Male Sprinter-

Work All Week
I've seen better. That's all I'll say.

Older Female-
Close Hatches
Her final two races made me want to stab my eyes out. I'm not a fan.

Older Male-
Main Sequence
Again, extremely deserving and dominate.

Three-Year Old Filly-
Untapable
No competition here.

Three-Year Old Male-
California Chrome
Shared Belief was my pick. I don't want to start a rant so I'm shutting up.

Two-Year Old Filly-
Take Charge Brandi
TCB was my Oaks underdog until she won the Breeders' Cup because then everyone knew about her.

Two-Year Old Male-
American Pharoah
After the FrontRunner, he dropped of the face of the earth. Texas Red was the same situation as TCB.

Horse of the Year-
California Chrome
Main Sequence all the way. BUT because Bayern didn't win, I'm perfectly fine.

Breeders' Cup Friday (QUICK) Wrap Up

I'll be honest I wasn't really into Breeders' Cup Friday. Perhaps it was because I watched all of the races on my phone. And maybe because I was only into two races, the Dirt Mile and the Distaff.

The Dirt Mile was the only race I didn't watch and that was because I was handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. 😝 I don't think the race was that impressive from what I heard. But I'll be honest, I was Goldencents to win and Tapiture to come second. I was hoping that Vicar's In Trouble would have ran third but I am now hoping his injury was too serious and that he recovers quickly.

The Distaff had an obvious winner before the race started. Untapable. I didn't want her to win but I had to face the facts. Congratulations to Tapit for shattering the single-season earnings of a North American site. Close Hatches does not seem like she wants to run anymore. She came dead last. Retire Close Hatches and breed her. She might be a good sale but I'm not so sure with her last few finishes...

To Rosie Napravnik (for the very, very small chance of you stumbling upon this article) congratulations on your pregnancy. Seven weeks. I'm glad to hear you will stay in the buisness with your husband. I really hope your baby is a girl and she (or he!) follows your footsteps. We'll see you soon in the Derby winner circle but this time next to the horse, not on him.

Until next time,
Madison