Elite Power named Champion Male Sprinter at Eclipse Awards 2022

A winner of five of his last six starts in 2022, Elite Power topped off his season with a defeat of both MGSW & MGISP C Z Rocket and last year's Eclipse champion Jackie's Warrior in the Gr.1 Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Taken from TDN, 27th January 2023

Though he didn't break his maiden until June, Elite Power went on a hot streak through the summer, working his way up the ranks with two wins against allowance company before stepping up in dominating fashion to take the Gr.2 Vosburgh S. at Belmont's Aqueduct meeting by 5 1/4 lengths Oct. 8. Drawn mid pack as a 5-1 shot behind heavily favored Jackie's Warrior in the Sprint, Elite Power took his time early on under jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., racing seventh as Super Ocho paced the field through tiring fractions of :22.12 and :44.99.

Steadily advancing while three wide around the turn, Elite Power came running from the middle of the track to overtake the leaders with a sixteenth to run, hitting the wire 1 1/4 lengths ahead of his rivals.
"I had the perfect trip," Ortiz, Jr. said of his Breeders' Cup ride aboard Elite Power. "He broke real sharp and I let him settle. I let the speed go. I was able to cut the corner around the turn. When I tipped him out, he was there for me. He kept going forward. He gave me a really good kick from the quarter-pole to the wire. He's a nice horse. I rode him with a lot of confidence."
A $900,000 yearling for Juddmonte out of the Lane's End consignment, Elite Power beat out another son of Curlin and Mott trainee in Cody's Wish (Curlin) for the award. Elite Power remains in training for the 2023 season and most recently worked four furlongs in :48.80 (1/17) Jan. 25.

This is Juddmonte's 17th Eclipse Award win to date including the Top Breeder award in 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009 and the Top Owner award in 1992, 2003, 2016 and 2017.