Champion 3-Year-Olds: Justify and Monomoy Girl
Updated: January 24, 2019 at 8:53 pm
Unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy–Stage Magic, by Ghostzapper) was named champion 3-year-old male at the Eclipse Award Ceremony at Gulfstream Park. Campaigned by China Horse Club, WinStar Farm, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing and bred by John D. Gunther, the 'TDN Rising Star' was trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. He was a $500,000 KEESEP yearling.
Monomoy Girl (Tapizar-Drumette, by Henny Hughes), the first filly to complete the GI Kentucky Oaks/GI Breeders' Cup Distaff double since Untapable (Tapit) in 2014, was named champion 3-year-old filly. The $100,000 KEESEP yearling graduate is owned by Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, LLC, The Elkstone Group, LLC (Stuart Grant) and Bethlehem Stables LLC, bred by FPF LLC & Highfield Ranch and trained by Brad Cox.