TYPEWRITER, who turned in the performance of 2014 by winning the Superstakes for the second consecutive year, was yesterday named 'Horse of the Year' by a 15-member panel comprising representatives of the press and officials of Caymanas Track Limited.

As a five-year-old last season, the bay horse by Western Classic out of Docs' Paladin won four races from nine starts and stakes of $4.2 million for owners Robert and Valentine Chung and trainer Spencer Chung.

TYPEWRITER beat out champion sprinter POTCHEEN and the 2013 derby winner PERFECT NEIGHBOUR in that order for the coveted award, the Ian Parsard-trained POTCHEEN winning the Caribbean Sprint Championship and Gold Cup at the back-end of the season to secure first runner-up.

In addition to 'Horse of the Year', TYPEWRITER was voted champion 4-y-o and up, champion stayer and champion local bred horse. Derby and St Leger hero RELAMPAGO, from the stables of Anthony 'Baba' Nunes, was voted champion 3-y-o, stable-companion ALACRANN (champion 2-y-o), the Parsard-trained PETE'SWILDONE (champion imported horse) and POTCHEEN (champion sprinter and champion middle distance performer).

Ryan Darby, who saddled 35 winners in 2014, was voted most improved trainer and young O'Brien White, the top apprentice last season with 45 wins, was named most improved rider ahead of Robert Halledeen, Jevanne Erwin and Orlando Foster.

Recipients of other awards based on statistics are as follows:

Wayne DaCosta - champion trainer

Dane Nelson - champion jockey

Elite Bloodstock Limited - champion owner

McGarvay Phipps - champion groom

HAM Stables Limited - champion breeder

Traditional - champion sire

Jettish - champion broodmare

Ryan Darby - most improved trainer.