The Washington Post, January 24th, 2006
Despite the overwhelming popularity of the Triple Crown series, the national racing media continued the trend of rewarding the sport's best older horses over the star 3-year-olds in year-end honors as Saint Liam beat out Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Afleet Alex for the 2005 Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year last night. Saint Liam, a 5-year-old trained by Richard Dutrow Jr., won four Grade I races last year -- the Breeders' Cup Classic, Woodward, Stephen Foster Handicap and Santa Anita Handicap -- on his way to earning $4,456,995. Retired after his final race of the year, Saint Liam ear...
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