Year |
Horse of the Year |
Kentucky Derby Winner |
Breeders' Cup Classic Winner |
Highlights |
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| 2009 | Mine That Bird | |||
| 2008 | Curlin | Big Brown | Raven's Pass | |
| 2007 | Curlin | Street Sense | Curlin | |
| 2006 | Invasor | Barbaro | Invasor | |
| 2005 | Saint Liam | Giacomo | Saint Liam | |
| 2004 | Ghostzapper | Smarty Jones | Ghostzapper | |
| 2003 | Mineshaft | Funny Cide | Pleasantly Perfect | |
| 2002 | Azeri | War Emblem | Volponi | |
| 2001 | Point Given | Monarchos | Tiznow | |
| 2000 | Tiznow | Fusaichi Pegasus | Tiznow | |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Charismatic | Cat Thief | |
| 1998 | Skip Away | Real Quiet | Awesome Again | |
| 1997 | Favorite Trick | Silver Charm | Skip Away | |
| 1996 | Cigar | Grindstone | Alphabet Soup | Cigar ties Citation's record with 16th consecutive victory |
| 1995 | Cigar | Thunder Gulch | Cigar | Cigar finishes 10 for 10 after Breeders' Cup Classic victory |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | Go For Gin | Concern | |
| 1993 | Kotashaan | Sea Hero | Arcangues | |
| 1992 | A.P. Indy | Lil E. Tee | A.P. Indy | |
| 1991 | Black Tie Affair | Strike The Gold | Black Tie Affair | |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | Unbridled | Unbridled | |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Sunday Silence | Sunday Silence | Sunday Silence defeats Easy Goer in 3 of 4 Grade I showdowns Easy Goer finishes 8 for 11 with 3 seconds to Sunday Silence |
| 1988 | Alysheba | Winning Colors | Alysheba | |
| 1987 | Ferdinand | Alysheba | Ferdinand | |
| 1986 | Lady's Secret | Ferdinand | Skywalker | Trainer Woody Stephens wins 5th consecutive Belmont Stakes |
| 1985 | Spend A Buck | Spend A Buck | Proud Truth | Precisionist sweeps Strub series |
| 1984 | John Henry | Swale | Wild Again | Slew o' Gold sweeps Belmont Fall Championship Series Fit To Fight sweeps Belmont Handicap Triple |
| 1983 | All Along | Sunny's Halo | All Along wins Arc, then sweeps Turf Triple |
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| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo | Gato Del Sol | ||
| 1981 | John Henry | Pleasant Colony | ||
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid | Genuine Risk | Spectacular Bid finishes 9 for 9 after Woodward Stakes walkover Spectacular Bid sweeps Strub series |
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| 1979 | Affirmed | Spectacular Bid | Affirmed defeats Spectacular Bid in Jockey Club Gold Cup. |
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| 1978 | Affirmed | Affirmed | Seattle Slew defeats Affirmed twice in Fall Championship Series. Affirmed wins Triple Crown, defeating Alydar in all 3 races. Alydar finishes 7 for 10 with 3 seconds to Affirmed |
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| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Seattle Slew | Seattle Slew wins Triple Crown |
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| 1976 | Forego | Bold Forbes | ||
| 1975 | Forego | Foolish Pleasure | ||
| 1974 | Forego | Cannonade | Ancient Title sweeps Strub series |
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| 1973 | Secretariat | Secretariat | Secretariat wins Triple Crown |
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| 1972 | Secretariat | Riva Ridge | ||
| 1971 | Ack Ack | Canonero II |