The American Champion Sprint Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. Created in 1947, in 1971 it became part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to the top horse in sprint races (usually those run at a distance of under one mile).
4-574: The Daily Racing Form (DRF) began naming an annual sprint champion in 1947. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by these organizations. The Daily Racing Form , the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create
8-816: Is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago , Illinois , by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of racehorses as a statistical service for bettors covering horse racing in North America . The first edition of the DRF was published in Chicago in November 1894 and publishes up to 35 regional editions every day but Christmas. In cooperation with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and
12-804: The National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association , the Daily Racing Form selects the winners of the annual Eclipse Awards . In 1922, the DRF publishing company was sold to Moses Annenberg 's Triangle Publications , which would eventually be owned by Walter Annenberg . In 2007, the Wicks Group sold DRF to Arlington Capital Partners for nearly $ 200 million. Arlington sold the DRF 's parent company, Sports Information Group (SIG), to Z Capital Partners in 2017 for less than $ 100 million. In 2021, Z Capital merged SIG into
16-755: The Eclipse Award. Through 2006, the Sprint Champion was chosen from a horse of either sex. In 2007, a separate category honoring the American Champion Female Sprint Horse became part of the Eclipse Awards program. From 1960 through 1963 no award was given. Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form ( DRF ) (referred to as the Racing Form or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly")
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