The five-year-old Dubawi horse becomes the third Cartier Horse of the Year owned by the Maktoum family’s Godolphin operation following Daylami (1999) and Fantastic Light (2001)
Horses trained by John Gosden in Newmarket have gained the Cartier Horse of the Year Award three times in the last four years – Kingman (2014), Golden Horn (2015) and Enable (2017)
Galileo colt Waldgeist (56) won for the third time from four starts in 2018 on 1 July when he gained the second Gr1 success of his career in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud over a mile and a half
Cracksman and Laurens are currently tied at the head of the standings on Pattern race points for Cartier Horse Of The Year
The weekend of September 9 and 10 saw top-class racing in Ireland, France and Britain
Minding was named the Cartier Horse of the Year at the 26th annual Cartier Racing Awards
Great anticipation, 100% credibility and clearly defined parameters!
The Cartier Racing Awards have reached a landmark 25th year and, with some outstanding performances already seen on the track, 2015 looks set to be a vintage season
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
