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 organizations voted for Stage Door Johnny.
Champions from 1887 through 1935 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine.[1]
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.
As of 2018, Bob Baffert won the award 9 times as a trainer. No other trainer won the award more than twice.[2]
Honorees
Eclipse Awards
Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards
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. |
The Blood-Horse retrospective champions
| 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 | Louis 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 ‡ | 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 | Frederick Gebhard |
| 1883 | Leonatus | Rolla Colston | George Morgan & Jack P. 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 |
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