The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey is an American thoroughbred horse racing honor. Created in 1971, it is part of the Eclipse Awards program honoring Champions in numerous horse racing categories. This article lists the annual winners of the Eclipse Award for a jockey undergoing their apprenticeship.
The 1977 winner, Steve Cauthen, also won the overall Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey that same year. Three women have won this Eclipse Award: Rosemary Homeister in 1992, Emma-Jayne Wilson in 2005, and Jessica Pyfer for 2021.
Past winners: 1971 : Gene St. Leon 1972 : Thomas Wallis 1973 : Steve Valdez 1974 : Chris McCarron 1975 : Jimmy Edwards 1976 : George Martens 1977 : Steve Cauthen 1978 : Ron Franklin 1979 : Cash Asmussen 1980 : Frank Lovato Jr. 1981 : Richard Migliore 1982 : Alberto Delgado 1983 : Declan Murphy 1984 : Wesley Ward 1985 : Art Madrid Jr. 1986 : Allen Stacy 1987 : Kent Desormeaux 1988 : Steve Capanas 1989 : Michael J. Luzzi 1990 : Mark T. Johnston 1991 : Mickey Walls 1992 : Rosemary Homeister 1993 : Juan Umana 1994 : Dale Beckner 1995 : Ramon B. Perez
1996 : Neil Poznansky 1997 : Roberto Rosado & Philip Teator (tie) 1998 : Shaun Bridgmohan 1999 : Ariel Smith 2000 : Tyler Baze 2001 : Jeremy Rose 2002 : Ryan Fogelsonger 2003 : Eddie Castro 2004 : Brian Hernandez Jr. 2005 : Emma-Jayne Wilson 2006 : Julien Leparoux 2007 : Joe Talamo 2008 : Pascacio "Paco" Lopez 2009 : Christian Santiago Reyes 2010 : Omar Moreno 2011 : Kyle Frey 2012 : Jose Montano 2013 : Victor Carrasco 2014 : Drayden Van Dyke 2015 : Tyler Gaffalione 2016 : Luis Ocasio 2017 : Evin A. Roman 2018 : Weston Hamilton 2019 : Kazushi Kimura 2020 : Alexander Crispin 2021 : Jessica Pyfer 2022 : Jose Antonio Gomez 2023 : Axel Concepcion 2024 : Erik Asmussen 2025 : Pietro Moran
References
The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts