Of the five groups that we will be looking at, the 2005 crop has the worst three year old stats of any. There may still be a win or two left in the year for these great horses but take a look\u2026they have a grand total of five wins between them as three year olds. Not much of a carryover from their tremendous previous season in which the lowest win total was five for any one of the four. Add to that the fact that they have all run more races this year than they did as precocious juveniles and it makes that stat worse. <\/p>\n Granted, these horses are running in tougher competition at this point, there are eleven Grade I races between them for the year. But these are supposed to be the very best of the best. The number one horse of the year in each division. <\/p>\n (If you click on the name of the horses below it will take you to their write up for their Sim Eclipse award in the year that they won)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NO APAGUES LA LUZ<\/b><\/a> won her first race of the year in a regular stakes then finished second in a GI. After that she only had two top three finishes and one of those was in an allowance race. Last time out, she switched to the grass for her first try on turf in an allowance and finished fourth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n HALF A WORLD AWAY <\/b><\/a> won two graded races during the year and had a couple of triple digit speed figures. He ran strictly on the Graded circuit and was pretty competitive all year except for one turn on the grass and one try on an off track that he pretty much turned his nose up at. With a half a million in earnings as a three year old, he would have the most successful second year in this group.<\/p>\n One of my favorite fillies from last year, SUPER GOLD <\/b>
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