Europe can expect slim pickings in Eclipse Awards

THERE will be slim pickings for European horses when America’s prestigious Eclipse Awards are handed out in Beverly Hills, California, later this month.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006 - 00:00
Simon Lewis

Andre Fabre’s Breeders' Cup Turf winner Shirocco is the only European-trained horse to be announced as one of the 45 finalists in the 15 categories for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s annual awards.

In the last few years the ceremony has seen triumphs for transatlantic raiders High Chaparral, Ouija Board, Islington, Johannesburg, Fantastic Light and Kalanisi.

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CourtsRacinghorse racingPlace: EuropePlace: AmericaPlace: Beverly Hills, CaliforniaPlace: High ChaparralPlace: Ouija BoardPlace: IslingtonPlace: JohannesburgPlace: KalanisiPlace: Belmont ParkPlace: New YorkPlace: USPlace: Saratoga CountyPerson: Andre FabrePerson: ShiroccoPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: John OxxPerson: Artie SchillerPerson: LeroidesanimauxPerson: FabrePerson: Michael TaborPerson: Todd PletcherPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: Amanda PerrettPerson: Afleet AlexPerson: Stevie WonderboyPerson: GiacomoPerson: SmugglerPerson: BorregoPerson: Rock Hard TenPerson: Saint LiamPerson: AshadoPerson: Stellar JaynePerson: CesarioPerson: Michael GillPerson: Steve AsmussenPerson: Robert FrankelPerson: Jerry BaileyPerson: John VelazquezPerson: Emma-Jayne WilsonEvent: Eclipse AwardsEvent: Breeder’s Cup TurfEvent: Breeders' Cup ClassicEvent: LiamEvent: BelmontEvent: Preakness StakesOrganisation: National Thoroughbred Racing Association
<p>Michael Moloney, Chief Executive Galway Racecourse checks the going. Pic: Ray Ryan.</p>

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