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A week before his final race, California Chrome reigned supreme at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, winning two Eclipse Awards, including his second for Horse of the Year.

Songbird is the other finalist for Horse of the Year. California Chrome is trying to become the eighth to win multiple Horse of the Year trophies since the Eclipse Awards were instituted in 1971.

California Chrome was such a great story -- the horse out of seemingly nowhere who looked like he might actually be the one to end horse racing's Triple Crown drought. California Chrome was poised ...

California Chrome was the biggest winner at the Eclipse Awards on Saturday, taking home three trophies celebrating his accomplishments in 2016 -- including Horse of the Year for the second time.