All Decade Eclipse Award Winners

Steve Haskin's Look Back at the Decade 

Editors of The Blood-Horse challenged senior correspondent Steve Haskin to fill in the blanks on several “best of” lists for the decade of 2000-2009. While several of them appear in the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 combined issue of the magazine (mailing on Dec. 29), there wasn’t space for them all.

Over the coming days until the end of the year, all of Steve’s lists will be posted here with readers of BloodHorse.com encouraged to comment.

All Decade Eclipse Award Winners

2-year old male	Vindication
2-year old female	Tie: Indian Blessing and Sweet Catomine
3-year old male	Tie: Point Given and Curlin
3-year old female	Rachel Alexandra
Older male	Tie: Invasor and Ghostzapper
Older female	Zenyatta
Sprinter	Midnight Lute
Grass Male	English Channel
Grass Female	Ouija Board
Horse of the Decade	Curlin with 4 Eclipse Awards and 2 Horse of the Year Awards
Curlin Horse of the Decade.

Previous Lists:

12/21/09 - Most Physically Impressive Horses
12/22/09 - Most Memorable Triple Crown Performances
12/23/09 - Most Memorable Breeders' Cup Performances
12/26/09 - Greatest Training Achievements
12/27/09 - Best Losing Performance in a Breeders' Cup or Triple Crown Race
12/28/09 - Most Memorable Two-Horse Stretch Battles
12/29/09 - Best Goosebump Moments / Favorite Breeders' Cup Experiences