1949) Honorees Eclipse Awards The 2003 Eclipse Awards marked a significant change in the way that honors were decided. Under this format, voting is conducted by selected members of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (formerly National Turf Writers Association). The winner of the Eclipse Award for American Horse of the Year is the horse who has received the most first-place votes. The 2002 Eclipse Awards were the last conducted under a voting bloc system, in which each of the three voting groups could only cast a single collective vote based on the polling of that group's members. In the event of an overall split vote, the award would go to the horse who had received the most points - each group's vote awarded ten points for first place, five points for second place, and one point for third place. In the event that there was a tie on points, the award would go to the horse who had received the most individual first-place votes. Daily Racing Form, Turf & Sport Digest and Thoroughbred Racing Association Awards Daily Racing Form and Turf & Sport Digest Awards The Blood-Horse retrospective champions See also List of historical horses References Horse racing awards Horse racing in the United States American horse racing awards American Champion racehorses 1936 establishments in New York (state)