The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and Turf and Sports Digest (TSD) magazine began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by both of these organizations. There were several disagreements, with more than one champion being recognized on seven occasions.
The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award. In 1978, the voting resulted in a tie between two fillies.
Champions from 1887 through 1935 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine.[1]
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| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Bed o' Roses | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | |
| 1948 | Myrtle Charm | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | |
| 1947 | Bewitch | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | |
| 1946 | First Flight | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | |
| 1945 | Beaugay | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | |
| 1944 | Busher | James W. Smith | Edward R. Bradley | |
| 1943 | Durazna (DRF) | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs | |
| 1943 | Twilight Tear (TSD)[10] | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | |
| 1942 | Askmenow | Kenneth Osborne | Hal Price Headley | |
| 1941 | Petrify | Alfred Holberg | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | |
| 1940 | Level Best | John P. (Doc) Jones | Crispin Oglebay | |
| 1939 | Now What | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | |
| 1938 | Incoselda | Ben A. Jones | Woolford Farm | |
| 1937 | Jacola | Selby L. Burch | Nancy Carr Friendly | |
| 1936 | Apogee | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley |
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| Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Forever Yours | Robert V. McGarvey | Milky Way Farm Stable | |
| 1934 | Nellie Flag | Bert B. Williams | Calumet Farm | |
| 1933 | Mata Hari | Clyde Van Dusen | Dixiana Farm | |
| 1933 | Bazaar | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | |
| 1932 | Happy Gal | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | |
| 1931 | Top Flight | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | |
| 1930 | Baba Kenny | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | |
| 1929 | Alcibiades | Walter W. Taylor | Hal Price Headley | |
| 1928 | Current | Jack Baker | Robert Sterling Clark | |
| 1927 | Anita Peabody | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz | |
| 1926 | Fair Star | Carl Utz | William du Pont Jr. | |
| 1925 | Friar's Carse | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm | |
| 1924 | Mother Goose | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1924 | Maud Muller | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1923 | Max Hirsch | Cary T. Grayson | ||
| 1922 | Sally's Alley | Eugene Wayland | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | |
| 1921 | Startle | John I. Smith | Herbert H. Hewitt | |
| 1920 | Careful | Eugene Wayland | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | |
| 1920 | Prudery | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1919 | Constancy | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | |
| 1919 | Miss Jemima | Charles E. Rowe | Charles E. Rowe | |
| 1918 | Elfin Queen | William H. Karrick | Harry K. Knapp | |
| 1917 | Rosie O'Grady | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1916 | William H. Karrick | Schuyler L. Parsons | ||
| 1915 | Puss in Boots | John Murphy | Foxhall P. Keene | |
| 1914 | Regret | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1913 | Southern Maid | John Nixon | Robert T. Davies | |
| 1912 | Gowell | Jack T. Weaver | Jack T. Weaver | |
| 1911 | Moisant | Albert Simons | Albert Simons | |
| 1910 | Bashti | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | |
| 1909 | Ocean Bound | French Brooks | Woodford Clay | |
| 1908 | Maskette | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | |
| 1907 | Stamina | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1906 | Court Dress | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | |
| 1905 | Perverse | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| 1904 | Artful | John W. Rogers | Herman B. Duryea | |
| 1904 | Tanya | John W. Rogers | Herman B. Duryea | |
| 1903 | Hamburg Belle | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget † | |
| 1902 | Eugenia Burch | Jim McLaughlin | Libby Curtis | |
| 1901 | Blue Girl | John W. Rogers | William C. Whitney | |
| 1901 | Endurance by Right | John F. Schorr | John W. Schorr | |
| 1900 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1899 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1898 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1897 | L'Alouette | James G. Rowe Sr. | L. S. Thompson & W. P. Thompson | |
| 1896 | Cleophus | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | |
| 1895 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1894 | The Butterflies | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly | |
| 1893 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1892 | Lady Violet | A. Jack Joyner | August Belmont Jr. | |
| 1891 | Yorkville Belle | Matthew M. Allen | Frank A. Ehret | |
| 1890 | Sallie McClelland | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland | |
| 1890 | La Tosca | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont | |
| 1899 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1888 | none selected | n/a | n/a | |
| 1887 | Los Angeles | Robert E. Campbell | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin |