richiebee Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Unfortunately, the Eclipse Awards are given by...
>
> ...the same folks who want you to believe that the
> best horses in the game are
> running on hay, oats and water.
>
> No way a bunch of owners, breeders and trainers
> dressed in tuxes and evening
> gowns are going to thank any journalist for
> exposing racing for what it really
> is. Too much denial, too much culpability.
>
> Maybe a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. But not an
> Eclipse.
>
> There is a great story in the Calumet based book
> Wild Ride concerning the 1991
> Eclipse Awards, Wayne Lukas, Tim Conway and a
> champagne fueled Calumet Farm
> heiress who thought she wasn't getting enough
> recognition. Would love to recount
> it, but as the song says "I owe, I owe, its off to
> work I go".


Actually, Richie, the Eclipses aren't voted on by breeders, owners, trainers, and such. It's the members of the racing press along with a few NTRA and track honchos who vote on the Eclipses.

You've made me curious about the story though. Guess we'll have to wait til you're home from work.