For the third straight year, a female was crowned Horse of the year when Fox Hill Farm’s Havre de Grace took home top honors Jan. 16 at the annual Eclipse Awards dinner. Earlier, the daughter of Saint Liam had been a near unanimous selection as champion older mare.
The daughter of 2005 Horse of the Year Saint Liam trained by Larry Jones finished first with 166 votes, followed by Peter and Mary Hilvers and Bud and Judy Johnston’s 5-year-old Acclamation, who finished second with 26 votes. Diamond Pride LLC and the Lanni Family Trust’s 4-year-old Game on Dude finished third with 10 votes, followed by Cape Blanco with 9 votes.
“She is the perfect racehorse,” said Rick Porter, who owns Fox Hill Farm. “She did it her way. She won the big races when it counted.”
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