After a marketing campaign highlighted by wins within the Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Introduced by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes, Sovereignty was honored as 2025’s Horse of the Yr Jan. 22 on the fifty fifth annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards ceremonies at The Breakers Lodge in Palm Seaside, Fla.
Sovereignty gave owner-breeder Godolphin a second Horse of the Yr award in 3 years, following within the footsteps of Cody’s Want’s accolades in 2023. The homebred son of Into Mischief was additionally voted the champion 3-year-old male, and his coach, Invoice Mott obtained his fifth profession Eclipse Award. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s Godolphin continued its dominance in each the excellent proprietor and excellent breeder divisions, successful its ninth Eclipse as proprietor and sixth as breeder, and fourth in a row for every.
Sovereignty amassed 201 of 220 first-place votes for Horse of the Yr. Endlessly Younger was second with 17. Journalism was additionally included among the many finalists.
“It was an unbelievable night time. An unbelievable 12 months,” stated Godolphin’s bloodstock supervisor Michael Banahan. “To be acknowledged on the Eclipse Awards by your friends is particular. It comes all the way down to having an important secure of horses. Sovereignty was the staff captain however we bought a giant help from our European horses as effectively. It was an excellent 12 months.”
Sovereignty was first on 220 of the 221 votes for 3-year-old male with one abstention.
Mott accepted the Horse of the Yr trophy on behalf of Godolphin and handed alongside his gratitude for being a part of the Godolphin staff.
“I can’t specific how proud I’m to carry this award. It’s so telling of all the Godolphin staff. What Sheikh Mohammed has completed for racing right here and all over the world, and to be a part of successful his first Kentucky Derby and one other Horse of the Yr is simply unimaginable and unexplainable.”
Godolphin additionally took dwelling trophies for FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Introduced by PDJF winner Notable Speech because the excellent turf male.
“To get the collective owner-breeder awards is unbelievable. It means our secure is in nice well being,” Banahan stated. “We have now a number of nice horses which have gained prime stakes throughout all of the classes and that’s the most necessary factor to us. They’re all homebreds so our staff have them from the beginning till their racing careers start.”
Final 12 months’s Horse of the Yr, Thorpedo Anna, couldn’t match the usual of excellence she achieved in 2024 however with 4 wins in six begins and two Grade 1 stakes scores for coach Ken McPeek, the now-retired daughter of Quick Anna added the Eclipse Award for excellent older filth male to her résumé.
“She had a relentless need to run and matched together with her competitiveness it made her a thrill to look at and be part of … Our daughters develop up and depart dwelling and also you hope they succeed. We’re fairly pleased how Thorpedo Anna turned out,” stated Judy Hicks, the filly’s breeder and co-owner together with Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Magdalena Racing, and Mark Edwards.
The night’s worldwide taste obtained added spice when Endlessly Younger was chosen over Sierra Leone as the highest older filth male off his lone American begin, a half-length victory within the Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic.
“I’m actually honored to obtain this award and wish to specific my gratitude to everybody in the US,” stated Yoshito Yahagi, who skilled the son of Actual Metal for proprietor Susumu Fujita.
The Japanese famous person’s triumph within the Basic was additionally named the game’s Second of the Yr.
The New Jersey breeding trade obtained a lift when the Backyard State-bred Guide’em Danno obtained the trophy because the champion male sprinter.
“How about that Jersey bred!” stated proprietor Jay Briscione. “For a champion, you want a number of luck and need and an important horse, and we had all 3.”
Owned by Atlantic Six Racing and skilled by Derek Ryan, the son of Bucchero gained 4 of 5 begins in 2025, topped by a season-ending win within the Forego Stakes.
Spendthrift Farm’s Ted Noffey was rewarded for an ideal juvenile season, dominating the voting for the champion 2-year-old male. Educated by Todd Pletcher, the son of Into Mischief named after a tweet that swapped the primary letters of Spendthrift normal supervisor Ned Toffey’s identify was 4-for-4 with three Grade 1 stakes wins, capped by a rating within the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Introduced by TAA. He obtained 218 of the 220 first-place votes solid.
After setting career-high marks in wins and earnings, Flavien Prat obtained a second consecutive Eclipse Award as excellent jockey. The native of France ended 2025 with over $40 million in North American earnings, lower than $40,000 behind Irad Ortiz Jr.
“It’s rewarding,” Prat stated of his second Eclipse. “I’m very glad. I had the possibility to be using good horses all season lengthy. I assumed it was an excellent season for positive.”
See the under listing for the entire Eclipse Award winners with vote totals.
The night began with a video tribute to the legendary Corridor of Fame coach D. Wayne Lukas, who handed away on June 28 on the age of 89. All through the ceremonies, point out was fabricated from what number of Eclipse Award winners Lukas skilled in that class.
Starter Bob Duncan and monitor announcer Trevor Denman obtained Particular Eclipse Awards and the late turf journalist and historian Edward Bowen was honored with the Eclipse Award of Benefit.
In voting that concluded on Jan. 1, 2026, Eclipse Awards voters solid their ballots to rank the highest three horses and people in every Championship division on a 10-5-1 level system.
This voting established the highest three finalists in every division, whose names have been launched on Jan. 4, 2026.
The tallies under signify solely first-place votes from members of the consolidated voting entities, NTRA, Day by day Racing Kind, and Nationwide Turf Writers And Broadcasters.
Voter participation charge: 220/240 = 92%
(Title, First-Place Votes)
Horse of the Yr
Sovereignty, 201; Endlessly Younger, 17; Ted Noffey, 2.
Two-Yr-Outdated Male
Ted Noffey, 218; Additional Ado, 1; Gstaad, 1.
Two-Yr-Outdated Filly
Tremendous Corredora, 146; Cy Honest, 49; Explora, 10; Tommy Jo, 4; Legendary, 3; Bella Ballerina, 2; Percy’s Bar, 2; Zany, 2; Balantina, 1; voter abstention, 1.
Three-Yr-Outdated Male
Sovereignty, 219; voter abstention, 1
Three-Yr-Outdated Filly
Nitrogen, 183; Shisospicy, 24; Gezora, 5; Fionn, 2; La Cara, 2; Clicquot, 1; Good Cheer, 1; Kilwin, 1; Lush Lips, 1.
Older Filth Male
Endlessly Younger, 117; Sierra Leone, 50; Nysos, 24; Mindframe, 9; Fierceness, 6; Guide’em Danno, 1; Touchuponastar, 1; voter abstentions, 2.
Older Filth Feminine
Thorpedo Anna, 171; Scylla, 33; Splendora, 9; Cavalieri, 2; Hope Street, 1; Kopion, 1; Seismic Magnificence, 1; voter abstentions, 2.
Male Sprinter
Guide’em Danno, 115; Bentornato, 82; Nysos, 14; Patch Adams, 5; Mindframe, 1; Troubleshooting, 1; voter abstentions, 2.
Feminine Sprinter
Shisospicy, 113; Splendora, 68; Kopion, 34; Ag Bullet, 1; Hope Street, 1; Positano Sundown, 1; voter abstentions, 2.
Male Turf Horse
Notable Speech, 115; Insurgent’s Romance, 59; Moral Diamond, 23; Deterministic, 17; Zulu Kingdom, 2; Carl Spackler, 1; Formidable Man, 1; Troubleshooting, 1; World Beater, 1.
Feminine Turf Horse
She Feels Fairly, 151; Gezora, 36; Shisopicy, 22, Lush Lips, 4; Nitrogen, 4; Ag Bullet, 2; Wonderful Fact, 1.
Steeplechase Horse
Cool Jet, 119; Zanahiyr, 51; Swore, 14; Confirmed Harmless, 8; Abaan, 6; Fil Dor, 1; Historic Coronary heart, 1; voter abstentions, 20.
Proprietor
Godolphin, 206; Spendthrift Farm, 7; Eclipse Thoroughbred Companions, 2; Bruno Schickedanz, 2; Susumu Fujita, 1; Klaravich Stables, 1; voter abstention, 1.
Breeder
Godolphin, 212; WinStar Farm, 2; Aaron and Marie Jones, 1; Calumet Farm, 1; Don Alberto Company, 1; Northern Racing, 1; Tanma Company, 1; voter abstention, 1.
Coach
Invoice Mott, 85; Brad Cox, 50; Chad Brown, 40; Todd Pletcher, 21; Bob Baffert, 13; Steve Asmussen, 3; Jamie Ness, 2; Mark Casse, 1; Christophe Clement, 1; Michael Maker, 1; Brendan Walsh, 1; Henry Walters, 1; voter abstention, 1.
Jockey
Flavien Prat, 152; Irad Ortiz Jr., 52; John Velazquez, 6; Junior Alvarado, 5; Jose Ortiz, 3; Kendrick Carmouche, 1; Tyler Gaffalione, 1.
Apprentice Jocke
Pietro Moran, 128; Yedsit Hazlewood, 55; Christopher Elliott, 26; voter abstentions, 11.
