Past Champions

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Bold face indicates Eclipse Champion

YEAR	2 YEAR OLD MALE	2 YEAR OLD FILLY	3 YEAR OLD MALE	3 YEAR OLD FILLY	OLDER MALE

1962	Might and Main	Abrogate	Beechwood	All Brandy	Nickle Boy
1963	Repeating	Busy Jill	Raritan Valley	Abrogate	Half Breed
1964	Tom Stone	Jackie Dare	Repeating	Silwall	Bonny Johnny
1965	New Windsor	Miss Spin	Uncle Willie M.	Sue Baru	Repeating
1966	Native Prince	Lady Brilliance	Kauai King	Politely	Duc de Great
1967	Dancer's Image	Good Game	Barbs Delight	Dun-Cee	Exceedingly
1968	Mister Diz	Show Off	Dancer's Image	First Noel	Jim J.
1969	Duc by Right, Rollicking	Cherry Sundae	Mister Diz	Pit Bunny	Promise

1970	Leematt	Swinging Lizzie	Robin's Bug	Dowitcher	Mister Diz
1971	Bee Bee Bee	Light Splash	Royal J D	Alma North	Peace Corps
1972	Lou Rosenbush	Protest	Bee Bee Bee	Twixt	On Your Toes
1973	Gusty O’Shay	Lianga	Bold Victor	Marian Bender	North Sea
1974	North of the Law	Hoso	Christopher R.	Kudara	Northern Fling
1975	Cojak	Thirty Paces	Talc	Hoso	Christopher R.
1976	J. O. Tobin	Debby's Turn	Youth	What a Summer	Christopher R.
1977	Try My Best	Caesar's Wish	J. O. Tobin	Pearl Necklace	Gentle King
1978	Instrument Landing	Phoebe's Donkey	Dave's Friend	Caesar's Wish	J. O. Tobin
1979	Irish Tower	Smart Angle	Smarten	Jameela	Star de Naskra

1980	Travelling Music	Heavenly Cause	Irish Tower	Weber City Miss	Dave's Friend
1981	A Magic Spray	Woodstream	Change The Patch	Heavenly Cause	Guilty Conscience
1982	Dixieland Band	Bemissed	Northrop	Kattegat's Pride	Rock Softly
1983	Devil's Bag	Me Darlin Anna B.	Deputed Testamony	Heartlight No. One	Lord Lister
1984	Doubly Clear	Something	El Gran Senor	Squan Song	Believe the Queen
1985	Papal Power	Bug Eyed Betty	I Am the Game	A Joyful Spray	Onyxly
1986	Hay Halo	Landaura	Broad Brush	Country Recital	Sparrowvon
1987	Trap Line	Thirty Eight Go Go	Ajdal	Angelina County	Broad Brush
1988	Ringerman	Safely Kept	Cefis	Sham Say	Little Bold John
1989	Super Cholo	Crowned	Houston	Safely Kept	Little Bold John

1990	Haymaker	Wide Country	Restless Con	Valay Maid	Northern Wolf
1991	Seattle Rhyme	Star Minister	Gala Spinaway	Wide Country	Timely Warning
1992	Secret Odds	Carnirainbow	Ameri Valay	Star Minister	Irish Swap
1993	Run Alden	Smart ‘N Noble	Chip's Dancer	Tennis Lady	Valley Crossing
1994	Oliver's Twist	Urbane	Concern	Calipha	Taking Risks
1995	Favorable Ruling	Secret Prospect	Oliver's Twist	Urbane	Cigar
1996	Smoke Glacken	Assault John	Clash by Night	Clamorosa	Cigar
1997	K O Punch	Maragold Princess	Smoke Glacken	Dixie Flag	Royal Haven
1998	Red Star Rose	Magic Broad	Greenspring Willy	Tenski	Partner's Hero
1999	Crafty Celt	Gin Talking	Best Of Luck	Hookedonthefeelin	Perfect to a Tee

2000	Global Gait	Your Out	Disco Rico	Gin Talking	Testing
2001	Magic Weisner	Touch Love	Saratoga Games	Sparkling Number	Include
2002	Cherokee's Boy	Coquettish	Magic Weisner	Willa On the Move	La Reine's Terms
2003	Perfect Moon	Richetta	New York Hero	Finally Here	Dr. Brendler
2004	Declan's Moon	Hear Us Roar	Love of Money	He Loves Me	Our New Recruit
2005	Vegas Play, El Viento	Celestial Legend	Declan's Moon	Maddalena	Cherokee's Boy
2006	Clifton Park	Spectacular Malibu	Ah Day	Livermore Valley	Les Arcs
2007	Ready's Image	Ask the Moon	Steve's Double	Moon Catcher	Heros Reward
2008	Peace Town	Miss Charm City	Willsboro Point	Sweet Goodbye	Heros Reward
2009	Homeboykris	For Royalty	Not For Silver	Blind Date	Richard's Kid
2010	Steady Warrior	Neversaidiwassweet	Not Abroad	Catch a Thief	Richard's Kid

YEAR	OLDER FEMALE	TURF RUNNER	SPRINTER	STEEPLECHASER	HORSE OF THE YEAR
1962	All Brandy			Hunter's Rock	Nickel Boy
1963	Double Heritage			Beckys Ship	Repeating
1964	Look Ma			Sun Game	Bonny Johnny
1965	Silwall			Jay Trump	Miss Spin
1966	Silwall	Green Felt		Tuscalee	Kauai King
1967	Politely	Road At Sea		Tuscalee	Politely
1968	Politely	Politely		Tuscalee	Politely
1969	Double Ripple	Corn Caster		Curator	Promise

1970	Double Ripple	Mister Diz		Inkslinger	Robin's Bug
1971	Lead Me On	Mister Diz		Inkslinger	Alma North
1972	Alma North	On Your Toes		Inkslinger	Bee Bee Bee
1973	Twixt	Laplander		Inkslinger	Twixt
1974	Twixt	Northern Fling		Inkslinger	Twixt
1975	Twixt	Talc		Life's Illusion	Christopher R.
1976	Gala Lil	Youth		Life's Illusion	Youth
1977	What A Summer	Improviser		Life's Illusion	What A Summer
1978	What A Summer	J. O. Tobin		Wild Sir	J. O. Tobin
1979	Pearl Necklace	Pearl Necklace		Down First	Star de Naskra

1980	Jameela	Advan		Sailor's Clue	Dave's Friend
1981	Jameela	Change the Patch		Percy Sharp	Jameela
1982	Jameela	Shagbark		Double Reefed	Jameela
1983	Kattegat's Pride	Shareef Dancer		Double Reefed	Devil's Bag
1984	Kattegat's Pride	El Gran Senor		Bomb	El Gran Senor
1985	Squan Song	Onyxly		Le Sauteur	Squan Song
1986	Squan Song	Castelets		Le Sauteur	Broad Brush
1987	Squan Song	Ajdal			Broad Brush
1988	Notches Trace	Deputy Governor		Mickey Free	Deputy Governor
1989	Thirty Eight Go Go	Ten Keys		Call Louis	Safely Kept

1990	Safely Kept	Ten Keys		French Hill	Safely Kept
1991	Safely Kept	Jet Ski Lady		Double Barrel	Wide Country
1992	Brilliant Brass	Calling Collect		Circuit Bar	Brilliant Brass
1993	Deputation	Awad		Rolling Cart	Valley Crossing
1994	Mz. Zill Bear	Unfinished Symph		South of Java	Concern
1995	Smart ’N Noble	Awad		Circuit Bar	Cigar
1996	Urbane	Awad		Circuit Bar	Cigar
1997	Chip	Awad		Teb's Bend	Smoke Glacken
1998	Weather Vane	Tenski		Smart Jaune	Tenski
1999	Tampico	Tampico		Muscle Car	Best of Luck

2000	Hookedonthefeelin	A Little Luck		Ironfist	Gin Talking
2001	Shine Again	One Eyed Joker	Disco Rico	Tres Touche	Include
2002	Shine Again	La Reine's Terms	Shine Again	Tres Touche	Magic Weisner
2003	Shine Again	Dr. Brendler	Shine Again	Lord Kenneth	Shine Again
2004	Angela's Love	Slew Valley	Our New Recruit	Preemptive Strike	Declan's Moon
2005	Silmaril	Love Match	Saay Mi Name	Guelph	Cherokee's Boy
2006	Promenade Girl	Les Arcs	Les Arcs	Good Night Shirt	Les Arcs
2007	Silmari	Heros Reward	Heroes Reward	Good Night Shirt	Heros Reward
2008	Smart and Fancy	Heros Reward	Heroes Reward	Good Night Shirt	Good Night Shirt
2009	All Giving	Heros Reward	Not For Silver	Good Night Shirt	Richard's Kid
2010	Sweet Goodbye	Ben's Cat	Ben's Cat	Richard's Kid	Richard's Kid

Selections made from 1962 through 1968 by Joe B. Hickey Jr.

Selections for 1969 made by Lawrence J. Abbundi.

Selections made from 1970 through 1986 by a committee of Maryland racing writers

Selections for 1987 made by Director of Racing Lawrence J. Abbundi, Jerry Brown of Thoro-Graph Co. and the editorial staff of The Maryland Horse.

Selections for 1988 through 2006 made by a committee of Maryland racing writers.

From 1999 to 2006, the steeplechase champions were chosen by Joe Clancy Jr., editor of Steeplechase Times.

From 2007 to 2008,selections for 2008 were made by the MHBA board of directors, MHBA members (combined as one vote), Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred editors Lucy Acton and Cindy Deubler, Maryland Jockey Club racing secretary Georganne Hale and communications director Mike Gathagan, as well as Bill Brasaemle of Equibase, John Scheinman of The Washington Post, and free-lance writers Dale Austin, Andy Beyer, Joe Clancy, Sean Clancy and Vinnie Perrone.

Horse of the year	Breeder of the year	Stallion of the year	Broodmare of the year
2008 Good Night Shirt	2008 Dr & Mrs. R. Thomas Bowman	2008 Not For Love	2008 Hot Story
2007 Heros Reward	2007 Dr & Mrs. R. Thomas Bowman	2007 Not For Love	2007 Blue Sky Princess
2006 Les Arcs	2006 Dr & Mrs. R. Thomas Bowman	2006 Not For Love	2006 Endette
2005 Cherokee's Boy	2005 Dr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Bowman	2005 Louis Quatorze	2005 Cherokee Wonder
2004 Declan's Moon	2004 Charles & Cynthia McGinnes	2004 Not For Love	2004 Vee Vee Star
2003 Shine Again	2003 Howard & Sondra Bender	2003 Not For Love	2003 Foufa
2002 Magic Weisner	2002 Howard & Sondra Bender	2002 Not For Love	2002 Shiner
2001 Include	2001 Howard & Sondra Bender	2001 Allen’s Prospect	2001 Illeria
2000 Gin Talking	2000 Robert E. Meyerhoff	2000 Allen’s Prospect	2000 Chattin
1999 Best of Luck	1999 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1999 Allen’s Prospect	1999 Dynamic Star
1998 Tenski	1998 Dr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Bowman	1998 Polish Numbers	1998 Big Pride
1997 Smoke Glacken	1997 Ryehill Farm	1997 Two Punch	1997 Northern Sting
1996 Cigar	1996 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1996 Allen’s Prospect	1996 Turn Capp
1995 Cigar	1995 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1995 Two Punch	1995 Northern Sting
1994 Concern	1994 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1994 Two Punch	1994 Fara’s Team
1993 Valley Crossing	1993 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1993 Proud Truth	1993 Chic and Sassy
1992 Brilliant Brass	1992 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1992 Baederwood/Caveat	1992 Amerrico’s Rainbow
1991 Wide Country	1991 Mrs. Richard C. duPont	1991 Caveat	1991 Bazooka Babe Jump for Gold
1990 Safely Kept	1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bayard Sharp	1990 Carnivalay	1990 Safely Home
1989 Safely Kept	1989 Mr. & Mrs. David Hayden	1989 Smarten
1988 Deputy Governor	1988 Glade Valley Farms	1988 Rollicking
1987 Broad Brush	1987 King T. Leatherbury	1987 Northern Dancer, Rollicking, The Minstrel
1986 Broad Brush	1986 Robert E. Meyerhoff	1986 The Minstrel