This is the second of a series of articles which focuses on the hopefuls of winning an Eclipse award by the end the year.\u00a0 This article focuses on horses that are the age of three and the top three are featured within each division.\u00a0 Points are the equivalent to purse money earned in stake races when finishing in top three positions.<\/p>\n
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3-Yr Old Open\u00a0\u00a0 Turf Sprint<\/b><\/p>\n
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THE CRAYON ARTIST has a sizeable lead in this division with 625,000 points, nearly double the second ranked filly.\u00a0\u00a0 She has a win and a second in listed stakes and tops that off with a pair of grade wins in the G3 Darling Fred Stakes and G1 QLD Snowy Spirit.<\/p>\n
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Ranked second with 325,000 is TO BE FREE.\u00a0 Listed stake races has been where she has excelled and has been in quite a few of those this year, seven to be precise.\u00a0 She has won five of them (including four in a row) and finished second in one other.<\/p>\n
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AMY NEW DEW with 280,000 points has the third spot.\u00a0 She has 8 listed stake races this year and started with a run of four straight wins in 2015.\u00a0 She adds a second and a third to the stake efforts.<\/p>\n
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3-Yr Old Open\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Turf Route<\/b><\/p>\n
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A narrow lead for the current leader AVERY ARIZONA who has 1,447,500 points.\u00a0\u00a0 She has been first or second in each of her 2015 starts\u00a0 which are capped with a listed stakes win, a pair of seconds in the G3 Longest Walk and G1 Irish Oaks and solid wins in the 1000 Guineas (G1) and Wooly Mammoth 2000 (G1)<\/p>\n
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Stalking closely in the second position with 1,425,000 is JESSA.\u00a0\u00a0 All of her 5 starts this year have been in G1 races and she\u2019s taken top honors in the Japanese 1000 Guineas, French 1000 Guineas and the Start Up.\u00a0 She was third in the Cremation Stakes.<\/p>\n
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Further back with 739,500 points is MITHRANGER.\u00a0\u00a0 She started the racing year with a win and second in listed stakes but has found some fire lately\u00a0 with a win\u00a0 in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and a second follow-up win in the Pioneer Boulevard Cup.<\/p>\n
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3-Yr Old Open\u00a0 \u00a0Long Route<\/b><\/p>\n
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Running away with this category with an eye popping 2,572,500 points is EXBOURNE\u2019S CAMBOW.\u00a0\u00a0 She won the first race of the year, a listed stakes and after that, she has appeared in 7 grade level events.\u00a0\u00a0 She won four consecutive races starting with the G2 New Zealand Oaks followed by a trio of G1 wins in the Sydney Oaks, Japanese Oaks and the Oaks de English.\u00a0\u00a0 She finished second in the Minerve (G3) and was third in the Tristan Fillies (G3).<\/p>\n
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THE BIGGEST IMPACT is a distanced second with 660,000 points.\u00a0 She won a listed stakes which graduated her to the grade level.\u00a0 At this level she\u2019s claimed a third in the Oaks de English and comes off a win in the Irish Oaks.<\/p>\n
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Currenly in third place with 573,750 is DOWNPOUR CAUSEWAY.\u00a0 She has been busy with eight starts in a mix of listed and grade level races.\u00a0 She has two wins and a second in listed stake races.\u00a0\u00a0 She has a win in the G1 Dana Grand Prix, a second in theG2\u00a0 New Zealand Oaks and a third in the G1 Vermont is 4 Lovers.<\/p>\n
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3-Yr Old Open\u00a0\u00a0 Dirt Sprint<\/b><\/p>\n
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MOONLIGHTANDMUSIC has the top seat with 814,500 points.\u00a0\u00a0 An early season listed stakes win brought this top seed to graded company where she has been successful with wins in the G2 Stonerstop and G1 Exam Stakes.\u00a0 A second in the G3 Azalea Special and a third in the G2 Bob Barker are added bonuses.<\/p>\n
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600,000 is good enough to put MAR DE LEVA in the second seat.\u00a0\u00a0 Lightly race this year, she has been perfect with four wins in four starts, winning an allowance and listed stakes to kick off 2015 which were followed with wins in the Miss Stallion (G3) and the Priceless (G1).<\/p>\n
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Further back in third is TRIPPI METEOR with 348,750, just a hair in front of a pair chasing her in the standings.\u00a0 In addition to a listed stakes win, she was second in the G2 Girl Up Front and picked up a pair of back-to-back G3\u00a0 wins in\u00a0 the Owner\u2019s Tree and Dynamita Sprint.<\/p>\n
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3-Yr Old \u00a0Open\u00a0\u00a0 Dirt Route<\/b><\/p>\n
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R U LYING has the advantage in this class with 1,185,000 points.\u00a0\u00a0 Here success has been early in the year with a third in the G1 Los Vinegrette Stakes which was followed with a second in the lool Oaks.\u00a0 Her ace card was a win in the G1 Bluegrass Oaks.<\/p>\n
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Closing in at the second spot with 1,025,000 is MR. P\u2019S MEDS.\u00a0 Interesting name for a filly.\u00a0\u00a0 She started the year with three straight wins, 2 in listed stakes and the\u00a0 G3 Lady Bourbon.\u00a0 A third came in the G1 Miss Consolation which brings us to her current three race win streak starting with the G1 Chestnut, G2 First State Oaks and G3 Jersey Oaks.<\/p>\n
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907,500 points places OIL FOREVER in the third position.\u00a0 \u00a0She collected a pair of early season G1 wins in the Los Vinegrette Stakes and the California Oaks.<\/p>\n
3-Yr Old \u00a0Open\u00a0 Dirt Long Route<\/b><\/p>\n
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Not a lot of big races for the girls in long distances as is evidenced by the low point totals.\u00a0 DEEP DOWN GOOD\u00a0 leads with 157,500. Her season includes a pair of wins in listed company along with a second in the same level.\u00a0 She was second in her only grade level race, the ERC Belmont Derby (G3)<\/p>\n
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115,000 points is strong enough to be in second in this division.\u00a0 TETE AUVERGNE seems to have caught fire lately as she\u2019s advanced to the top levels of racing with a second in a listed race and a win in the G3 Oaks de Swedish.<\/p>\n
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TIGER IN JAPAN rounds out the top three with 97,500.\u00a0 She was second in the G3 Oaks De Swedish and also has a listed stakes win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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