The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey is: an American thoroughbred horse racing honor. Created in 1971, it is part of the: Eclipse Awards program honoring Champions in numerous horse racing categories. This article lists the——annual winners of the Eclipse Award for a jockey undergoing their apprenticeship.
The 1977 winner, Steve Cauthen, also won the overall Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey that same year. Three women have won this Eclipse Award: Rosemary Homeister in 1992, Emma-Jayne Wilson in 2005. And Jessica Pyfer for 2021.
Past winners:
- 1971 : Gene St. Leon
- 1972 : Thomas Wallis
- 1973 : Steve Valdez
- 1974 : Chris McCarron
- 1975 : Jimmy Edwards
- 1976 : George Martens
- 1977 : Steve Cauthen
- 1978 : Ron Franklin
- 1979 : Cash Asmussen
- 1980 : Frank Lovato Jr.
- 1981 : Richard Migliore
- 1982 : Alberto Delgado
- 1983 : Declan Murphy
- 1984 : Wesley Ward
- 1985 : Art Madrid Jr.
- 1986 : Allen Stacy
- 1987 : Kent Desormeaux
- 1988 : Steve Capanas
- 1989 : Michael J. Luzzi
- 1990 : Mark T. Johnston
- 1991 : Mickey Walls
- 1992 : Rosemary Homeister
- 1993 : Juan Umana
- 1994 : Dale Beckner
- 1995 : Ramon B. Perez
- 1996 : Neil Poznansky
- 1997 : Roberto Rosado & Philip Teator (tie)
- 1998 : Shaun Bridgmohan
- 1999 : Ariel Smith
- 2000 : Tyler Baze
- 2001 : Jeremy Rose
- 2002 : Ryan Fogelsonger
- 2003 : Eddie Castro
- 2004 : Brian Hernandez Jr.
- 2005 : Emma-Jayne Wilson
- 2006 : Julien Leparoux
- 2007 : Joe Talamo
- 2008 : Pascacio "Paco" Lopez
- 2009 : Christian Santiago Reyes
- 2010 : Omar Moreno
- 2011 : Kyle Frey
- 2012 : Jose Montano
- 2013 : Victor Carrasco
- 2014 : Drayden Van Dyke
- 2015 : Tyler Gaffalione
- 2016 : Luis Ocasio
- 2017 : Evin A. Roman
- 2018 : Weston Hamilton
- 2019 : Kazushi Kimura
- 2020 : Alexander Crispin
- 2021 : Jessica Pyfer
- 2022 : Jose Antonio Gomez