2023 Eclipse Awards: Calumet Farm

Under the stewardship of Brad Kelley, historic Calumet Farm perennially ranks among the nation’s leading breeders by earnings. That was again the case in 2023 as the farm ranked second to Godolphin by breeder earnings and tied for fourth in the nation by graded stakes wins, with those statistics catching the eye of voters to again earn an Eclipse Award finalist nod.

Calumet-bred runners in 2023 were led by a pair of Grade 1 winners in War Like Goddess and Far Bridge, both by the late turf champion and Calumet stallion English Channel.

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War Like Goddess once again was a prominent player among the top turf females, a division she has been prominent in for several years. She won a pair of graded stakes in her 6-year-old campaign in 2023, highlighted by a late-rallying repeat score in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic against males in New York in the fall.

Far Bridge did not miss the board in seven starts this year, highlighted by a win in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational.

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