# American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly

The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and Turf and Sports Digest (TSD) magazine began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by these organizations. There were several disagreements, with more than one champion being recognized on five occasions. In 1949, two Calumet Farm fillies, Wistful and Two Lea, shared the Champion's title after finishing equal top of the Daily Racing Form poll.
The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award. In 1978, the voting resulted in a tie between two fillies.
Champions from 1887 through 1935 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine.

## Honorees
### Eclipse Awards

| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
| 2024 | Thorpedo Anna | Kenneth McPeek | Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks, and Magdalena Racing |
| 2023 | Pretty Mischievous | Brendan P. Walsh | Godolphin Racing |
| 2022 | Nest | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Michael House |
| 2021 | Malathaat | Todd A. Pletcher | Shadwell Stable |
| 2020 | Swiss Skydiver | Kenneth McPeek | Peter J. Callahan |
| 2019 | Covfefe | Brad H. Cox | LNJ Foxwoods |
| 2018 | Monomoy Girl | Brad H. Cox | Sol Kumin, Michael Dubb, Elkstone Group & Bethlehem Stables |
| 2017 | Abel Tasman | Bob Baffert | China Horse Club International & Clearsky Farms |
| 2016 | Songbird | Jerry Hollendorfer | Fox Hill Farms Inc. |
| 2015 | Stellar Wind | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing |
| 2014 | Untapable | Steve Asmussen | Ron Winchell |
| 2013 | Beholder | Richard E. Mandella | Spendthrift Farm |
| 2012 | Questing | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin Racing |
| 2011 | Royal Delta | Bill Mott | Saud bin Khaled |
| 2010 | Blind Luck | Jerry Hollendorfer | M. Dedomenico, J. Carver, J. Hollendorfer, Abruzz |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexandra | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables |
| 2008 | Proud Spell | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones |
| 2007 | Rags to Riches | Todd A. Pletcher | Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith |
| 2006 | Wait A While | Todd A. Pletcher | Arindel Farm |
| 2005 | Smuggler | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps |
| 2004 | Ashado | Todd A. Pletcher | Jonabell Farm |
| 2003 | Bird Town | Nick Zito | Marylou Whitney Stables |
| 2002 | Farda Amiga | Paulo Lobo | Escolastica Stable et al. |
| 2001 | Xtra Heat | John E. Salzman Sr. | J. E. Salzman Sr., Ken Taylor, Harry Deitchman |
| 2000 | Surfside | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm |
| 1999 | Silverbulletday | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram |
| 1998 | Banshee Breeze | Carl Nafzger | Jayeff B. Stables & James B. Tafel |
| 1997 | Ajina | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson |
| 1996 | Yanks Music | Leo O'Brien | Audrey H. Cooper & Michael Fennessy |
| 1995 | Serena's Song | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert & Beverly Lewis |
| 1994 | Heavenly Prize | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps |
| 1993 | Hollywood Wildcat | Neil D. Drysdale | Irving & Marjorie Cowan |
| 1992 | Saratoga Dew | Gary Sciacca | Charles F. Engel |
| 1991 | Dance Smartly | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm |
| 1990 | Go For Wand | William Badgett Jr. | Christiana Stable |
| 1989 | Open Mind | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein |
| 1987 | Sacahuista | D. Wayne Lukas | Barry A. Beal & Lloyd R. French Jr. |
| 1986 | Tiffany Lass | Laz Barrera | Aaron U. Jones |
| 1985 | Mom's Command | Edward T. Allard | Peter D. Fuller |
| 1984 | Life's Magic | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein & Mel Hatley |
| 1983 | Heartlight No. One | Pedro Marti | Burt Bacharach |
| 1982 | Christmas Past | Angel Penna Jr. | Cynthia Phipps |
| 1981 | Wayward Lass | Jose A. Martin | Lizza & Hochreiter |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone |
| 1979 | Davona Dale | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm |
| 1978 | Tempest Queen | Lou Rondinello | John W. Galbreath |
| 1977 | Our Mims | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm |
| 1976 | Revidere | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry |
| 1975 | Ruffian | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Stuart & Barbara Janney |
| 1974 | Chris Evert | Joseph A. Trovato | Carl Rosen |
| 1973 | Desert Vixen | Thomas F. Root Sr. | Harry T. Mangurian Jr. |
| 1972 | Susan's Girl | John W. Russell | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1971 | Turkish Trousers | Charles E. Whittingham | Howard B. Keck |

### Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards

| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
| 1970 | Office Queen (DRF) | Budd Lepman | Stephen A. Calder |
| 1970 | Fanfreluche (TRA) | Yonnie Starr | J. Louis Lévesque |
| 1969 | Gallant Bloom | William J. Hirsch | Robert J. Kelberg Jr. |
| 1968 | Dark Mirage | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller |
| 1967 | Furl Sail (DRF) | John L. Winans | Edwin K. Thomas |
| 1967 | Gamely (TRA) | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry |
| 1966 | Lady Pitt | Stephen A. DiMauro | Thomas A. Eazor |
| 1965 | What a Treat | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener Jr. |
| 1964 | Tosmah | Joseph W. Mergler | Briardale Farm |
| 1963 | Lamb Chop | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry |
| 1962 | Cicada | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable |
| 1961 | Bowl of Flowers | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable |
| 1960 | Berlo | Richard E. Handlen | William du Pont Jr. |
| 1959 | Royal Native (DRF) | Kenny Noe Sr. | Perne L. Grissom |
| 1959 | Silver Spoon (TRA) | Robert L. Wheeler | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| 1958 | Idun | Sherrill W. Ward | Mrs. Charles U. Bay |
| 1957 | Bayou | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm |
| 1956 | Doubledogdare | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm |
| 1955 | Misty Morn | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable |
| 1954 | Parlo | Richard E. Handlen | William du Pont Jr. |
| 1953 | Grecian Queen | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker |
| 1952 | Real Delight | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1951 | Kiss Me Kate | Oscar White | Walter M. Jeffords |
| 1950 | Next Move | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II |

### Daily Racing Form and Turf & Sport Digest Awards

| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
| 1949 | Two Lea (DRF tie) | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1949 | Wistful (DRF tie) | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1948 | Miss Request | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker |
| 1947 | But Why Not | Max Hirsch | Robert J. Kleberg Jr. |
| 1946 | Bridal Flower | James W. Smith | John R. Bradley |
| 1945 | Busher | George M. Odom | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1944 | Twilight Tear | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1943 | Stefanita | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. |
| 1942 | Vagrancy | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1941 | Painted Veil | Graceton Philpot | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1940 | Fairy Chant | Richard E. Handlen | William du Pont Jr. |
| 1939 | Unerring (DRF) | Ben A. Jones | Woolford Farm |
| 1939 | War Plumage | Howard Oots | James Cox Brady Jr. |
| 1938 | Handcuff | Hugh L. Fontaine | Isabel Dodge Sloane |
| 1937 | Dawn Play | Max Hirsch | Robert J. Kleberg Jr. |
| 1936 | High Fleet | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. |

### The Blood-Horse retrospective champions

| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner |
| 1935 | Black Helen | William A. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1934 | Mata Hari | Clyde Van Dusen | Charles T. Fisher |
| 1934 | Bazaar | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1933 | Barn Swallow | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1932 | Top Flight | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney |
| 1931 | Tambour | Preston M. Burch | Preston M. Burch |
| 1930 | Alcibiades | Walter W. Taylor | Hal Price Headley |
| 1930 | Snowflake | Jack R. Pryce | Walter J. Salmon Sr. |
| 1929 | Rose of Sharon | Daniel E. Stewart | Johnson N. Camden Jr. |
| 1928 | Bateau | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords |
| 1928 | Easter Stockings | Kay Spence | Audley Farm Stable |
| 1927 | Nimba | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III |
| 1926 | Edith Cavell | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords |
| 1926 | Black Maria | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe |
| 1925 | Florence Nightingale | Robert A. Smith | Walter M. Jeffords |
| 1925 | Maid at Arms | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Samuel D. Riddle |
| 1924 | Nellie Morse | Albert B. Gordon | Bud Fisher |
| 1924 | Princess Doreen | Kay Spence | Audley Farm Stable |
| 1923 | Untidy | Scott P. Harlan | Helen Hay Whitney |
| 1922 | Emotion | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. |
| 1921 | Prudery | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1920 | Cleopatra | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe |
| 1919 | Milkmaid | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross |
| 1919 | Vexatious | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1918 | Enfilade | John Hastings | Morton L. Schwartz |
| 1918 | Eyelid | Richard O. Miller | Anthony L. Aste |
| 1917 | Sunbonnet | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber |
| 1916 | Kathleen | Pete Coyne | George J. Long |
| 1915 | Regret | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1914 | Addie M. | George W. Langdon | John W. Messervy |
| 1913 | Flying Fairy | J. Simon Healy | Edward B. Cassatt |
| 1912 | None Selected | n/a | n/a |
| 1911 | None Selected | n/a | n/a |
| 1910 | Ocean Bound | French Brooks | Woodford Clay |
| 1909 | Maskette | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1908 | Stamina | A. Jack Joyner | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1907 | Court Dress | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene |
| 1907 | Kennyetto | William Hayward Jr. | John Sanford |
| 1906 | Tangle | John E. Madden | Francis R. Hitchcock |
| 1906 | Running Water | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable |
| 1905 | Artful | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1905 | Tanya | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1904 | Beldame | Fred Burlew | Newton Bennington |
| 1903 | Eugenia Burch | William C. Smith | Libby Curtis |
| 1902 | Blue Girl | John W. Rogers | William C. Whitney |
| 1901 | Trigger | Charles F. Hill | Clarence H. Mackay |
| 1900 | Killashandra | Sam Hildreth | William C. Whitney |
| 1899 | Admiration | Sam Hildreth | William C. Whitney |
| 1898 | Briar Sweet | Walter B. Jennings | Walter B. Jennings |
| 1897 | Cleophus | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer |
| 1896 | Souffle | James M. Murphy | James M. Murphy |
| 1895 | The Butterflies | John J. Hyland | David Gideon |
| 1894 | Beldemere | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables |
| 1893 | None Selected | n/a | n/a |
| 1892 | Yo Tambien | John Huffman | Kendall Stable |
| 1892 | Yorkville Belle | Matthew M. Allen | Frank A. Ehret |
| 1891 | La Tosca | John Huggins | Pierre Lorillard IV |
| 1890 | Sinaloa II | Robert E. Campbell | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin |
| 1889 | Fides | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont |
| 1888 | Los Angeles | Robert E. Campbell | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin |
| 1888 | Bella B. | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1887 | Firenze | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin |