ZENYATTA named Horse of the Year!!!!

(News) 18.1.11 -- ZENYATTA received Horse of the Year Award last night at the Eclipse Award ceremony at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. She became the "greatest female Throughbred race horse of all time (USA Today)."

After the never-ending criticism about who to win the Horse of the Year award over internet and media around the world, it became clear now that  ZENYATTA (6-year-old mare) can finally beat her tough rival BLAME (4-year-old colt) by 128 votes to 102. This is the second consecutive year since a female horse won an award. ZENYATTA was the runner-up to Rachel Alexandra last year.

Watch the Video from The Eclipse Award here:

For the other Eclipse awards:

•Two-year-old male: Uncle Mo, the highly regarded winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and the overwhelming early favorite for the Kentucky Derby on May 7.

Mike Repole, who purchased Uncle Mo for $220,000, said he was "overwhelmed by winning an award that was won by the likes of Secretariat, Seattle Slew … and Uncle Mo is now in that company." Uncle Mo received 236 of the 238 votes cast.

•Two-year filly: Awesome Feather. She won the BC Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 5, then was sold at auction for $2.3 million.

•Three-year-old male: Lookin at Lucky, the hard-luck colt who won the Preakness Stakes after finishing sixth in the 2010 Kentucky Derby (224 votes).

•Three-year-old filly: Blind Luck (237 votes).

•Older male: Blame, got all 238 votes.

•Older female: Zenyatta, receiving 237 of the 238 votes. The Irish horse Goldikova, who won her record third consecutive Breeders' Cup Mile in November, got the other vote.

•Female Sprinter: Dubai Majesty (232 votes).

•Male Sprinter: Big Drama (170 votes).

•Male Turf Horse: Gio Ponti (199 votes).

•Female Turf Horse: Goldikova (212 votes).

•Steeplechase Horse: Slip Away (175 votes).

•Outstanding Owner: Winstar Farm (100); Mr. And Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (81).

•Outstanding Breeder: Adena Springs (69); Claiborne Farm, Adele Dilschneider (55).

•Outstanding Trainer: Todd Pletcher (168); John Schireffs (28).

•Outstanding Jockey: Ramon Dominguez (124); Garrett Gomez (60).

•Outstanding Apprentice Jockey: Omar Moreno (197).

•Other winners: Photography: Michael Clevenger, Louisville Courier-Journal; Writing (feature/commentary): Wright Thompson, ESPN.com; Writing (news-enterprise): Bill Finley, Thoroughbred Daily News; Television (live racing); ESPN, The Breeders' Cup World Championships; Television (feature): HRTV, Inside Information: Swale; Audio and Multi-media Internet: Horse-Racing Radio Network, Breeders' Cup.

The awards are voted on and presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and National Turf Writers and Broadcasters.