b'2020 NATIONAL AWARDS Owner of the Year FinalistGodolphinGodolphins remarkable success as aFair Maiden, a 3-year-old daughter of Street Boss out of the breeder in 2020 goes hand-in-hand withwinning Smart Strike mare Shieldmaiden, had already proved its success as an owner, for all of the eliteherself in stakes company at 2, having won the Catch a Glimpse runners competing in the Godolphin silksStakes at Woodbine. As a sophomore, she started late in the year, last year were homebreds. returning to racing in September at Churchill Downs where she Among the top 100 North Americantuned up in an allowance race that she won by 21/4 lengths. She went owners by total purses earnings, Godolphinon to be fourth in the Qatar Fort Springs Stakes at Keeneland before ranked second with $5,708,270 fromtaking the La Brea Stakes (G1) by 21/4 lengths at Santa Anita Park.361 starts. The stable owned by SheikhGodolphins other graded stakes winners include Mystic Sheikh Mohammed bin RashidMohammed celebrated 80 wins, giving themGuide, Pixelate, Maxfield, and Shared Sense. In 2021, Mystic al Maktoum a 22% strike rate in finding the winnersGuide has captured the Dubai World Cup sponsored by circle. The stable had another 102 finishesEmirates Airline (G1).that were seconds or thirds, which put Godolphin runners in theJimmy Bell, president of Godolphin USA, credited Godolphins money 50% of the time.racing success to taking a broader geographical approach during By graded stakes purses, Godolphin runners netted $2,571,516its 2020 campaign and also to creating opportunities by using a in prize money while winning eight graded stakes and finishingdiverse group of trainers: Brad Cox, Mike Stidham, Eoin Harty, second or third another 15 times.Bill Mott, and Brendan Walsh.Godolphins elite homebred runners included grade 1 stakesTheyre all top horsemen with their own style and give us winnersEssential Quality and Fair Maiden.great options for matching up the right horse for their training Future American classic winner Essential Quality won astrengths, as well as extending our access across all the major pair of grade 1 stakes on his way to earning honors as the yearsracing jurisdictions, Bell said. Were now into our second or Champion 2-Year-Old Male. The son of Tapit out of the Elusivethird year of dividing our 2-year-olds between this group, and Quality mare Delightful Quality was undefeated at 2, winningthey and their crews certainly deserve much of the credit for the Claiborne Breeders Futurity (G1) in his second start afterour success. Our pre-trainers in Kentucky and FloridaNiall breaking his maiden Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs. Essential QualityBrennan, Dave Scanlon, Eddie Woods, Geoff Mulcahy, and the went on to seal his championship by winning the TVG Breederscrew at Bridlewood, also play a big role in our program.Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1).Eric MitchellOwner of the Year FinalistKlaravich StablesIn 2020, Seth Klarmans KlaravichIn 2020, Klarman won four grade 1 races, all on turf, with Stables, Inc. finished third in earningsfour different horses. His victories included the Hollywood nationally, Klarmans horses having wonDerby at Del Mar with Domestic Spending (GB). The 4-year-old $5.3 million in purses. That achievementKingman (GB) gelding, purchased by Klarman as a yearling for is noteworthy in itself; its even more$412,430 at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, added to his impressive considering that the runner-upgrade 1 rsum this year with wins in the Old Forester Bourbon was an international racing and breedingTurf Classic at Churchill Downs and the Resorts World Casino colossus and the leader was an assemblyManhattan Stakes at Belmont Park. Hes won six of his seven of four partnerships comprising dozens ofraces for earnings of $1.3 million. Seth Klarman owners.Having won the 2017 Preakness Stakes (G1) with Cloud Though Klarman is the first to credit theComputing (Macleans Music), Klarman was back on the Triple team he has assembled to achieve his successamong themCrown trail this year, this time with a horse he bred. A third-trainer Chad Brown and bloodstock agent Mike Ryanit is hisplace finish in the Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack stable name that has adorned so many trophies and winnersand a runner-up performance in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes circle photos. At first with long-time partner William Lawrence,(G2) at Keeneland Race Course earned Highly Motivated (Into with whom he topped the 2019 owner earnings list, and nowMischief) enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby presented solo, Klarman has found success at racings highest levels,by Woodford Reserve (G1), in which he finished 10th.winning multiple owner titles at Saratoga Race Course andA hedge fund manager and founder of the Baupost Group, Belmont Park. In 2019, Klaravich Stables campaigned BricksKlarman has brought the lexicon of both investment banking and Mortar (Giants Causeway) to five grade 1 wins, includingand politics into Thoroughbred racing with his horses names, the Longines Breeders Cup Turf (G1T) at Santa Anita Park.campaigning among others Currency Swap, Takeover Target, Purchased for $200,000, Bricks and Mortar earned more than $7and Separationofpowers, all graded stakes winners.million on the track. Teresa Genaro30 TOBA NATIONAL AWARDS DINNER/2021'