Horse of Year
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Horse of the Year with vote counts

1971 Ack Ack - 3

1972 Secretariat (DRF, TRA) - 2

          La Prevoyante (NTWA) - 1

1973 Secretariat - 3

1974 Forego - 3

1975 Forego - 3

1976 Forego - 3

1977 Seattle Slew - 2

          Forego - 1

1978 Affirmed - 3

1979 Affirmed - 3

1980 Spectacular Bid - 3

1981 John Henry - 3 (Unanimous-All 191 individual votes)

1982 Conquistador Cielo (NTWA) - 1      18 Tie-Break Points (10-5-3 basis)

          Lemhi Gold (DRF) - 1       15

          Landaluce (TRA) - 1        10

1983 All Along - 3

1984 John Henry - 1.5                 98 Tie-Break Points (individual votes)

          Slew o’ Gold - 1.5             81

1985 Spend A Buck - 3

1986 Lady’s Secret - 3

1987 Ferdinand - 2

          Theatrical - 1

1988 Alysheba - 3

1989 Sunday Silence - 3

1990 Criminal Type (DRF, NTWA) - 2

          Unbridled (TRA) - 1

1991 Black Tie Affair - 3

1992 A. P. Indy - 3 (237 of 278 individual votes)

1993 Kotashaan (TRA, NTWA) - 2 (116 of 266 individual votes)

          Lure (DRF) - 1 (101 of 266 individual votes)

1994 Holy Bull - 3 (241 of 246 individual votes)

1995 Cigar - 3 (304 of 306 individual votes)

1996 Cigar - 3 (267 of 292 individual votes)

1997 Favorite Trick (DRF, NTWA) - 2 (118 of 299 individual votes)

          Skip Away (TRA) - 1 (88 of 299 individual votes)

1998 Skip Away - 3 (193 of 233 individual votes)

1999 Charismatic - 2 (55.5 of 209 individual votes)

          Daylami - 1 (38.5 of 209 individual votes)

2000 Tiznow - 3 (157.5 of 218 individual votes)

2001 Point Given - 3 (156 of 228 individual votes)

2002 Azeri - 3 (189 of 225 individual votes)

2003 Mineshaft - 209 first place votes of 248

2004 Ghostzapper - 174 first place votes of 274

           (Smarty Jones received 95 of the remaining 100 votes )

2005 Saint Liam - 194 first place votes of 254

           (Afleet Alex received 56 of the remaining 60 votes)

2006 Invasor (Arg) - 228 first place votes of 271

2007 Curlin - 249 first place votes of 266

2008 Curlin 153 first place votes of 240

2009 Rachel Alexandra - 130;    Zenyatta - 99