The Texas-bred Champions Point Standings determine the year-end winners in six categories. Following are year-to-date standings as of April 18, 2024:
2YO Fillies
2YO Colts/Geldings
3YO Fillies
28 Too Much Kiki (Too Much Bling – Soft Music)
5.5 Successfulpath (Too Much Bling – Signal Path)
5 Closing Act (Munnings – Evening Show)
4 Divertida (Too Much Bling – Get Tied On)
4 High Tone Woman (Bradester – Flight Queen)
3 Everleigh’s Queen (Eddington – Riverboat Queen)
2.5 Indy La Primera (Sky Flight – I’m Indy Havin Fun)
2 Speak Softly (Mr Speaker – Phyllis Sassy Girl)
3YO Colts/Geldings
13 Victory for Vets (Tapiture – Diamondinthestream)
11.5 Hezakoolkat (Early Flyer – Kat’s Infatuation)
7.5 Bandera Bling (Too Much Bling – Precious Play)
5 Sharp Lorenzo (Sharp Azteca – Funtasia)
5 Tiz Considered (Jiimy Creed – It Was Considered)
4 Silent Bling (My Golden Song – Show Me the Bling)
2.5 Foo Flighter (Sky Flight – Foolish Mandate)
2.5 Son of a Bling (Too Much Bling – Um Melakeh)
2 Mister Monte Carlo (Texas Chrome – Conquest Tapgirl)
Older Fillies/Mares
7 Peek Factor (Too Much Bling – Slim’s Secret)
5 Imaluckycharm (My Golden Song – Foxy Boss)
5 No Mas Tequila (Northern Afleet – Foxy Boss)
5 Tudela (Holiday Promise – Lil Precious)
3 Izatiz (My Golden Song – Tiz Tiz)
3 Tahitian Breeze (Too Much Bling – Dynachick)
2 Missingyoucrazy (Bradester – Won Peso)
2 Reclusive (Flat Out – Rockintotherhythm)
Older Horses
10 Singapore Flash (Shanghai Bobby – Dare to Dance)
9 Too Much Action (Too Much Bling – Quatre Rose)
5 Mr Money Bags (Silver City – Miss Photogenic)
5 Sunlit Song (My Golden Song – Fly So True)
5 Iberian Runner (El Kingdom – Lil Precious)
5 Josh’s Dream (Race Day – Philogyny)
3 Gold Pilot (My Golden Song – Formal Flyer)
3 Zavala (Hamazing Destiny – Blushing Sis)
2 Bobby Brinkley (Shanghai Bobby – Brinkley)
2 Chief Brady (Bradester – Indian Minnie)
2 Quarterback Dak (Alternation – My Girl Bess)
Annual Texas-bred champions are determined using the Texas Champions Point System, a process that assigns numeric value to achievements in stakes races.
The system allots graduated points for stakes wins in graded, open and restricted company, with the number of points being dependent upon the size of the purse. The point scale is weighted to reward accomplishment in open company, but is also structured to provide horses who race strictly in Accredited Texas-bred stakes company with an equal opportunity to compete for year-end honors. Points will be based on the available value of the race, ex. if the purse for a stakes is $100,000 but only $97,000 is distributed because of only four runners, points will be calculated based on the $100,000 available purse. Points for graded stakes are limited to those races awarded grades by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association or the Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee.
The horse with the most points in each age/gender division on December 31 is deemed champion of that division. The runner with the most points overall is named Texas Horse of the Year.
In the case of a year-end tie in points money earnings for the year are taken into consideration as the tie-breaker.
The Texas Broodmare of the Year award will go to the dam of the Texas Horse of the Year.
Points are assigned according the following schedule:
Grade 1 Stakes Race:
Win: 30 points
Place: 15 points
Show: 10 points
Grade 2 Stakes Race:
Win: 20 points
Place: 10 points
Show: 7 points
Grade 3 Stakes Race:
Win: 15 points
Place: 7.5 points
Show: 5 points
Open-Company Stakes ($100,000-Plus Purse):
Win: 10 points
Place: 5 points
Show: 3 points
Open-Company Stakes ($75,000 – $99,999 Purse):
Win: 7.5 points
Place: 4 points
Show: 2.5 points
Open-Company Stakes ($50,000 – $74,999 Purse):
Win: 5 points
Place: 3 points
Show: 2 points
Restricted or Accredited Texas-Bred Stakes ($100,000-Plus Purse):
Win: 7.5 points
Place: 4 points
Show: 2.5 points
Restricted or Accredited Texas-Bred Stakes ($75,000 – $99,999 Purse):
Win: 5 points
Place: 3 points
Show: 2 points
Restricted or Accredited Texas-Bred Stakes ($50,000 – $74,999 Purse):
Win: 3 points
Place: 2 points
Show: 1 point