ECLIPSE AWARDS
At the 31st Annual Eclipse Awards, BANKS HILL,
full sister to DANSILI, won the Female Turf
Champion award.
"Three-year-old Banks Hill made the most of her lone start in
North America in 2001, winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare
Turf by 5½ lengths. Her display of speed and stamina in that event
vaulted her to the top of the division, the third European invader
to take an American championship after only one start in the
country during their Eclipse-winning year. Prior to her win in the
10-furlong Filly & Mare Turf, Banks Hill competed in Europe six
times, all at a mile. She won the Gr1 Coronation Stakes at Royal
Ascot in June, then finished a close third versus older males in
the Gr1 Prix Jacques le Marois. In her final prep for the Breeders'
Cup, she ran second in the Gr1 Prix du Moulin de Lonchamp". (TDN
19th February).
Juddmonte Farms also won the Outstanding
Breeder Award. This was Juddmonte's second Eclipse Award for
outstanding breeder, and their third overall.
Date:
20 February 2002