Monday, Apr. 21, 2025

Rawnaq Earns 2016 Steeplechase Eclipse Award

Irish import Rawnaq was awarded the 2016 Eclipse Award for champion steeplechase horse on Jan. 21 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

The 10-year-old bay gelding (Azamour—Sharemata, Doyoun), owned by Irv Naylor and trained by Cyril Murphy, won three of his four starts in 2016, including the $200,000 Grade 1 Calvin Houghland Iroquois in Nashville, Tenn., and the $350,000 Grade 1 Grand National in Far Hills, N.J.—and he placed second in his only defeat, the $150,000 grade 1 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup in Camden, S.C.

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