Gleneagles – in third spot on Horse Of The Year rankings
Group One races for two-year-olds have commenced in Europe and points earned in Pattern races for the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt Award and the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly Award were issued for the first time on Wednesday.
Al Shaqab Racing’s Shalaa (64) has a clear lead in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt division.
John Gosden – trains Shalaa
Trained by John Gosden, the son of Invincible Spirit won Group Two races at Newmarket and Goodwood before an excellent victory in the Group One Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on August 23.
His closest rival at this stage is Air Force Blue (40) who took the first European Group One of the season for two-year-olds, the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes, at the Curragh on August 9.
Consistent Besharah (36) tops the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly category, with the William Haggas-trained juvenile having won the Group Two Pinsent Masons Lowther Stakes well at York on August 20.
Acapulco (32), trained by Wesley Ward in the USA, is in second following her Group Two Queen Mary Stakes victory at Royal Ascot and runner-up position against older opposition in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes.
The 25th annual Cartier Racing Awards will be presented at a glittering ceremony before an invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England, on the evening of Tuesday, November 10.
Solow – 4 Gr1’s this season – and the new Horse Of The Year?
Solow (152) continues to lead the way in the standings for Cartier Horse Of The Year. The five-year-old, trained in France by Freddy Head for the Wertheimer brothers, has recorded four Group One wins in 2015, mostly recently taking the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last month.
The closest pursuer to Solow in the race to be crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year is Golden Horn (136), who lost his unbeaten record when going down by a neck to shock 50/1 winner Arabian Queen (64), trained by David Elsworth for Jeff Smith, in the Group One Juddmonte International at York on August 19.
Golden Horn – has a shout for Horse Of The Year title
Golden Horn, owned by Anthony Oppenheimer and trained by John Gosden, landed the Investec Derby and Coral-Eclipse.
Harry Herbert, Cartier’s racing consultant, commented: “Two-year-olds represent the future and it is great to see the first Cartier Racing Awards points for them issued today.
“York and Deauville provided high-quality racing and now we look forward to Baden-Baden and Doncaster’s Ladbrokes St Leger Festival.”
Cartier Racing Awards – points in Pattern races up to and including Sunday, August 23
Cartier Horse Of The Year
Solow 152
Golden Horn 136
Gleneagles 128
Legatissimo 120
Muhaarar 104
Cartier Older Horse
Solow 152
Esoterique 92
Amazing Maria 84
Al Kazeem 72
The Grey Gatsby 72
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
Golden Horn 136
Gleneagles 128
Muhaarar 104
Territories 88
Jack Hobbs 64
New Bay 64
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
Legatissimo 120
Ervedya 88
Pleascach 80
Arabian Queen 64
Covert Love 48
Qualify 48
Cartier Sprinter
Muhaarar 96
Mecca’s Angel 48
Goldream 40
Muthmir 40
Limato 32
Undrafted 32
Cartier Stayer
Trip To Paris 56
Kingfisher 26
Alex My Boy 24
Bathyrhon 24
Brown Panther 20
Forgotten Rules 20
Walzertakt 20
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
Shalaa 64
Air Force Blue 40
Gutaifan 32
Buratino 24
Ajaya 24
Birchwood 16
Galileo Gold 16
Herald The Dawn 16
Painted Cliffs 16
Washington DC 16
Waterloo Bridge 16
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Besharah 36
Acapulco 32
Illuminate 24
Tourny 20
Ballydoyle 16
