Snap Decision, with three graded stakes victories, including two G1 wins, should finally win the Eclipse Award that he so richly deserves.
Snap Decision winning the Grand National in a spectacular, gutsy finish (Photo by Tod Marks)
Along with Snap Decision, Carloun (Ire) and L'Imperator (Fr) were nominated for the Steeplechase Horse award.
Snap Decision won two G1 stakes and one G2 stakes while Carloun and L'Imperator won one G1 stakes each.
Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced during the ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 23 beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The evening will culminate with the announcement of the 2024 Horse of the Year.
Of the 240 eligible voters represented by the NTRA, consisting of racetrack racing officials and Equibase field personnel, the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB), and Daily Racing Form, 208, or 87%, took part in the voting.
Finalists were determined in each category by voters' top three selections, using a 10-5-1 point basis.
Eclipse Award winners are determined solely by first place votes.
OWNED BY Bruton Street-US, trained by Jack Fisher and ridden to all his wins by Graham Watters, Snap Decision won the G2, $75,000 Temple Gwathmey Hurdle Handicap in April, the G1, $200,000 Iroquois in May and the G1, $250,000 American Grand National in October, as well as finishing third in the G3 Mariann De Tejeda Stakes in October and the G1 Colonial Cup in November.
Carloun, owned by Molly and Paul Willis, trained by Keri Brion and ridden by Stephen Mulqueen, won the G1, $150,000 William H. Allison Hurdle Stakes in October.
Earlier in the year, Carloun finished third in two Maiden Special Weight before winning a Maiden Special Weight at Colonial Downs and a $35,000 Handicap at the Virginia Fall Races in October.
L'Imperator, owned by Hudson River Farm, trained by Arch Kingsley and ridden by Jordan Gainford, won the G1, $150,000 Beverly R. Steinman Hurdle Handicap at Belmont at the Big A in June, placed second in the G1 Lonesome Glory Handicap in September and third in the G1 Commonwealth Cup Stakes in May.
L'Imperator also placed third in the Carolina Cup in March, fourth in the G1 A.P. Smithwick, third in the Colonial Cup Stakes in September and fourth behind Snap Decision in the Grand National in October.
