A.P. Indy, Best Pal, Sky Classic Finalists for Horse of the Year
ELKTON, Md. — A.P. Indy, Best Pal and Sky Classic are the finalists for the Thoroughbred Racing Assn.’s horse-of-the-year Award.
The winner will be announced Feb. 5 in Los Angeles.
A.P. Indy won the Belmont Stakes, Breeders’ Cup Classic and Santa Anita Derby last year. Best Pal won the Charles H. Strub, Santa Anita Handicap and Oakland Handicap. Sky Classic finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and the Arlington Million.
Other finalists: Eddie Delahoussaye, Kent Desormeaux and Chris McCarron, jockey; Neil Drysdale, Robert Frankel and Ron McAnally, trainer; Golden Eagle Farm, Juddmonte Farms and Allen E. Paulson, owner; Dear Doctor, Fraise, Lure and Sky Classic, male, turf; Flawlessly, Kostrama and Super Staff, female, turf; Missy’s Mirage and Paseana, older filly or mare; Gilded Time, Mountain Cat and River Special, 2-year-old colt; Boots ‘n Jackie, Eliza and Sky Beauty, 2-year-old filly, and Jesus A. Bracho, Freddy Castillo and Rosemary Homeister, apprentice jockey.
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