Call for Broodmare of the Year Nominations

The editors of The Blood-Horse MarketWatch once again are preparing for our annual Broodmare of the Year special report. We've been poring over our notes about a handful of mares that produced 2011's top runners. (A huge data file that we pull each year also brings to light several dams whose accomplishments are worthy of notice.)

Every year we open the final polling to MarketWatch readers. That comes in mid-March, after the 10 finalists have been identified and profiled in the March issue of our publication. Last year we asked you to get involved in the process earlier by nominating mares to be included on our short list of candidates. It's that time again.

What Thoroughbred dam deserves to be Broodmare of the Year? Here are a few mares whose offspring had stellar campaigns last year--please voice your opinion on them or suggest a mare that didn't make it to this list.

• Abbey's Missy
• Always Asking
• Ava Knowsthecode
• Bethany
• Candlelightdinner
• Catboat
• Champagne Glow
• Delta Princess
• Discreetly Awesome
• Easter Bunnette
• Executricker
• Flying Passage
• Foolish Gal
• Greyciousness
• Honorine (IRE)
• Ideal Image
• Lady Shirl
• Laurel Delight (GB)
• Leaping Water (GB)
• Lisieux
• Lucky One
• Magnificient Style
• My Miss Storm Cat
• Oatsee
• Periza (CHI)
• Remember the Day
• Rhumb Line
• Roger's Sue
• Rosie's Posy (IRE)
• Soignee (GER)
• Starinthemeadow
• Teaksberry Road
• Uff-Uff (BRZ)
• Wilshe Amaze
• Winning in Style
• Worldly Pleasure

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Are you new to the MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year contest? Take a look at last year's report--available free!--to see what it's all about.