Bricks and Mortar and all those associated with him are potentially in line for a big night at the 49th annual Eclipse Awards dinner Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park based on the finalists that were announced in all divisions Saturday.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has selected 14 events for racing fans to consider as the 2019 Moment of the Year, with voting for the award opening on Tuesday and closing on January 17.

Among the 14 moments is the controversial disqualification of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby; the death of Marylou Whitney; and the sweep by trainer Chad Brown of all four graded races on the Arlington Million card.

A photo that appeared on drf.com of the key point of the Kentucky Derby in which Maximum Security was disqualified from first place for interference won the Eclipse Award for photography as the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters on Friday announced the winners of the 2019 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

The dark-haired woman in the long black dress stood in a bright light brandishing a whip, a leather muzzle, and soft-cloth restraints. Arrayed before her in the dimly lit ballroom, her audience braced for the strict punishments implied for careless disobedience. They mumbled in meek compliance and stared at the clock. Soon it would be their turn to obey.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Justify went away with the most impressive hardware, but it was Joe Harper, Sarai and Irad Ortiz Jr., and Weston Hamilton who made the biggest impressions at the 48th annual Eclipse Awards dinner Thursday night at Gulfstream Park.

Justify, the 2018 Triple Crown winner, was named Horse of the Year and was a unanimous choice for champion 3-year-old male. He received 191 first-place votes for Horse of the Year to 54 for runner-up Accelerate, who won a divisional title as champion older male on dirt.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – His six-race career may have lasted a little less than four months, but on Thursday night, more than seven months after he swept the Triple Crown, Justify provided a final reminder of his brief, brilliant career. He added two victories to his unbeaten record when he was named both Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male at the 48th annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park.

Do something well and do it long enough – say, 40 years or so – and someone’s bound to notice. Joe Harper, the wryly smiling face of Del Mar since 1978, finally gets to step out from behind all that distracting sunshine and sea air on Thursday night when he will become the 44th winner of the Eclipse Award of Merit.

There have been five Triple Crown winners since the Eclipse Awards were inaugurated in 1971, and the previous four – Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, and American Pharoah – all were named Horse of the Year. Justify, last year’s Triple Crown winner, is favored to keep that streak intact on Thursday night when racing’s 2018 champions are announced at the 48th annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park.

Google the name “Michael Abraham” and you are likely to come up with:

Michael Abraham, Chicago area architect, who designs “high-end residential spaces that look to the past but are decidedly contemporary.” At least, that’s what the brochure says.

Then there is Michael Abraham – Dr. Abraham to you – an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he specializes in procedures like aneurysm coiling, intra-arterial stroke treatment, and tumor embolization. Yeah, he’s a brain surgeon.