Pedigree profiles: 2012 Eclipse Award winners

DRF Breeding Staff|Jan 26, 2013

Tom Keyser Wise Dan, ridden by John Velazquez, wins the Mile in 1:31.78, the fastest time in Santa Anita and Breeders' Cup history.

Wise Dan was named 2012's Horse of the Year at the 42nd annual Eclipse Awards on Saturday night at Gulfstream Park after earning titles as champion older male and champion turf male earlier in the evening.

The Wiseman's Ferry gelding, who races for breeder Morton Fink, is the first homebred to be named Horse of the Year since Ghostzapper in 2004.

In-depth pedigree profiles of the 2012 Eclipse Award champions:

Horse of the Year, champion older male, and champion turf male: Wise Dan

Champion older female: Royal Delta

Champion 3-year-old male: I'll Have Another

Champion 3-year-old female: Questing

Champion 2-year-old male: Shanghai Bobby

Champion 2-year-old female: Beholder

Champion female turf horse: Zagora

Champion male sprinter: Trinniberg

Champion female sprinter: Groupie Doll

Champion steeplechaser: Pierrot Lunaire

For more on the 2012 Eclipse Award winners, click here.

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