Horse of the Year (1936-70)

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

In 1971, the Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Assn. joined forces to create the Eclipse Awards. Before then, however, the Racing Form (1936-70) and the TRA (1950-70) issued separate selections for Horse of the Year. Their picks differed only four times from 1950-70 and are so noted. Horses listed in CAPITAL letters are Triple Crown winners; (f) indicates female.

Multiple winners: Kelso (5); Challedon, Native Dancer and Whirlaway (2).

Year
1936 Granville
1937 WAR ADMIRAL
1938 Seabiscuit
1939 Challedon
1940 Challedon
1941 WHIRLAWAY
1942 Whirlaway
1943 COUNT FLEET
1944 Twilight Tear (f)
1945 Busher (f)
1946 ASSAULT
1947 Armed
1948 CITATION
1949 Capot
1950 Hill Prince
1951 Counterpoint
1952 One Count (DRF)
Native Dancer (TRA)
1953 Tom Fool
1954 Native Dancer
1955 Nashua
1956 Swaps
1957 Bold Ruler (DRF)
Dedicate (TRA)
1958 Round Table
1959 Sword Dancer
1960 Kelso
1961 Kelso
1962 Kelso
1963 Kelso
1964 Kelso
1965 Roman Brother (DRF)
Moccasin (TRA)
1966 Buckpasser
1967 Damascus
1968 Dr. Fager
1969 Arts and Letters
1970 Fort Marcy (DRF)
Personality (TRA)

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