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Lady's Secret
Lady's Secret
Sire	Secretariat
Grandsire	Bold Ruler
Dam	Great Lady M.
Damsire	Icecapade
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1982
Country	United States
Colour	Gray
Breeder	Robert H. Spreen
Owner	Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Klein
Trainer	D. Wayne Lukas
Record	45: 25-9-3
Earnings	$3,021,325
Major wins
	Moccasin Stakes (1984); The Darley Test (1985); Ballerina Handicap (1985); Monmouth Regret Stakes (1985); Ruffian Handicap (1985, 1986); Beldame Stakes (1985, 1986); Maskette Handicap (1985, 1986); Whitney Handicap (1986); Molly Pitcher Handicap (1986); Shuvee Handicap (1986) Breeders' Cup wins:; Breeders' Cup Distaff (1986)
Awards
	U.S. Champion Older Filly (1986); United States Horse of the Year (1986)
Honours
	United States Racing Hall of Fame (1992); #76 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century; Lady's Secret B.C. Handicap at Santa Anita Park, 1993–2009; Lady's Secret Café at Monmouth Park Racetrack; Lady's Secret Drive in Rancho Santa Fe, California
	Last updated on January 3, 2009

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Lady's Secret (April 8, 1982 – March 4, 2003) was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklahoma. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein (former owner of the San Diego Chargers), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.^[1]

Breeding and background

Lady's Secret was sired by U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat and out of Great Lady M., a daughter of Icecapade who was a half brother to Ruffian. Lady's Secret was also closely related to Ruffian on her sire's side since Secretariat and Reviewer (Ruffian's sire) shared a sire in Bold Ruler. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.

Racing record

Lady's Secret, who was a front runner, won twenty-five of her forty-five races and had nine second-place finishes. The daughter of Secretariat dominated the fillies she raced against and was also competitive against males.

After winning the Moccasin Stakes at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two Grade I events, and ran second to stablemate Life's Magic in the 1985 Breeders' Cup Distaff. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret faced the nation's best male horses four times, winning one of those races and being victorious in ten of her fifteen total starts that season, all graded stakes races. Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events, a single-season Grade 1 winning record only equaled by the champion Cigar during his undefeated 1995 campaign. Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the Whitney Stakes since Gallorette in 1948. She finished her year by winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff with Pat Day aboard. Her margin of victory was 2½ lengths in defeating a strong field that included Fran's Valentine and Outstandingly.^[2] Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.

Lady's Secret's performances throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked number 76 by Blood-Horse magazine in their list of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century.

Stud record

Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to Fares Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, as a broodmare. She and Azeri (horse) are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by Seattle Slew and Skip Away). Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in Valley Center, California, as a result of complications in foaling. She produced 12 foals, with 10 starters and 5 winners. None of her progeny were of particular note.

In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.^[3] The Lady's Secret Café at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, was named in her honor, but from 2012^[4] it was known as the Zenyatta Stakes, after the 2010 American Horse of the Year who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, Rancho Santa Fe, California, where her owner lived, was also named in her memory. Valley Creek Farm has since been sold. The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Lady's Secret (USA), grey mare, 1982
Sire Secretariat 1970	Bold Ruler 1954	Nasrullah (IRE)	Nearco
		Nasrullah (IRE)	Mumtaz Begum
		Miss Disco	Discovery
		Miss Disco	Outdone
	Somethingroyal 1952	Princequillo (IRE)	Prince Rose
		Princequillo (IRE)	Cosquilla
		Imperatrice	Caruso
		Imperatrice	Cinquepace
Dam Great Lady M 1975	Icecapade 1969	Nearctic (CAN)	Nearco
		Nearctic (CAN)	Lady Angela
		Shenanigans	Native Dancer
		Shenanigans	Bold Irish
	Sovereign Lady 1969	Young Emperor (GB)	Grey Sovereign
		Young Emperor (GB)	Young Empress
		Sweety Kid	Olympia
		Sweety Kid	Trustworthy (Family: 22-d)^[5]

References

^ "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". Equibase Company LLC. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ "1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff". Breeders’ Cup Limited. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
^ Network, Sports (July 14, 2012). "Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2012-07-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Australian Stud Book Retrieved 2011-1-17

Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor by the Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine (2004) Eclipse Press ISBN 1-58150-116-1

External links

The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden

[1] "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". Equibase Company LLC. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[2] "1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff". Breeders’ Cup Limited. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[3] "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

[4] Network, Sports (July 14, 2012). "Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2012-07-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] Australian Stud Book Retrieved 2011-1-17

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+{{More footnotes needed|date= September 2010}}
+{{Infobox racehorse
 | horsename = Lady's Secret
 | image = <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[File:WomenoftheYear-EclipsePress.jpg|200px]] -->
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 | grandsire = [[Bold Ruler]]
 | dam = Great Lady M.
-| damsire = Icecapade
+| damsire = [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]]
-| sex = [[Filly]]
+| sex = [[Mare]]
 | foaled = 1982
 | country = [[United States]]
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 | record = 45: 25-9-3
 | earnings = $3,021,325
-| race = [[Moccasin Stakes]] (1984)<br>[[Test Stakes|The Darley Test]] (1985)<br>[[Ballerina Handicap]] (1985)<br>[[Monmouth Regret Stakes]] (1985)<br>[[Ruffian Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Beldame Stakes]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Go For Wand Handicap|Maskette Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Whitney Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Molly Pitcher Stakes|Molly Pitcher Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Shuvee Handicap]] (1986)
+| race = [[Moccasin Stakes]] (1984)<br>[[Test Stakes|The Darley Test]] (1985)<br>[[Ballerina Handicap]] (1985)<br>[[Monmouth Regret Stakes]] (1985)<br>[[Ruffian Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Beldame Stakes]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Go For Wand Handicap|Maskette Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Whitney Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Molly Pitcher Stakes|Molly Pitcher Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Shuvee Handicap]] (1986)<p>
+'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:'''<br>[[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (1986)</p>
-'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:'''<br>[[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (1986)
 | awards= [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse|U.S. Champion Older Filly]] (1986)<br>[[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] (1986)
 | honours =  [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|United States Racing Hall of Fame]] (1992)<br>[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#76 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br>[[Zenyatta Stakes|Lady's Secret B.C. Handicap]] at [[Santa Anita Park]], 1993–2009<br>Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]]<br>Lady's Secret Drive in [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]]
 |updated= January 3, 2009
 }}
-'''Lady's Secret''' (April 8, 1982 - March 4, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] [[Eclipse Award]] winning [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racemare]] that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.
+'''Lady's Secret''' (April 8, 1982 &ndash; March 4, 2003) was an American [[Eclipse Award]] winning [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racemare]] that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklahoma. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to [[Eugene V. Klein|Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein]] (former owner of the San Diego Chargers), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.<ref>{{cite web |title= Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK) |url= https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=887831&registry=T |website= Equibase Company LLC |access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref>
 ==Breeding and background==
-Sired by [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] and out of Great Lady M.  Lady's Secrets dam was the daughter of the great sire  Icecapade,who although a very fast horse,  could never compare to his full half sister Ruffian, the greatest filly of the century. Additionally  ,Lady's Secret was also closely related to Ruffian on her sires side since Secretariat was a brother to Reviewer (Ruffians sire) who
+Lady's Secret was sired by [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] and out of Great Lady M., a daughter of [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]] who was a half brother to [[Ruffian (horse)|Ruffian]]. Lady's Secret was also closely related to Ruffian on her sire's side since Secretariat and [[Reviewer (horse)|Reviewer]] (Ruffian's sire) shared a sire in Bold Ruler. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.
-is considered the second fastest son of Bold Ruler. With a pedigree following  closely on both sides to Ruffian, it is not hard to see where Ladys Secrets front running style and  speed came from for Ruffian was always on the lead.
- Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in [[Oklahoma]]. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to [[Eugene V. Klein|Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein]] (former owner of the [[San Diego Chargers]]), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer [[D. Wayne Lukas]]. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.
 ==Racing record==
 Lady's Secret, who was a front runner, won twenty-five of her forty-five races and had nine second-place finishes. The daughter of Secretariat dominated the fillies she raced against and was also competitive against males.
-After winning the [[Moccasin Stakes]] at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] events, and ran second to stablemate [[Life's Magic]] in the 1985 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret defeated the nation's best male horses four times, winning ten of her fifteen starts that season, all [[graded stakes race]]s.  Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events.  No horse has won this many graded stakes races in one season since races became graded in 1973.  Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the [[Whitney Stakes]] since [[Gallorette]] in 1948.  She finished her year by winning the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] with [[Pat Day]] aboard. Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.
+After winning the [[Moccasin Stakes]] at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] events, and ran second to stablemate [[Life's Magic]] in the 1985 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret faced the nation's best male horses four times, winning one of those races and being victorious in ten of her fifteen total starts that season, all [[graded stakes race]]s.  Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events, a single-season Grade 1 winning record only equaled by the champion [[Cigar (horse)|Cigar]] during his undefeated 1995 campaign.  Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the [[Whitney Stakes]] since [[Gallorette]] in 1948. She finished her year by winning the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] with [[Pat Day]] aboard. Her margin of victory was 2½ lengths in defeating a strong field that included [[Fran's Valentine]] and [[Outstandingly]].<ref>{{cite web |title= 1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff |url= https://www.breederscup.com/races/bcwc/1986/distaff?tab=recap |website= Breeders’ Cup Limited |access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref> Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.
-Her performance throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse]] plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year]] for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked at number 76 by [[Blood-Horse magazine|''Blood-Horse'' magazine]] in their list of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]].
+Lady's Secret's performances throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse]] plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year]] for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked number 76 by [[Blood-Horse magazine|''Blood-Horse'' magazine]] in their list of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]].
 ==Stud record==
-Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to [[Fares Farm]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], as a [[broodmare]].  She and Azeri are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by Seattle Slew and Skip Away).  Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in [[Valley Center, California|Valley Center]], [[California]], as a result of complications in foaling.  None of her progeny were of particular note.
+Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to [[Fares Farm]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], as a [[broodmare]]. She and [[Azeri (horse)]] are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by [[Seattle Slew]] and [[Skip Away]]). Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in [[Valley Center, California|Valley Center]], [[California]], as a result of complications in foaling. She produced 12 foals, with 10 starters and 5 winners. None of her progeny were of particular note.
-In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]]. The Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]] is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]], was named in her honor, but from 2012<ref>{{cite web|last=Network |first=Sports |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/13/4629727/goodwood-stakes-among-14-to-be.html |title=Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=July 14, 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-14}}</ref> it was known as the [[Zenyatta Stakes]], after [[Zenyatta|the 2010 American Horse of the Year]] who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], where her owner lived, was also named in her memory.  Valley Creek Farm has since been sold.  The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.
+In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK) |url= https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/ladys-secret-ok |website= National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame |access-date= 2 November 2024}}</ref> The Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]] is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]], was named in her honor, but from 2012<ref>{{cite web |last=Network |first=Sports |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/13/4629727/goodwood-stakes-among-14-to-be.html |title=Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=2012-07-14 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> it was known as the [[Zenyatta Stakes]], after [[Zenyatta|the 2010 American Horse of the Year]] who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], where her owner lived, was also named in her memory.  Valley Creek Farm has since been sold.  The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.
+==Pedigree==
-==Tabulated pedigree==
 {{Pedigree
 |name = Lady's Secret (USA), grey mare, 1982
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 |ff = [[Bold Ruler]]<br />1954
 |fm = [[Somethingroyal]]<br />1952
-|mf = Icecapade<br />1969
+|mf = [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]]<br />1969
 |mm = Sovereign Lady<br />1969
 |fff = '''[[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]''' (IRE)
-|ffm = Miss Disco
+|ffm = [[Miss Disco]]
 |fmf = [[Princequillo]] (IRE)
-|fmm = Imperatrice
+|fmm = [[Imperatrice]]
 |mff = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]] (CAN)
-|mfm = Shenanigans
+|mfm = [[Shenanigans (horse)|Shenanigans]]
 |mmf = Young Emperor (GB)
 |mmm = Sweety Kid
 |ffff = '''[[Nearco]]'''
-|fffm = Mumtaz Begum
+|fffm = [[Mumtaz Begum (horse)|Mumtaz Begum]]
 |ffmf = [[Discovery (horse)|Discovery]]
 |ffmm = Outdone
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 |fmmm = Cinquepace
 |mfff = '''Nearco'''
-|mffm = Lady Angela
+|mffm = [[Lady Angela]]
 |mfmf = [[Native Dancer]]
 |mfmm = Bold Irish
-|mmff = Grey Sovereign
+|mmff = [[Grey Sovereign]]
 |mmfm = Young Empress
-|mmmf = Olympia
+|mmmf = [[Olympia (horse)|Olympia]]
 |mmmm = Trustworthy (Family: 22-d)<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=612837 Australian Stud Book] Retrieved 2011-1-17</ref>
 }}
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-* ''Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor'' by the [[The Blood-Horse magazine|Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine]] (2004) [[Blood-Horse Publications|Eclipse Press]] ISBN 1-58150-116-1
+* ''Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor'' by the [[The Blood-Horse magazine|Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine]] (2004) [[Blood-Horse Publications|Eclipse Press]] {{ISBN|1-58150-116-1}}
 ==External links==
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160220033133/http://www.skracingstable.com/the-ladys-secret-memorial-garden The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden]
-*{{Find a Grave|8455571}}
-*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065361/index.htm A Swell Dame Wins The Beldame]
-*The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden [http://www.skracingstable.com/history/the-ladys-secret-memorial-garden]
+{{American Horse of the Year winners}}
 [[Category:1982 racehorse births]]
 [[Category:2003 racehorse deaths]]
-[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
+[[Category:Thoroughbred family 22-d]]
-[[Category:American racehorses]]
+[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
 [[Category:Breeders' Cup Distaff winners]]
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 [[Category:United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees]]
 [[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
-[[Category:Individual mares]]

v t e American Horse of the Year winners
DRF denotes Daily Racing Form, TSD denotes Turf & Sports Digest, and TRA denotes Thoroughbred Racing Associations
The Blood-Horse retrospective winners (1887–1935)	1887: Hanover 1888: Emperor of Norfolk 1889–90: Salvator 1891: Longstreet 1892: Tammany 1893: Domino 1894–95: Henry of Navarre 1896: Requital 1897: Ornament 1898: Hamburg 1899: Imp 1900–01: Commando 1902–03: Hermis 1904: Beldame 1905: Sysonby 1906: Burgomaster 1907–08: Colin 1909–10: Fitz Herbert 1911: Meridian 1912: The Manager 1913: Whisk Broom II 1914: Roamer 1915: Regret 1916: Friar Rock 1917: Old Rosebud 1918: Johren 1919: Sir Barton 1920: Man o' War 1921: Grey Lag 1922: Exterminator 1923: Zev 1924–25: Sarazen 1926: Crusader 1927: Chance Play 1928: Reigh Count 1929: Blue Larkspur 1930: Gallant Fox 1931: Twenty Grand 1932–33: Equipoise 1934: Cavalcade 1935: Discovery
DRF &TSD era (1936–1949)	1936: Granville 1937: War Admiral 1938: Seabiscuit 1939–40: Challedon 1941–42: Whirlaway 1943: Count Fleet 1944: Twilight Tear 1945: Busher 1946: Assault 1947: Armed 1948: Citation 1949: Coaltown (TSD) / Capot (DRF)
DRF, TSD & TRA era (1950–1970)	1950: Hill Prince 1951: Counterpoint 1952: One Count (DRF) / Native Dancer (TRA & TSD) 1953: Tom Fool 1954: Native Dancer 1955: Nashua 1956: Swap 1957: Bold Ruler (DRF & TSD) / Dedicate (TRA) 1958: Round Table 1959: Sword Dancer 1960–64: Kelso 1965: Moccasin (TRA, TSD) / Roman Brother (DRF) 1966: Buckpasser 1967: Damascus 1968: Dr. Fager 1969: Arts and Letters 1970: Fort Marcy (DRF) / Personality (TRA)
Eclipse Awards winners (since 1971)	1971: Ack Ack 1972–73: Secretariat 1974–76: Forego 1977: Seattle Slew 1978–79: Affirmed 1980: Spectacular Bid 1981: John Henry 1982: Conquistador Cielo 1983: All Along 1984: John Henry 1985: Spend A Buck 1986: Lady's Secret 1987: Ferdinand 1988: Alysheba 1989: Sunday Silence 1990: Criminal Type 1991: Black Tie Affair 1992: A.P. Indy 1993: Kotashaan 1994: Holy Bull 1995–96: Cigar 1997: Favorite Trick 1998: Skip Away 1999: Charismatic 2000: Tiznow 2001: Point Given 2002: Azeri 2003: Mineshaft 2004: Ghostzapper 2005: Saint Liam 2006: Invasor 2007–08: Curlin 2009: Rachel Alexandra 2010: Zenyatta 2011: Havre de Grace 2012–13: Wise Dan 2014: California Chrome 2015: American Pharoah 2016: California Chrome 2017: Gun Runner 2018: Justify 2019: Bricks and Mortar 2020: Authentic 2021: Knicks Go 2022: Flightline 2023: Cody's Wish