Special Awards
Thoroughbred Makeover champion
Presented by: Churchill Downs
Special awards are sponsored by individuals, organizations, or companies to support their own initiatives and goals. Thoroughbred Makeover Champion, People's Choice Award, and Ambassador Award are offered every year. Other awards rotate in and out depending on sponsor interest.
The Thoroughbred Makeover Champion is the overall winner of the event, chosen from the ten discipline winners by the judges from all disciplines. Judges will rank each horse from 10th -1st, with each place having a point value associated (1st ranking highest and worth 10 points and so on) and the horse accumulating the most points is crowned the Thoroughbred Makeover Champion. Judges are asked to consider which horse they believe is the best trained of the ten finalists


Past Winners:
2019 – Cowboy Swagger (Fallon Taylor)
People's Choice Award


Thoroughbred Makeover Ambassador Award

2021 Winner: Dr. Shannon Reed; Honorable Mention: John Roberts
Past Winners:
2019 – Alyssa Myatt and Peg Sorenson