Cartier Champion Older Horse
Award in European horse racing
The Cartier Champion Older Horse is an award in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier SA as part of the Cartier Racing Awards. The award winner is decided by points earned in group races plus the votes cast by British racing journalists and readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph newspapers.[1]
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Goldikova – 2009, 2010
- Enable - 2018, 2019
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Saeed bin Suroor – Halling (1996), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
Leading owner (5 wins):
- Godolphin – Halling (1996), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
Winners
Year | Horse | Age | Gender | Bred | Trained | Trainer | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Terimon | 5 | H | GB | GB | Lady Beaverbrook | Clive Brittain |
1992 | Mr Brooks | 5 | H | GB | GB | Richard Hannon, Sr. | Paul Green |
1993 | Opera House | 5 | H | GB | GB | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed |
1994 | Barathea | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed |
1995 | Further Flight | 9 | G | IRE | GB | Barry Hills | Simon Wingfield Digby |
1996 | Halling | 5 | H | USA | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
1997 | Pilsudski | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Arnold Weinstock |
1998 | Swain | 6 | H | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
1999 | Daylami | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2000 | Kalanisi | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Aga Khan IV |
2001 | Fantastic Light | 5 | H | USA | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2002 | Grandera | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2003 | Falbrav | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Luca Cumani | Scuderia Rencati & Teruya Yoshida |
2004 | Soviet Song | 4 | F | IRE | GB | James Fanshawe | Elite Racing Club |
2005 | Azamour | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | John Oxx | Aga Khan |
2006 | Ouija Board | 5 | M | GB | GB | Ed Dunlop | Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby |
2007 | Dylan Thomas | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
2008 | Duke of Marmalade | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
2009 | Goldikova | 4 | F | IRE | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2010 | Goldikova | 5 | M | IRE | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2011 | Cirrus des Aigles | 5 | G | FR | FR | Corine Barande-Barbe | Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy |
2012 | Frankel | 4 | C | GB | GB | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
2013 | Moonlight Cloud | 5 | M | GB | FR | Freddy Head | George Strawbridge |
2014 | Noble Mission | 5 | H | GB | GB | Jane Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
2015 | Solow | 5 | G | GB | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2016 | Found | 4 | F | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
2017 | Ulysses | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Flaxman Stables |
2018 | Enable | 4 | F | GB | GB | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
2019 | Enable[2] | 5 | M | GB | GB | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
2020 | Ghaiyyath[3] | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin |
2021 | Palace Pier[4] | 4 | C | GB | GB | John Gosden and Thady Gosden | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum |
2022 | Baaeed | 4 | C | GB | GB | William Haggas | Shadwell Estate[5] |
References
- ^ Marcus Armytage (13 November 2012). "Cartier Awards 2012: Frankel sweeps board and takes top honour for second year". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ^ Scargill, Peter (12 November 2019). "Enable scoops second Cartier Horse of the Year award". Racing Post.
- ^ Rennie, Matt (19 November 2020). "Ghaiyyath gets Cartier coronation after being crowned Horse of the Year". Racing Post.
- ^ Milnes, David (10 November 2021). "St Mark's Basilica voted horse of the year at annual ceremony in London". Racing Post.
- ^ Milnes, David (9 November 2022). "Baaeed crowned Cartier Horse of the Year and top older horse for 2022". Racing Post.