American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse
Honorees -- Eclipse Awards
Table:
Year

Horse

Trainer

Owner

2018

Game Winner

Bob Baffert

Gary and Mary West

2017

Good Magic

Chad Brown

e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables

2016

Classic Empire

Mark Casse

John C. Oxley

2015

Nyquist

Doug O'Neill

Reddam Racing

2014

American Pharoah

Bob Baffert

Ahmed Zayat

2013

Shared Belief

Jerry Hollendorfer

Jungle Racing, Kmn Racing et al.

2012

Shanghai Bobby

Todd Pletcher

Starlight Racing

2011

Hansen

Mike Maker

K. Hansen/Sky Chai Racing

2010

Uncle Mo

Todd Pletcher

Mike Repole

2009

Lookin at Lucky

Bob Baffert

Mike Pegram/Karl Watson/Paul Weitman

2008

Midshipman

Bob Baffert

Godolphin Racing

2007

War Pass

Nicholas P. Zito

Robert V. LaPenta

2006

Street Sense

Carl Nafzger

James B. Tafel

2005

Stevie Wonderboy

Douglas F. O'Neill

Merv Griffin

2004

Declan's Moon

Ronald W. Ellis

Jay Em Ess Stables

2003

Action This Day

Richard E. Mandella

B. Wayne Hughes

2002

Vindication

Bob Baffert

Padua Stables

2001

Johannesburg

Aidan O'Brien

Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier

2000

Macho Uno

Joe Orseno

Stronach Stables

1999

Anees

Alex L. Hassinger Jr.

The Thoroughbred Corp.

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Game Winner ( foaled March 6 , 2016 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the champion two-year-old colt of 2018 . He was undefeated in four starts at age two , including wins in the Del Mar Futurity , American Pharoah Stakes and Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . He started his three-year-old campaign with second-place finishes in both the Rebel Stakes and Santa Anita Derby before finishing fifth in the 2019 Kentucky Derby . After a brief layoff , he returned in July to win the Los Alamitos Derby .
Robert A. Baffert ( born January 13 , 1953 ) is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify . Baffert 's horses have won five Kentucky Derbies , seven Preakness Stakes , three Belmont Stakes and three Kentucky Oaks .
Good Magic ( foaled March 1 , 2015 ) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the first horse to ever break his maiden at the Breeders ' Cup when he won the 2017 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . He finished second in his other two starts that year , including the Champagne Stakes , and was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse . At age three , he won the Blue Grass Stakes and Haskell Invitational and finished second to Justify in the 2018 Kentucky Derby .
Chad C. Brown ( born December 18 , 1978 ) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer known for his expertise with turf horses and with fillies and mares . He has trained several Eclipse Award winners including Stacelita , Big Blue Kitten , Lady Eli and Flintshire . After receiving the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer of 2016 , he won his first Triple Crown race with Cloud Computing in the 2017 Preakness Stakes . He also won the Eclipse Award in both 2017 and 2018 .
Jess Stonestreet Jackson Jr. ( February 18 , 1930 - April 21 , 2011 ) was an American wine entrepreneur , lawyer and self-made businessman . He started the Kendall-Jackson wine business with the family 's 1974 purchase of an 80-acre ( 32 ha ) pear and walnut orchard in Lakeport , California that was converted to a vineyard . The first release of Vintner 's Reserve Chardonnay in 1982 closed the gap between the super premium and cheap wine market . As of 2010 , Vintner 's Reserve Chardonnay was one of the most popular wines on the market . His style as a vintner was focused upon single-vineyard , mountain grown wines .
Classic Empire ( foaled March 21 , 2014 ) is a retired American Thoroughbred race horse who was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse of 2016 after winning the Breeders ' Futurity Stakes and Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . After several setbacks at the start of his three-year-old campaign , he won the Arkansas Derby , finished a troubled fourth in the Kentucky Derby , then second by a head in the Preakness Stakes . Classic Empire was retired due to multiple setbacks from an abscess on his right front hoof , as well as slight back problems which plagued him throughout his career . He stands stud at Ashford Stud , in Kentucky .
Mark E. Casse ( born February 14 , 1961 ) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose most notable horses include 2015 American champion turf mare Tepin and Canadian Horses of the Year Sealy Hill ( 2007 ) , Uncaptured ( 2012 ) , Lexie Lou ( 2014 ) , Catch A Glimpse ( 2015 ) and Wonder Gadot . He has won eleven Sovereign Awards for outstanding trainer in Canada and has been the leading trainer at Woodbine Racetrack 14 times . In 2019 , he won his first American Classic with War of Will in the Preakness Stakes .
John C. Oxley , a.k.a . Jack , ( born 1937 ) is an American oilman , horse breeder and polo player .
Nyquist ( foaled March 10 , 2013 ) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse , winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby . He also won the 2015 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile , becoming only the second horse to complete the Juvenile-Derby double . He became the eighth undefeated winner of the Kentucky Derby , and the first since Big Brown in 2008 . He received the 2015 Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old . He is the second Kentucky Derby winner after Morvich to win the race while undefeated after winning Champion Two Year Old the year before , and then never winning again .
Douglas F. Doug O'Neill ( May 24 , 1968 ) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer . He was born in Dearborn , Michigan , and resides in California , where he trained the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner , I 'll Have Another , and 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist . O'Neill and his family reside in Santa Monica , California .
John Paul Reddam B.A . M.A . Ph.D. ( born July 28 , 1955 ) is a Canadian businessman , Thoroughbred racehorse owner and a former professor of philosophy at California State University , Los Angeles .
American Pharoah ( foaled February 2 , 2012 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders ' Cup Classic in 2015 . He was the 12th Triple Crown winner in history , and in winning all four races , became the first horse to win the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing . [ a ] He won the 2015 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year and 2015 Champion three-year-old . He was bred and owned throughout his racing career by Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables , trained by Bob Baffert , and ridden in most of his races by Victor Espinoza . He now stands at stud at Ashford Stud in Kentucky . After finishing fifth in his track debut as a two-year-old , American Pharoah won his next two races , the Grade I Del Mar Futurity and FrontRunner Stakes , each by several lengths . An injury kept him out of the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile , but the strength of his two wins nonetheless resulted in his being voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse at the 2014 Eclipse Awards . Before the 2015 season began , Zayat had sold breeding rights to the colt to the Ashford Stud , a division of Ireland 's Coolmore Stud . He retained control over the colt and his racing career , as well as an undisclosed dividend on stud fees . American Pharoah began his 2015 campaign with wins in the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby and went on to win the 2015 Kentucky Derby and 2015 Preakness Stakes . He won the Triple Crown in a wire-to-wire victory at the 2015 Belmont Stakes , becoming the first American Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 and the 12th in history . His winning time was the second-fastest for a Triple Crown winner , and his closing quarter-mile time of 24.32 was faster than Secretariat 's .
Ahmed Zayat ( /zəˈjɑːt/ ; Arabic : أحمد الزيات ) , also known as Ephraim David Zayat ( Hebrew : אפרים דוד זיאת ) , ( born August 31 , 1962 ) is an Egyptian American businessman and owner of Thoroughbred race horses . He is the CEO of Zayat Stables , LLC , a Thoroughbred horse racing business which bred and owns the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah . Joe Drape of The New York Times described Zayat as controversial and one of the most successful and flamboyant owners in thoroughbred racing . Zayat was born in Cairo , Egypt to a wealthy family , and grew up in an ethnically-diverse neighborhood where he learned to ride horses . At age 18 , he moved to the United States where he attended college and ultimately obtained a master 's degree in business and public health from Boston University . After a brief career in commercial real estate in New York City , he returned to Egypt , and for about a decade ran the Al-Ahram Beverages Company , which he owned as part of an investment group . After the company was purchased by Heineken in 2002 , Zayat stayed on a few more years but also began investing in racehorses and established Zayat Stables in 2005 . Upon returning to the United States for good in 2007 , he made his racing stables his full-time occupation , working with his son , Justin , to build the business . While generally successful with his race horses , Zayat 's goal of winning the Kentucky Derby eluded him several times , including three second-place finishes , until his win with American Pharoah . He also filed bankruptcy proceedings in 2010 when a bank called a note due and tried to foreclose on his horses . Zayat Stables successfully completed its Chapter 11 reorganization , but Zayat was next plagued by legal issues related to his penchant for betting large sums of money on horse racing . Nonetheless , Zayat generated considerable positive publicity on social media for his efforts to save his racehorse Paynter from life-threatening health problems , a successful struggle that earned the colt the 2012 NTRA Moment of the Year Award and Secretariat Vox Populi Award .
Shared Belief ( February 15 , 2011 - December 3 , 2015 ) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse . As a two-year-old , the gelding was unbeaten in three races , including the Hollywood Prevue Stakes and CashCall Futurity , and was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt for 2013 at the Eclipse Awards . As a three-year-old , an injury kept him out of the 2014 Kentucky Derby , but he returned later in the year and won four races including the Los Alamitos Derby , Pacific Classic , and Awesome Again Stakes , but lost his unbeaten record when finishing fourth as the favorite for the Breeders ' Cup Classic . He returned from his defeat in the Breeders ' Cup to win the Malibu Stakes on his final appearance of the year . In 2015 he defeated California Chrome in the San Antonio Stakes and won the Santa Anita Handicap before being sidelined for the season with a hip injury . Returning to the track in late 2015 , he had promising workouts and was being prepared for a return to racing in 2016 . He died unexpectedly on December 3 , 2015 due to complications of colic . Emergency surgery was performed at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary medicine , but surgeons were unable to save him .
Jerry Hollendorfer ( born June 18 , 1946 in Akron , Ohio ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose notable horses include Eclipse Award winners Blind Luck , Shared Belief and Songbird . He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers . In 2011 , he was inducted into the US Racing Hall of Fame .
Shanghai Bobby ( foaled February 27 , 2010 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse . In 2012 he was unbeaten in five races including the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile and was awarded American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt at the Eclipse Awards .
Todd Pletcher ( born June 26 , 1967 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer . He won the Eclipse Award seven times as Trainer of the Year , four of these in consecutive years . His horses Super Saver ( 2010 ) and Always Dreaming ( 2017 ) won the Kentucky Derby . He also won the Belmont Stakes with Rags to Riches ( 2007 ) , Palace Malice ( 2013 ) and Tapwrit ( 2017 ) .
Hansen ( foaled April 23 , 2009 in Kentucky ) , nicknamed 'White Lightning ' and 'The Great White Hope ' , is a grey American Thoroughbred racehorse . Out of the Sir Cat mare Stormy Sunday , he is sired by Tapit . He is famous for having a coat that has grayed out to white far more rapidly than is typical , which led sportscaster Frank DeFord to describe him as a four-legged Steve Martin . He is named after his owner and breeder , Dr. Kendall Hansen . He was trained by Mike Maker , and his regular jockey was Ramon Dominguez .
Michael J . Maker ( born on February 7 , 1969 ) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses . The son of a trainer , he learned the business from his father then set up his own public stable in 1991 . In 1993 he went to work as an assistant to U.S . Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas where he remained until going out on his own again in 2003 . Mike Maker 's most important wins came with Furthest Land in the 2009 Breeders ' Cup Dirt Mile and the 2011 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile with Hansen who would earn American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors . In 2010 he won the Blue Grass Stakes with the colt Stately Victor which qualified him for the Kentucky Derby .
Uncle Mo ( foaled March 10 , 2008 , in Kentucky ) is an American champion Thoroughbred racehorse who went undefeated in his two-year-old season and was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old of 2010 . However , his three year old season was disrupted by illness , causing him to miss the Kentucky Derby . Retired to stud in 2012 , he was the leading freshman sire with his first foal crop , which included 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist .
Mike Repole ( born January 21 , 1969 ) is an American entrepreneur , businessman , and owner of Repole Stables , best known for co-founding Glaceau ( maker of Vitaminwater ) , which sold to Coca-Cola for $ 4.1 billion , and BODYARMOR SuperDrink , a sports drink manufacturer .
Lookin At Lucky ( foaled May 27 , 2007 in Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes . Sired by Smart Strike , a half brother to Canadian Triple Crown Winner Dance Smartly , his dam , Private Feeling , was sired by Belong To Me by the North American Leading Sire of 1993 , Danzig . Lookin At Lucky proved to be the best three-year-old in training by winning the 2010 Eclipse Award as division champion being named American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse . He dominated the voting that year ; Lookin At Lucky , 224 votes ; Eskendereya , 5 votes ; Paddy O'Prado , 1 vote . As the award was presented January 2011 , it was announced that Lookin At Lucky had become the first horse in 32 years to be named the champion of his division at both age two and age three . No other horse had accomplished such a feat since Spectacular Bid did it 1978 and 1979 .
Michael E. Pegram ( born February 16 , 1952 in Fort Knox , Kentucky ) is the co-owner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes winner Lookin at Lucky and owner of the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet . He grew up in Princeton , Indiana going to the races at Ellis Park Racecourse and Churchill Downs and dreamed of someday owning a Kentucky Derby winner . He also won the 1998 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies with Silverbulletday and after she was voted that year 's Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Filly , came back in 1999 to win the Kentucky Oaks . Among his other horses , Pegram owned Captain Steve , High Stakes Player , Queen of Money , Miss Gibson County , Wheeler Oil , Argolid , Favored One , Arches of Gold , Pussycat Doll , and The Texas Tunnel . Pegram became successful as an owner of a number of McDonald 's restaurant franchises in the state of Washington , a business that his father , Jim , had been involved with . Pegram has since moved his restaurant empire to Phoenix , where he lives part-time . Pegram also lives in Del Mar , California . He has three children : Amie and Tim Pegram and Tiffany Peach ; and three brothers : Jim ( a jockey agent ) , Demont , and Gil . Pegram also enjoyed success by winning the 2 million Breeders ' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park in 2007 with Midnight Lute , who trainer Bob Baffert stated was the best horse he 'd ever brought to the Breeder 's Cup . His champion returned the following year at Santa Anita Park to capture the same race , the first sprinter to ever do so .
Midshipman ( foaled March 26 , 2006 , in Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse . Owned by Stonerside Stable and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert , as a two-year-old Midshipman won 3 of 4 starts , including the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile and Del Mar Futurity . Two weeks before his run in the Breeders ' Cup , Midshipman was sold to Darley Stable and as part of the sales agreement was transferred to trainer Saeed bin Suroor after the race . The colt was a leading contender for the 2009 Triple Crown but fell off due to a 'soft tissue injury . ' Midshipman made his 3 year old debut in an allowance optional claiming race on Sept 18 at Belmont Park , which marked his first start on traditional dirt . He won by 3​1⁄2 lengths over co-favorite Just Ben . Midshipman also ran in 2009 's Breeders ' Cup Dirt Mile , where he finished 3rd to the longest shot in the race , Farthest Land .
Godolphin ( Arabic : جودلفين ) is the Maktoum family 's private Thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian , who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred . Godolphin is buried at Wandlebury Park in Cambridge , where there is a stone to commemorate this horse in the passageway of the old buildings . Godolphin 's headquarters are in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . It operates two racing stables in Newmarket , UK , two in Sydney , Australia , one in Melbourne , Australia , and also has horses in training with independent trainers in Great Britain , Australia , France , Japan , The United States of America and Ireland . UAE Vice President , Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai , H.H . Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the driving force behind Godolphin . The family 's breeding operation , Darley , is named in honour of another of the three original Thoroughbred stallions . Darley breeds horses in Australia , France , Ireland , Japan , United Kingdom and the United States . Stallions who have stood at Dalham Hall include the great Dubai Millennium who won the Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba , UAE and the Prince Of Wales 's Stakes at Royal Ascot , UK in 2000 . Godolphin has won over 5,000 races worldwide and numerous awards since its inception in 1992 , marking their 5,000th win in August 2018 . Its most successful years numerically are 2015 ( 650 wins ) , 2017 ( 607 wins ) , 2016 ( 597 wins ) and 2014 ( 361 wins ) . Godolphin was leading owner at the Dubai World Cup Carnival on eleven successive years from 2008 to 2018 , and crowned British Champion Owner on twelve occasions - 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2012 , 2013 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 .
War Pass ( April 17 , 2005 - December 24 , 2010 ) was an American champion Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2007 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . Owned by Robert V. LaPenta and bred by Cherry Valley Farm , he was out of the mare Vue , a daughter of the influential Champion sire Mr. Prospector . He was sired by the 1994 Breeders ' Cup Sprint winner , Cherokee Run , a descendant of the very important sire Nearco .
Nicholas Philip Zito ( born February 6 , 1948 in New York City , New York ) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer . Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom , to an assistant trainer , and to a trainer . His first top level horse was Thirty Six Red with which he won the 1990 Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes and earned a second-place finish in that year 's Belmont Stakes . Nick Zito went on to win the Preakness once , and the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes twice . He got his big break in 1991 when he won his first Kentucky Derby on Strike the Gold . He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2005 , a year that his stable won more than $ 8 million in purses . Zito has also trained the 1996 U.S. Champion2-Year-Old Filly Storm Song as well as Bird Town who was voted the 2003 U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Filly . Nick Zito is a National Spokesperson and Honorary Director of the National Horse Protection Coalition . Zito and his wife , Kim , advocates for the just treatment of horses and are involved with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation . Other Graded stakes race wins ( partial list ) :
Street Sense ( foaled February 23 , 2004 in Kentucky at Chesapeake Farm ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse , U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt ( 2006 ) and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby and the 2007 Travers Stakes . He was also the runner-up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head . Owned and bred by James B. Tafel , Street Sense is out of Bedazzle , a granddaughter of Northern Dancer , and his sire is 2002 Dubai World Cup-winner Street Cry .
Carl A. Nafzger ( born August 29 , 1941 in Plainview , Texas ) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer . Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship rodeo bull rider . Nafzger trained Unbridled who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders ' Cup Classic . In 1990 he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and the Big Sport of Turfdom Award . In 1994 , he wrote a book on the training of Thoroughbred horses titled Traits Of A Winner that was published by R. Meerdink Co. no-repeat ; background-position : right .1em center } . In 1998 , Nafzger trained Banshee Breeze who won that year 's Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly . In 2006 he was back in the national spotlight as the trainer of the colt Street Sense who won the 2006 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile and the 2007 Kentucky Derby . In the late 2000s and early 2010s , Nafzger moved into semi-retirement , training only for two clients : James B. Tafel , owner of Street Sense , and Bentley Smith . Smith 's first wife ( who died in 1999 ) was the daughter of Unbridled 's owner , Frances A. Genter , and ran the Genter stable before its dissolution . Nafzger was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2008 .
Stevie Wonderboy ( foaled 2003 in Kentucky ) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse .
Douglas F. Doug O'Neill ( May 24 , 1968 ) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer . He was born in Dearborn , Michigan , and resides in California , where he trained the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner , I 'll Have Another , and 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist . O'Neill and his family reside in Santa Monica , California .
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. ( July 6 , 1925 - August 12 , 2007 ) was an American television host and media mogul . He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway . From 1965 to 1986 , Griffin hosted his own talk show , The Merv Griffin Show . He also created the internationally popular game shows Jeopardy ! and Wheel of Fortune through his television production companies , Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment .
Declan 's Moon ( foaled 2002 in Maryland ) is a retired American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse . He was the leading American two-year-old of 2004 , a year in which he was undefeated . His subsequent career was restricted by injuries .
Ronald W. Ellis ( born March 10 , 1960 in Glendale , California ) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer . A November 8 , 1997 Los Angeles Times article noted that he is known for taking his time with horses and taking special care with those prone to injury . Ron Ellis only saw his first live Thoroughbred horse race at age sixteen but was immediately hooked on the sport . Four years later he was training horses and earned his first win with To B . Or Not who won the 1980 Carlsbad Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack and then captured that year 's Palos Verdes Handicap plus back-to-back wins in the 1981-1982 El Conejo Handicap . A difficult horse to handle , To B . Or Not set two track records in three years of racing for Ellis who went on to train for prominent owners such as Pam and Martin Wygod , B. Wayne Hughes , and the Mace Siegel family 's Jay Em Ess Stable . In 2004 , Ellis trained Declan 's Moon to an undefeated season and American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors . In 2009 , he won the most important race of his career when Rail Trip captured the Grade I Hollywood Gold Cup . Ron Ellis serves on the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California ( TOC ) . He and wife Amy , with whom he has three daughters , make their home in Arcadia , California near Santa Anita Park . Amy McGee Ellis is the sister of trainer Paul McGee .
Action This Day ( foaled February 18 , 2001 in Kentucky ) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse . In 2003 , after winning his maiden race September 28 at Santa Anita , he became the first maiden to win the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . After running last for most of the race , he came from off the pace in the homestretch and won by two lengths over Minister Eric . He was voted the U.S. Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse . Action This Day made his 2004 debut in the Sham Stakes February 8 , finishing fourth . He then finished seventh in the San Felipe Stakes and sixth in the Blue Grass Stakes . Entered into the Kentucky Derby , he managed a sixth place finish in the field of 18 . Retired after the 2004 racing season , Action This Day entered stud at Castleton Farm in Lexington , Kentucky .
Richard Eugene Mandella ( born November 5 , 1950 in Altadena , California ) is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S . Racing Hall of Fame . Mandella 's father , a blacksmith , introduced him to horses at an early age and while still in high school he began starting and training horses at a nearby ranch . He spent a year in New York as assistant to Lefty Nickerson and then took a job with Texas horseman Roger Braugh in 1974 . Two years later , Richard Mandella returned to California and opened his own stable . His wins began almost immediately with Bad ' n Big and continued with Phone Trick , Dare and Go , and Pleasantly Perfect . Between 1996 and 1998 Mandella won six straight million dollar races in Southern California with Dare and Go , Siphon , Gentlemen and Malek . Mandella has seen six of his horses run in the Kentucky Derby . Mandella was inducted in the U.S . Racing Hall of Fame in 2001 and in 2003 he had four winners in the Breeders ' Cup : Pleasantly Perfect , Johar , Halfbridled , and Action This Day . In 2006 Mandella wrote the introduction to Santa Anita Morning Rhapsody , by photographer-author Karen S. Davis , a book documenting morning thoroughbred racetrack training . Most people who enjoy racing do n't realize how special these early hours are , watching .
Bradley Wayne Hughes ( born September 28 , 1933 ) is an American billionaire businessman , the founder and chairman of Public Storage , the largest self-storage company in the U.S. doing business as a REIT or real estate investment trust . As of 2014 , Hughes is worth $ 2.2 billion .
Vindication ( January 28 , 2000 in Kentucky - July 10 , 2008 ) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse . Bred by Payson Stud Inc. , he was sired by 1977 U.S . Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew . Out of the mare Strawberry Reason , Vindication 's damsire was Strawberry Road , the international star who raced in Australia , Germany , France , Japan , and the United States , and was voted the 1983 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and 1984 Champion Older Horse in Germany . Vindication was purchased for $ 2.15 million at the 2001 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale by Satish Sanan 's Padua Stables of Ocala , Florida , who handed him over to trainer Bob Baffert for race conditioning . Sent to the track at age two , Vindication won his first two races at Del Mar Racetrack in California . Then , on September 14 at Turfway Park in Florence , Kentucky , he captured the Grade III Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes by six lengths . He was then sent to Chicago 's Arlington Park for the 2002 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . Though the race was normally run at a distance of 11/16 miles , the track setup at Arlington Park meant that year 's Juvenile was raced at 1⅛ miles . Ridden by Mike Smith , Vindication won by ​2 3⁄4 lengths over Kafwain and Hold That Tiger , the latter a highly regarded colt from Ireland trained by Aidan O'Brien . The runaway winner in the voting for 2002 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors , Vindication was the winterbook favorite for the following spring 's Kentucky Derby . However , as a result of a serious injury sustained early in 2003 , Vindication never raced again and was retired .
Johannesburg ( foaled on February 23 , 1999 ) is a Kentucky-bred United States and European Champion Thoroughbred racehorse .
Aidan Patrick O'Brien ( born 16 October 1969 in County Wexford , Ireland ) is an Irish horse racing trainer . Since 1996 , he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates .
Michael Barry Tabor ( born 28 October 1941 ) is a British businessman , bookmaker , gambler and owner of thoroughbred racehorses . Tabor regularly appears on the Sunday Times Rich List of the richest people in Britain . In 2012 his fortune was estimated to be £550 million ; two years previously the business magazine Management Today had suggested it was $ 2 billion .
John Magnier ( born 10 February 1948 ; also known as The Boss ) is an Irish business magnate . He is Ireland 's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside the horse-breeding industry . Magnier has also been a Senator in the upper house of the Irish Parliament , Seanad Éireann . He is based at Coolmore Stud at Fethard in County Tipperary , considered one of the world 's pre-eminent stallion stations , and a nursery of thoroughbreds .
Macho Uno ( foaled April 24 , 1998 in Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse . He was sired by the 1994 American Horse of the Year and U.S . Racing Hall of Fame inductee , Holy Bull . Trained by Joe Orseno , Macho Uno is best known for narrowly winning the 2000 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile over future three year old champion Point Given and being voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt . His three year old campaign was delayed until July resulting in limited starts though he did capture the Pennsylvania Derby and finish a creditable fourth to Tiznow in the Breeders ' Cup Classic . At four he won an allowance race and the grade ii Massachusetts Handicap before closing out his career with a fifth place finish in the 2002 Breeders Cup Classic behind Volponi . Retired to stud duty , Macho Uno stands at his owner 's Adena Springs South in Ocala , Florida . He is the sire of graded stakes winners Harlem Rocker , Macho Again , Mucho Macho Man , and Wicked Style .
Joseph F. Orseno ( born October 4 , 1955 in Philadelphia ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer . He began his career as a professional trainer in 1977 and in 1997 joined Frank Stronach 's racing stables . In 2000 , Orseno conditioned Red Bullet , an upset winner of the Preakness Stakes . He went on to win two Breeders ' Cup races that fall : the Juvenile with Macho Uno and the Filly & Mare Turf with Perfect Sting . In July 2002 , Joe Orseno returned to running a public stable .
Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder , Frank Stronach , who also owns the horse breeding operation Adena Springs . Stronach is also the CEO of the Stronach Group which owns racetracks that include Santa Anita Park , Gulfstream Park , Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song , Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others . Among Stonach wholly owned horses , Ghostzapper won several major races including the 2004 Breeders ' Cup Classic , was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year , and named the World 's Top Ranked Horse for 2004 . In Canada , Frank Stronach/Stronach Stables has won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner nine times . In the United States , Stronach earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner in 1998 , 1999 , and 2000 . In 2000 , Frank Stronach won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder . He subsequently established Adena Springs which owns horse breeding farms in Kentucky , Florida and Canada and won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder in 2004 , 2005 and 2006 . Stronach Stables is a finalist for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner for 2008 .
Anees ( 1997-2003 ) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse . In 1990 he was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt after winning the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile .
The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family . It was based at an 18-acre ( 73,000 m2 ) facility at Bradbury Estates , in Bradbury , California . Educated at the University of California , Irvine , Prince Ahmed and college friend Richard Mulhall teamed up to go into Thoroughbred flat racing . Initially , Mulhall served as horse trainer but eventually became manager of racing operations . The Prince invested millions of dollars and succeeded in building a quality stable that was an important part of American and European racing . The Thoroughbred Corp. won four American Classic Races , four Breeders ' Cups , and is one of only four owners to have ever raced both a Kentucky Derby winner and an Epsom Derby winner . The others are John W. Galbreath , Michael Tabor , and Paul Mellon . Some of the notable horses raced by The Thoroughbred Corp. include : Based in the United States :