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honor. Created in 1971, it is part of the

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s program honoring Champions in numerous horse racing categories. This article lists the annual winners of the Eclipse Award for a

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undergoing their

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. The 1977 winner,

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, also won the overall

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey is an American thoroughbred horse racing honor for jockeys first awarded in 1971. Part of the Eclipse Awards program, it is awarded annually. In 1995, Russell Baze was honored with the Eclipse Special Award ...

that same year. Three women have won this Eclipse Award: Rosemary Homeister in 1992,

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in 2005, and Jessica Pyfer for 2021. Past winners:

*1971 : Gene St. Leon *1972 : Thomas Wallis *1973 : Steve Valdez *1974 :

Chris McCarron Christopher John McCarron (born March 27, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He mounted his first horse ever at 16.5 years old and was racing professionally by 18. At only 19 years o ...

*1975 :

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*1976 : George Martens *1977 :

*1978 :

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*1980 : Frank Lovato Jr. *1981 :

Richard Migliore Richard Migliore (born March 14, 1964 in Babylon, New York) is a retired American jockey. He now works as a racing analyst for XBTV. He was nicknamed "The Mig," which is a type of Russian fighter jet, for his tenacious style of riding. He lives ...

*1982 : Alberto Delgado *1983 : Declan Murphy *1984 : Wesley Ward *1985 : Art Madrid Jr. *1986 :

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*1987 :

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*1988 : Steve Capanas *1989 : Michael J. Luzzi *1990 : Mark T. Johnston *1991 :

Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls (born June 1, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada. Early life Mickey Walls grew up in Langley, British Columbia, the son of T ...

*1992 : Rosemary Homeister *1993 : Juan Umana *1994 : Dale Beckner *1995 : Ramon B. Perez

*1996 : Neil Poznansky *1997 : Roberto Rosado & Philip Teator (tie) *1998 :

Shaun Bridgmohan Shaun Xavier Bridgmohan (born June 24, 1979 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. At age thirteen, Bridgmohan's family emigrated to the United States, settling in South Florida where he developed an interes ...

*1999 : Ariel Smith *2000 :

Tyler Baze Tyler Baze (born October 19, 1982, in Seattle, Washington) is an American Champion jockey. He was born into a racing family, since both of his parents were jockeys, as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey ...

*2001 :

Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose (born April 1, 1979 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the ...

*2002 :

Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger (born May 26, 1981 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American Eclipse Award, Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his fi ...

*2003 : Eddie Castro *2004 :

Brian Hernandez Jr. Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. (born November 3, 1985, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in 2003 and got his first win on November 29 of that year at Lou ...

*2005 :

*2006 :

Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States. He has won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile with Champion Turf Mare T ...

*2007 :

Joe Talamo Joseph "Joe" Talamo (born January 12, 1990 in Marrero, Louisiana) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born and raised in Marrero on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, J ...

*2008 : Pascacio "Paco" Lopez *2009 : Christian Santiago Reyes *2010 :

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*2011 : Kyle Frey *2012 : Jose Montano *2013 : Victor Carrasco *2014 :

Drayden Van Dyke Drayden Van Dyke (born September 10, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a jockey in thoroughbred racing. At graded stakes races, Van Dyke has won 67 events ranging from Grade I to Grade III. Of these wins, Van Dyke has won both the Starlet Stakes ...

*2015 :

Tyler Gaffalione Tyler Gaffalione (born September 12, 1994 in Davie, Florida) is an American jockey who, since being voted the Eclipse Award for the 2015 U.S. Champion Apprentice Jockey, has become one of racing's rising stars having won more than 200 races ever ...

*2016 : Luis Ocasio *2017 : Evin A. Roman *2018 : Weston Hamilton *2019 :

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*2020 : Alexander Crispin *2021 : Jessica Pyfer

References

The Eclipse Awards at the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of America, Inc.

''The Bloodhorse.com'' Champion's history charts
{{Eclipse Awards Horse racing awards Horse racing in the United States