2012 Eclipse Awards finalists

Finalists for the 2012 Eclipse Awards, selected by voters from Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Click on a finalist to read DRF's profile. Winners will be announced Jan. 19 at the 42nd Annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

Horse of the Year

Fort Larned I'll Have Another Wise Dan 2-year-old male   2-year-old female Shanghai Bobby Uncaptured Violence   Beholder Dreaming of Julia Executiveprivilege 3-year-old male   3-year-old female Bodemeister I’ll Have Another Union Rags   Believe You Can My Miss Aurelia Questing Older male   Older female Fort Larned Little Mike Wise Dan   Include Me Out Groupie Doll Royal Delta Male turf   Female turf Little Mike Point of Entry Wise Dan   Marketing Mix Tapitsfly Zagora Male sprinter   Female sprinter The Lumber Guy Shackleford Trinniberg   Contested Groupie Doll Mizdirection Steeplechase horse   Trainer Demonstrative Divine Fortune Pierrot Lunaire   Bob Baffert Todd Pletcher Dale Romans Owner   Breeder Godolphin Racing LLC Midwest Thoroughbreds Reddam Racing   Adena Springs Darley Brereton Jones Jockey   Apprentice   Javier Castellano Ramon Dominguez John Velazquez   Jose Montano Irad Ortiz, Jr. Angel Suarez 2012 DRF/NTRA Handicapper of the Year       Michael Beychok