Two-Year-Old Male: Shanghai Bobby; 2012 Record: 5 starts, 5 wins, $1,687,000. Won the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), Foxwoods Champagne Stakes (gr. I), Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes (gr. II), Track Barron Stakes. Bred in Kentucky by Stonehaven Steadings.
Two-Year-Old Filly: Beholder; 2012 Record: 5 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, $1,215,000. Won the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), Del Mar Debutante Stakes (gr. I). Bred in Kentucky by Clarkland Farm.
Steeplechase Horse: Pierrot Lunaire; 2012 Record: 5 starts, 2 wins, 1 third, $253,000. Won the Lonesome Glory Hurdle Stakes, Grand National Hurdle Stakes. Bred in Kentucky by Skymarc Farm Inc.
Female Turf Horse: Zagora; 2012 Record: 8 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, 1 third, $1,689,000. Won the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. I), Ballston Spa Stakes (gr. II), Gallorette Handicap (gr. III), Hillsborough Stakes (gr. III), Endeavour Stakes (gr. III). Bred in France by E. Puerari & Oceanic Bloodstock.
Male Turf Horse: Wise Dan; 2012 Record: 6 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, $2,622,037. Won the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I), Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. I), Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (gr. I), Fourstardave Handicap (gr. II), Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III). Bred in Kentucky by Morton Fink.
Photo: Michael Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Fink, trainer Charlie Lopresti, and John Velazquez accepting for Wise Dan.
Female Sprinter: Groupie Doll; 2012 Record: 9 starts, 5 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, $1,385,314. Won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I), Humana Distaff Stakes (gr. I), Vinery Madison Stakes (gr. I), Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II), Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. II). Bred in Kentucky by Fred Bradley & William Bradley.
Male Sprinter: Trinniberg; 2012 Record: 8 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, $1,382,000. Won the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II), Bay Shore Stakes (gr. III), Swale Stakes (gr. III). Bred in Kentucky by J M Stables, Inc.
Three-Year-Old Male: I'll Have Another; 2012 Record: 4 starts, 4 wins, $2,629,600. Won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Preakness Stakes (gr. I), Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II). Bred in Kentucky by Harvey A. Clarke.
Three-Year-Old Female: Questing; 2012 Record: 2012 Record: 7 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, $792,320. Won Alabama Stakes (gr. I), TVG Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I). Bred in Great Britain by Darley.
Older Female: Royal Delta; 2012 Record: 7 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, $2,009,251. Won the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), Beldame Invitational Stakes (gr. I), Delaware Handicap (gr. II), Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. I). Bred in Kentucky by Palides Investments N.V., Inc.
Older Male: Wise Dan; 2012 Record: 6 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, $2,622,037. Won the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I), Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. I), Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (gr. I), Fourstardave Handicap (gr. II), Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III). Bred in Kentucky by Morton Fink.