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Keeneland-Based Wise Dan Named 2012 Horse of the Year

LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 20, 2013) – Keeneland-based Wise Dan swept honors as 2012 Horse of the Year, champion turf horse and champion older male, while Keeneland sales graduates I’ll Have Another, Shanghai Bobby, Beholder and Royal Delta were each named divisional champions at the 42nd annual Eclipse Award ceremony, held Saturday night at Gulfstream Park.

 Eclipse Award winners and their Keeneland connections include:

Wise Dan Wins Shadwell Turf Mile

Wise Dan Wins Shadwell Turf Mile; Joha and Tapitsfly Post Grade 1 Wins; Groupie Doll Earns Breeders’ Cup Berth with Thoroughbred Club of America Triumph; Bridgetown Takes Woodford

LEXINGTON, KY (October 6, 2012) – Morton Fink’s homebred Wise Dan cruised to the lead leaving the far turn and coasted to a 2¼-length victory over Willcox Inn to win the 27th running of the $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), the centerpiece of a five-stakes program before a crowd of 22,292 on a bright fall afternoon at Keeneland.

Quotes - $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile (G1)

Charlie Lopresti (winning trainer of Wise Dan)

“He’s good. He’s really good. He was so good coming out of the Woodbine race (Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile on September 16 that) I just didn’t want to breeze him too many more times. I figured this (racing in the Shadwell Turf Mile) would give him a chance to maybe breeze him one more time easy and then run him (in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships).