The 2025 Eclipse Awards Finalists, with the exception of Horse of the Year, (in alphabetical order) are:

2-Year-Old Male: Brant , Gstaad , Ted Noffey 

2-Year-Old Filly: Cy Fair , Explora , Super Corredora 

3-Year-Old Male: Baeza , Journalism , Sovereignty 

3-Year-Old Filly: Good Cheer , Nitrogen , Shisospicy 

Older Dirt Male: Forever Young , Nysos , Sierra Leone  

Older Dirt Female: Scylla , Splendora , Thorpedo Anna 

Male Sprinter: Bentornato , Book’em Danno , Nysos

Female Sprinter: Kopion , Shisospicy, Splendora

Male Turf Horse: Deterministic , Notable Speech , Rebel’s Romance 

Female Turf Horse: Gezora , She Feels Pretty , Shisospicy

Steeplechase Horse: Cool Jet , Swore , Zanahiyr 

Owner: Godolphin, Klaravich Stables, Spendthrift Farm

Breeder: Don Alberto Corporation, Godolphin, WinStar Farm

Trainer: Chad Brown, Brad Cox, Bill Mott

Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr., Flavien Prat, John Velazquez

Apprentice Jockey: Christopher Elliott, Yedsit Hazlewood, Pietro Moran