American Champion Steeplechase Horse
The American Champion Steeplechase Horse is an American horse racing honor awarded as part of the Eclipse Award program since its inception in 1971. It is awarded annually to the top horse in steeplechase racing.
Flatterer is the only horse to win the award four times in a row, his last coming at age 7 in 1986. Lonesome Glory has won the Award five times, more than any other horse, and was the oldest ever when he won it for the final time at age 11.
Honorees
| Year |
Horse |
Age | Trainer |
Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dawalan | 5 | Cyril Murphy | Irv Naylor |
| 2014 | Demonstrative | 7 | Richard Valentine | Jacqueline Ohrstrom |
| 2013 | Divine Fortune | 10 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape & Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 2012 | Pierrot Lunaire | 8 | Bruce Miller | Ecurie Skymarc Farm |
| 2011 | Black Jack Blues | 8 | Joseph W. Delozier III | Irvin S. Naylor |
| 2010 | Slip Away | 7 | Thomas H. Voss | Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey |
| 2009 | Mixed Up | 10 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 2008 | Good Night Shirt | 7 | Jack Fisher | Harold A. Via, Jr. |
| 2007 | Good Night Shirt | 6 | Jack Fisher | Harold A. Via, Jr. |
| 2006 | McDynamo | 9 | Sanna Hendriks | Michael J. Moran |
| 2005 | McDynamo | 8 | Sanna Hendriks | Michael J. Moran |
| 2004 | Hirapour | 8 | P. Douglas Fout | Eldon Farm Racing Stable |
| 2003 | McDynamo | 6 | Sanna Hendriks | Michael J. Moran |
| 2002 | Flat Top | 9 | Janet Elliot | Nancy Gerry |
| 2001 | Pompeyo | 7 | Neil Drysdale | Augustin Stable |
| 2000 | All Gong | 6 | Bruce Miller | Calvin Houghland |
| 1999 | Lonesome Glory | 11 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1998 | Flat Top | 5 | Janet Elliot | Nancy Gerry |
| 1997 | Lonesome Glory | 9 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1996 | Correggio | 5 | Charles O'Brien | P. A. Byrnes |
| 1995 | Lonesome Glory | 7 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1994 | Warm Spell | 4 | John K. Griggs | John K. Griggs |
| 1993 | Lonesome Glory | 5 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1992 | Lonesome Glory | 4 | Bruce Miller | Kay Jeffords |
| 1991 | Morley Street | 7 | Toby Balding | Michael Jackson Bloodstock |
| 1990 | Morley Street | 6 | Toby Balding | Michael Jackson Bloodstock |
| 1989 | Highland Bud | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | J M Henley |
| 1988 | Jimmy Lorenzo | 6 | Peter Hedger | Bertram R. Firestone |
| 1987 | Inlander | 6 | ||
| 1986 | Flatterer | 7 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1985 | Flatterer | 6 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1984 | Flatterer | 5 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1983 | Flatterer | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1982 | Zaccio | 6 | W. Burling Cocks | Bunny Murdock |
| 1981 | Zaccio | 5 | W. Burling Cocks | Bunny Murdock |
| 1980 | Zaccio | 4 | W. Burling Cocks | Bunny Murdock |
| 1979 | Martie's Anger | 4 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | William L. Pape |
| 1978 | Cafe Prince | 8 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable |
| 1977 | Cafe Prince | 7 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable |
| 1976 | Straight and True | 6 | Lillian Bostwick Phipps | |
| 1975 | Life's Illusion | 4 | Virginia Guest | |
| 1974 | Gran Kan | 8 | Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark | |
| 1973 | Athenian Idol | 5 | W. L. Page | |
| 1972 | Soothsayer | 5 | Marion duPont Scott | |
| 1971 | Shadow Brook | 7 |