Irish Derby Festival Shakes Cartier Racing Awards
The awards were established in 1991 to reward excellence in horseracing
29th June 2016
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The awards were established in 1991 to reward excellence in horseracing
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
The Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit in 2014 goes to Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. Since owning his first European winner in 1980, Sheikh Hamdan has established himself as one of the leading owners and breeders of the 20th and 21st centuries
The British Flat racing seasons reaches its climax this Saturday, October 18, with QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot
A plethora of top-class racing at Ascot and Glorious Goodwood last week has ensured a major shake-up in the standings for this year’s 24th Cartier Racing Awards.
Estimate provided a highpoint of the UK Flat season when winning the Gold Cup and her owner was delighted to accept the Cartier Stayer Award.
Cartier Horse of the Year Frankel, also captured this year’s Cartier Older Horse Award. He has won a total of five Cartier Awards, more than any other horse in the history of the Cartier Racing Awards, having gained the 2010 Cartier 2yo and 2011 Cartier 3yo Awards as well.
Frankel has reduced Camelot’sleadin the latest point standings for the 2012 Cartier Horse Of The Year Award following a facile six-length success in the Group One QIPCO Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on 1 August.
The unbeaten Frankel, who was electric on the racecourse throughout 2011, is tonight named Cartier Horse Of The Year at the 2011 Cartier Racing Awards. Owned and bred by Khalid Abdulla and expertly handled by Sir Henry Cecil, Frankel also takes the honours in the Cartier 3yo Colt category.
The 2011 Flat season in Europe already looks like it will be a tremendous one, if the Classic exploits of Frankel and Pour Moi are anything to go by, and the top horses of the year will be recognised in great style at the 21st Cartier Racing Awards in November.
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
