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References
- The Eclipse Awards at the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of America, Inc.
- The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts from 1887
- Additional retrospective Champions from 1874 at Thoroughbred Heritage
Notes
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Hegarty, Matt (February 19, 2015). "Eclipse Awards: Turfers no longer eligible in older-male, older-female categories". drf.com. Daily Racing Form. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Fort Marcy Top Horse". Ottawa Citizen. 1970-12-01. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ↑ "Damascus top horse". Leader-Post. November 24, 1967. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "Sports brief". Phoenix. December 6, 1967. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "T.R.A. Selects Bold Bidder As Top Older Horse of '66". New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "Citation named Horse of Year". Middlesboro Daily News. December 6, 1948. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "Count named top". Miami News. December 17, 1943. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "Whirlaway is Horse of Year". Times Daily. December 8, 1941. Retrieved 2012-07-14.