Champion Turf Horse of 2012

Harry How

This is going to be Wise Dan, because it has to be. But what if we could change the Eclipse Awards voting rules?

Apparently with the way the Eclipse Awards voting works it is impossible for Wise Dan to be Horse of the Year and NOT be the Turf Horse of the year as well. But let's assume that we can separate the two out. Does Wise Dan still deserve the Turf accolades? The way I see it, there are three main candidates:

Point of Entry: $1,746,600 earnings in 2012

Grade	Race	Finish	Surface
G1	BC Turf	2nd	Turf
G1	Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes	1st	Turf
G1	Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes	1st	Turf
G1	Man o' War Stakes	1st	Turf
G2	Elkhorn Stakes	1st	Turf

Wise Dan: $2,622,037 earnings in 2012

Grade	Race	Finish	Surface
G1	Breeders' Cup Mile	1st	Turf
G1	Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes	1st	Turf
G1	Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes	1st	Turf
G2	Fourstardave Handicap	1st	Turf
G1	Stephen Foster Handicap	2nd	Dirt
G3	Ben Ali Stakes	1st	AWT

Little Mike: $2,668,742 earnings in 2012

Grade	Race	Finish	Surface
G1	Breeders' Cup Turf	1st	Turf
G1	Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes	5th	Turf
G1	Arlington Million Stakes	1st	Turf
G1	Shoemaker Mile Stakes	3rd	Turf
G1	Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes	1st	Turf
G3	Canadian Turf Stakes	4th	Turf
UnGr	Florida Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes	1st	Turf

Point of Entry showed that when in top form, he's nearly impossible to beat. He's also a great story since he was running in AOC and Allowance races at the beginning of the year. Wise Dan is obviously horse of the year, but was not the most dominant at the classic turf distance of 12 furlongs. Little Mike won three of the biggest (maybe even THE three biggest) classic distance-ish turf races in North America in the Arlington Million, the Woodford, and the BC Turf. So who is the best TURF horse?