# American Champion Female Turf Horse

The American Champion Female Turf Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. It is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to a female horse (filly or mare) for her performance on grass race courses.
Until 1978 there was a Best Turf Horse award, open to both male and female horse. During this time, Dahlia was the only filly voted Best Turf Horse. In 1979 an individual category was created for each of the sexes.

## Records

Most wins:
* 2 – Miesque (1987, 1988)
* 2 – Flawlessly (1992, 1993)
* 2 – Ouija Board (2004, 2006)
* 2 – Goldikova (2009, 2010)
* 2 – Tepin (2015, 2016)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 7 – Chad Brown (2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Khalid Abdullah (1996, 1997, 2001, 2005)

## Honorees

| Year | Horse | Age | Trainer | Owner |
| 2024 | Moira (CAN) | 5 | Kevin Attard | DM Racing Ventures |
| 2023 | Inspiral (GB) | 4 | John H. Gosden | Cheveley Park Stud |
| 2022 | Regal Glory | 6 | Chad C. Brown | Peter M. Brant |
| 2021 | Loves Only You (JPN) | 5 | Yoshito Yahagi | DMM Dream Club Co., Ltd |
| 2020 | Rushing Fall | 5 | Chad Brown | e Five Racing Thoroughbreds |
| 2019 | Uni | 5 | Chad Brown | Michael Dubb, Head Of Plains Partners LLC Et Al |
| 2018 | Sistercharlie | 4 | Chad Brown | Peter M. Brant |
| 2017 | Lady Eli | 5 | Chad Brown | Sheep Pond Partners |
| 2016 | Tepin | 5 | Mark Casse | Robert E Masterson |
| 2015 | Tepin | 4 | Mark Casse | Robert E Masterson |
| 2014 | Dayatthespa | 5 | Chad Brown | Jerry Frankel et al. |
| 2013 | Dank | 4 | Michael Stoute | James Wigan |
| 2012 | Zagora | 5 | Chad Brown | Martin S. Schwartz |
| 2011 | Stacelita | 5 | Jean-Claude Rouget | Martin S. Schwartz |
| 2010 | Goldikova | 5 | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2009 | Goldikova | 4 | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2008 | Forever Together | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable |
| 2007 | Lahudood | 4 | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing |
| 2006 | Ouija Board | 5 | Ed Dunlop | Lord Derby |
| 2005 | Intercontinental | 5 | Robert J. Frankel | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2004 | Ouija Board | 3 | Ed Dunlop | Lord Derby |
| 2003 | Islington | 4 | Michael Stoute | Ballymacoll Stud |
| 2002 | Golden Apples | 4 | Ben Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka |
| 2001 | Banks Hill | 3 | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2000 | Perfect Sting | 4 | Joe Orseno | Stronach Stables |
| 1999 | Soaring Softly | 4 | James J. Toner | Joan & John Phillips |
| 1998 | Fiji | 4 | Neil Drysdale | Fahd Salman |
| 1997 | Ryafan | 3 | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1996 | Wandesta | 5 | Robert J. Frankel | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1995 | Possibly Perfect | 5 | Robert J. Frankel | Blue Vista Inc |
| 1994 | Hatoof | 5 | Criquette Head | Maktoum Al Maktoum |
| 1993 | Flawlessly | 5 | Charles E. Whittingham | Harbor View Farm |
| 1992 | Flawlessly | 4 | Charles E. Whittingham | Harbor View Farm |
| 1991 | Miss Alleged | 4 | Pascal Bary | Fares Farm |
| 1990 | Laugh and Be Merry | 5 | Angel Penna Jr. | Pin Oak Stable |
| 1989 | Brown Bess | 7 | Charles Jenda | Calbourne Farm |
| 1988 | Miesque | 4 | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1987 | Miesque | 3 | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1986 | Estrapade | 6 | Charles E. Whittingham | Allen E. Paulson |
| 1985 | Pebbles | 4 | Clive Brittain | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1984 | Royal Heroine | 4 | John Gosden | Robert Sangster |
| 1983 | All Along | 4 | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1982 | April Run | 4 | François Boutin | Diana M. Firestone |
| 1981 | De La Rose | 3 | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
| 1980 | Just A Game | 4 | David A. Whiteley | Peter M. Brant |
| 1979 | Trillion | 5 | Maurice Zilber | Nelson Bunker Hunt |