The 53rd Annual 2023 Eclipse Awards finalists, excluding Horse of the Year, have been revealed. The awards recognize outstanding performances in North American horse racing, with winners determined by first-place votes from eligible members of NTRA, DRF, and NTWAB. 

The finalists, listed alphabetically, in each category are:

**Two-Year-Old Male:**
- Fierceness
- Locked
- Muth

**Two-Year-Old Filly:**
- Candied
- Hard to Justify
- Just FYI

**Three-Year-Old Male:**
- Arcangelo
- Auguste Rodin (IRE)
- Mage

**Three-Year-Old Filly:**
- Mawj (IRE)
- Pretty Mischievous
- Randomized

**Older Dirt Male:**
- Cody’s Wish
- Elite Power
- White Abarrio

**Older Dirt Female:**
- Clairiere
- Goodnight Olive
- Idiomatic

**Male Sprinter:**
- Cody’s Wish
- Elite Power
- Gunite

**Female Sprinter:**
- Echo Zulu
- Goodnight Olive
- Maple Leaf Mel

**Male Turf Horse:**
- Auguste Rodin (IRE)
- Master of the Seas (IRE)
- Up to the Mark

**Female Turf Horse:**
- In Italian (GB)
- Inspiral (GB)
- Mawj (IRE)

**Steeplechase Horse:**
- Awakened
- Merry Maker (IRE)
- Snap Decision

**Owner:**
- Godolphin, LLC
- Juddmonte
- Klaravich Stables, Inc.

**Breeder:**
- Calumet Farm
- Godolphin
- Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC

**Trainer:**
- Chad Brown
- Brad Cox
- William I. Mott

**Jockey:**
- Tyler Gaffalione
- Irad Ortiz, Jr.
- Flavien Prat

**Apprentice Jockey:**
- Axel Concepcion
- Jaime A. Torres
- Sofia Vives

The winners will be announced on Thursday, January 25, at 7:30 PM (ET-USA) in a formal ceremony.