Hall of Fame rider Javier Castellano, fellow Eclipse Award winner Tyler Baze, and veterans Chris Emigh, James Graham, and Luis M. Quinones are the finalists for the 2020 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Santa Anita announced Thursday morning.

Santa Anita plays host to the Woolf Award, which is determined by a vote of jockeys nationwide. It has been presented annually since 1950, and is highly coveted by riders as it is voted on by their peers for both professional achievements and personal character. Scott Stevens won the award last year.

Castellano, 42, is the most-accomplished of the five finalists. He was voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2017, has won the Eclipse Award as champion jockey four times, has won the Preakness twice, and owns 12 victories in Breeders’ Cup races, including the Turf Sprint and Juvenile Fillies last month at Santa Anita.

The winner will be announced in February, and presented with the award at Santa Anita later in the spring.

Woolf was one of the greats of his generation. Best known for riding Seabiscuit to a victory over War Admiral in a match race in the Pimlico Special in 1938, Woolf won the inaugural Santa Anita Handicap in 1935 on Azucar. He died in a racing accident at Santa Anita in 1946.

Full story, with highlights of all five riders, up soon at www.drf.com