Wednesday, June 23, 2010
ASCOT WINNERS ROYALLY REWARDED IN LATEST CARTIER RACING AWARDS STANDINGS
Royal Ascot, the most majestic of English sporting occasions, last week proffered a typically prodigious portion of pageantry, grandeur and sartorial splendour alongside a feast of top-class horseracing, leaving Cartier Racing Awards observers brimming with anticipation at what further treats might await during the coming months.
The Cartier Racing Awards recognise excellence in horseracing and the awards are the sport’s equivalent of the Oscars. They are determined by points earned in Pattern races combined at the end of the season with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists, as well as votes from readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph. This is a system which has accurately rewarded supreme excellence over the years.
European horseracing’s most prestigious accolades will be presented for the 20th time on November 16, during a glittering ceremony before an invited audience in the ballroom of London’s Dorchester Hotel.
The Cartier Racing Awards were established in 1991 to recognise the achievements of racehorses in Europe. There is also the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit for the person or persons who, in the opinion of the special 18-strong Cartier Jury, has/have done most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.
The Richard Hannon-trained crack three-year-old miler Canford Cliffs was among the stars of the five-day meeting and added a little extra shine to his shimmering reputation with a dazzling length victory over stable companion and StanJames.com 2,000 Guineas runner-up Dick Turpin (72 points) in the St James’s Palace Stakes on June 15.
The Classic-winning Tagula colt, triumphant in the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas, emphatically reversed form with StanJames.com 2,000 Guineas hero Makfi (equal with Investec Derby winner Workforce on 56 points) in taking the Group One prize under a confident Richard Hughes ride and leaping to the head of both the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt and Cartier Horse of The Year categories with 108 points.
Lope De Vega, imperious when adding the Group One Prix du Jockey Club to his earlier Poule d’Essai des Poulains win, is second in both divisions with 98 points as he prepares for a mooted head-to-head with the Freddie Head-trained Goldikova in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville in August.
The great Goldikova (64), the 2009 Cartier Older Horse heroine, was also in supreme form on day one of the Royal meeting, June 15, as she clinched a ninth career Group One success when holding on for a neck verdict over the Hannon-trained Paco Boy (64) in the Queen Anne Stakes over the straight mile.
But, for the moment at least, that pair trail the Andre Fabre-trained Byword in the Cartier Older Horse category. Owner Khalid Abdullah’s colt was half a length behind Goldikova in the Group One Prix d’Ispahan on May 23, but the rising star landed a smooth success under Maxime Guyon in the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Ascot on June 16, to take his points haul to 80.
With Royal Ascot legend Yeats, a four-time winner of both the Gold Cup and the Cartier Stayer Award, having retired to stud, the door was left open for a new contender to lay down a gauntlet in the division. The Dermot Weld-trained Rite Of Passage (48), placed in Grade One company over hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival in March and sent off a 20/1 shot for the two and half mile showpiece on Thursday, June 17, clinched pole position with a battling neck verdict over another Irish-trained runner Age Of Aquarius (28).
The Cartier Sprinter Award is invariably a hotly contested prize and this year looks like being no exception with Equiano and Starspangledbanner currently sharing top spot with 48 points. The Barry Hills-trained Equiano landed a second Group One King’s Stand Stakes victory on June 15, having prevailed in the five-furlong contest in 2008, while Australian import Starspangledbanner impressed in the Group One Golden Jubilee over six furlongs on Saturday, June 19, for trainer Aidan O’Brien.
The James Fanshawe-trained Society Rock, runner-up in the Golden Jubilee Stakes, has 24 points, while Markab, second in the King’s Stand Stakes, has 20 points.
The O’Brien-trained Lillie Langtry suffered a potentially career-ending injury after the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf in November but bounced back to her best with success in the Group One Coronation Stakes at the Royal Meeting on June, 18. The Danehill Dancer filly has 48 points in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly division, the equal of Investec Oaks winner Snow Fairy.
The 2009 Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly Award went to Special Duty and the Criquette Head-Maarek-trained dual Classic winner heads the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly category with 98 points, but closing in on her is fellow French-trained contender Sarafina. Alain de Royer-Dupre’s charge now has 64 points after complementing her Group One Montjeu Coolmore Saint-Alary victory with Classic success in the Group One Prix de Diane at Chantilly on June 13. Abu Dhabi Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Bethrah has 52 points.
Royal Ascot offers the first major test for the season’s two-year-olds and the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned Approve impressed when winning the Group Two Norfolk Stakes for trainer William Haggas on June 17. But perhaps more stunning was the victory of the Richard Hannon-trained Strong Suit who overcame significant interference to land the Group Two Coventry Stakes in the dying strideds on June 15. Those two are locked together on 16 points at the head of the Cartier Two-Tear-Old Colt category.
Maqaasid, trained by John Gosden, has a clear lead in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly division after she overhauled Meow (8) to win the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes on June 16. Also on eight points is Group Three Albany Stakes winner Memory, trained by Hannon for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing.
Harry Herbert, Cartier’s racing consultant, commented today: “Royal Ascot, as always, has served up a thrilling five days of racing with stunning performances mingled with the heroic.
“The week’s results have certainly shaken up the 2010 Cartier Racing Awards standings and we now have a slightly clearer picture as to who could ultimately prove to be the season’s standout performers.
“We witnessed some exciting displays last week from Goldikova, Canford Cliffs, Rite Of Passage, Starspangledbanner and Byword among others and, given the excellent array of talent before us this season, I think we are all perfectly justified in anticipating more stunning races in the coming weeks at the Curragh, Sandown Park and during Newmarket’s July Festival.”
For more information, please contact Harry Herbert, Cartier’s racing consultant (01488 669166), Sima Bibi of Cartier (020 7408 5740) or Mark Popham of Racenews (020 7704 0326)
CARTIER AWARDS 2010 LATEST POINTS STANDINGS
(up to and including June 20, 2010)
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
CANFORD CLIFFS 108
LOPE DE VEGA 98
DICK TURPIN 72
MAKFI 56
WORKFORCE 56
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
SPECIAL DUTY 98
SARAFINA 64
BETHRAH 52
LILLIE LANGTRY 48
SNOW FAIRY 48
Cartier Older Horse
BYWORD 80
GOLDIKOVA 64
PACO BOY 64
FAME AND GLORY 60
GLORIA DE CAMPEAO 60
Cartier Sprinter
EQUIANO 48
STARSPANGLEDBANNER 48
SOCIETY ROCK 24
MARKAB 20
Cartier Stayer
RITE OF PASSAGE 48
AGE OF AQUARIUS 28
MANIFEST 20
PURPLE MOON 20
Cartier Two-year-old Colt
APPROVE 16
STRONG SUIT 16
ELZAAM 8
RECKLESS REWARD 8
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
MAQAASID 16
MEMORY 8
MEOW 8
RADHARCNAFARRIAGE 5
Cartier Horse Of The Year
CANFORD CLIFFS 108
LOPE DE VEGA 98
SPECIAL DUTY 98
BYWORD 80
DICK TURPIN 72
Past winners at the Cartier Racing Awards.
2009 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: St Nicholas Abbey
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Special Duty
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Sea The Stars
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Sariska
Cartier Sprinter: Fleeting Spirit
Cartier Stayer: Yeats
Cartier Older Horse: Goldikova
Cartier Horse of the Year: Sea The Stars, owned by Christopher Tsui
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: John Oxx
2008 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Mastercraftsman
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Rainbow View
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: New Approach
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Zarkava
Cartier Sprinter: Marchand D’Or
Cartier Stayer: Yeats
Cartier Older Horse: Duke Of Marmalade
Cartier Horse of the Year: Zarkava, owned by HH the Aga Khan
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
2007 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: New Approach
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Natagora
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Authorized
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Peeping Fawn
Cartier Sprinter: Red Clubs
Cartier Stayer: Yeats
Cartier Older Horse: Dylan Thomas
Cartier Horse of the Year: Dylan Thomas, owned by Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: The Niarchos Family
2006 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Teofilo
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Finsceal Beo
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: George Washington
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Mandesha
Cartier Sprinter: Reverence
Cartier Stayer: Yeats
Cartier Older Horse: Ouija Board
Cartier Horse of the Year: Ouija Board, owned by Lord Derby
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Peter Willett
2005 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: George Washington
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Rumplestiltskin
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Hurricane Run
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Divine Proportions
Cartier Sprinter: Avonbridge
Cartier Stayer: Westerner
Cartier Older Horse: Azamour
Cartier Horse of the Year: Hurricane Run, owned by Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Henry Cecil
2004 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Shamardal
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Divine Proportions
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Bago
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Ouija Board
Cartier Sprinter: Somnus
Cartier Stayer: Westerner
Cartier Older Horse: Soviet Song
Cartier Horse of the Year: Ouija Board, owned by Lord Derby
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: David & Patricia Thompson
2003 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: One Cool Cat
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Attraction
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Dalakhani
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Russian Rhythm
Cartier Sprinter: Oasis Dream
Cartier Stayer: Persian Punch
Cartier Older Horse: Falbrav
Cartier Horse of the Year: Dalakhani, owned by HH the Aga Khan
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Lord Oaksey
2002 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Hold That Tiger
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Six Perfections
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Rock Of Gibraltar
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Kazzia
Cartier Sprinter: Continent
Cartier Older Horse: Grandera
Cartier Stayer: Vinnie Roe
Cartier Horse of the Year: Rock of Gibraltar, owned by Sir Alex Ferguson & Sue Magnier
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Prince Khalid Bin Abdullah
Cartier Special Award: Tony McCoy
2001 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Queen's Logic
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Johannesburg
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Banks Hill
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Galileo
Cartier Stayer: Persian Punch
Cartier Sprinter: Mozart
Cartier Older Horse: Fantastic Light
Cartier Horse of the Year: Fantastic Light, owned by Godolphin
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: John Magnier
2000 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Superstar Leo
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Tobougg
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Petrushka
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Sinndar
Cartier Stayer: Kayf Tara
Cartier Sprinter: Nuclear Debate
Older Horse: Kalanisi
Cartier Horse of the Year: Giant’s Causeway, owned by Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Cartier Millennium Award of Merit: HM The Queen
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: HH the Aga Khan
1999 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Torgau
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Fasliyev
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Ramruma
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Montjeu
Cartier Stayer: Kayf Tara
Cartier Sprinter: Stravinsky
Cartier Older Horse: Daylami
Cartier Horse of the Year: Daylami, owned by Godolphin
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Peter Walwyn
1998 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Aljabr
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Bint Allayl
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Dream Well
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Cape Verdi
Cartier Sprinter: Tamarisk
Cartier Stayer: Kayf Tara
Cartier Older Horse: Swain
Cartier Horse of the Year: Dream Well, owned by the Niarchos Family
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: The Head Family
1997 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Embassy
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Xaar
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Ryafan
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Peintre Celebre
Cartier Stayer: Celeric
Cartier Sprinter: Royal Applause
Cartier Older Horse: Pilsudski
Cartier Horse of the Year: Peintre Celebre, owned by Daniel Wildenstein
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Sir Peter O'Sullevan
1996 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Pas De Reponse
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Bahamian Bounty
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Bosra Sham
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Helissio
Cartier Stayer: Nononito
Cartier Sprinter: Anabaa
Cartier Older Horse: Halling
Cartier Horse of the Year: Helissio, owned by Enrique Sarasola
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Frankie Dettori
1995 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Blue Duster
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Alhaarth
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Ridgewood Pearl
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Lammtarra
Cartier Stayer: Double Trigger
Cartier Sprinter: Hever Golf Rose
Cartier Older Horse: Further Flight
Cartier Horse of the Year: Ridgewood Pearl, owned by Mrs Sean Coughlan
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: John Dunlop
1994 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Gay Gallanta
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Celtic Swing
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Balanchine
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: King's Theatre
Cartier Stayer: Moonax
Cartier Sprinter: Lochsong
Cartier Older Horse: Barathea
Cartier Horse of the Year: Barathea, owned by Sheikh Mohammed
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Marquess of Hartington
1993 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Lemon Souffle
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: First Trump
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Intrepidity
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Commander in Chief
Cartier Stayer: Vintage Crop
Cartier Sprinter: Lochsong
Cartier Older Horse: Opera House
Cartier Horse of the Year: Lochsong, owned by Jeff Smith
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Francois Boutin
1992 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Lyric Fantasy
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Zafonic
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: User Friendly
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Rodrigo De Triano
Cartier Stayer: Drum Taps
Cartier Sprinter: Mr Brooks
Cartier Older Horse: Mr Brooks
Cartier Horse of the Year: User Friendly, owned by Bill Gredley
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Lester Piggott
1991 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Culture Vulture
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Arazi
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Kooyonga
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Suave Dancer
Cartier Stayer: Turgeon
Cartier Sprinter: Sheikh Albadou
Cartier Older Horse: Terimon
Cartier Horse of the Year: Arazi, owned by Allen Paulson & Sheikh Mohammed
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Henri Chalhoub
THE TBA’S BREEDERS’ AWARDS DINNER TAKES PLACE IN NEWMARKET ON MONDAY WITH STUD INVOLVEMENT
Members of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association attending the Breeders’ Awards Dinner on Monday, June 28, get the added bonus of seeing leading stallions Oasis Dream and Dansili plus the six other sires standing at Banstead Manor Stud - Beat Hollow, Champs Elysees, Observatory, Rail Link, Three Valleys and Zamindar.
The Breeders’ Awards Dinner is being held in Newmarket for the first time, with a champagne reception at Banstead Manor Stud before members and guests sit down in the Green Room at Tattersalls.
Juddmonte Farms, which owns Banstead Manor Stud, is sponsoring the whole evening and will parade all eight stallions based there.
Louise Kemble, Chief Executive of the TBA, said today: “The annual awards have been previously announced at a lunch in London after the Annual General Meeting in early January and we have changed arrangements this year to better reflect our members’ interests.
“Thanks to the support of Juddmonte Farms, we are having an evening with a difference on Monday and everyone is looking forward to the reception followed by the dinner at which the 2009 winners of our 15 awards will be honoured.”
A media release detailing all the winners of the awards will be sent on an embargoed basis on the morning of Monday, June 28.
The Annual General Meeting has also moved to Newmarket and takes place the following morning, Tuesday, June 29, at Tattersalls, beginning at 9.45am and finishing at 10.30am.
Following the AGM, the TBA hosts a seminar entitled “The Breeding Business - A Year On” in the sales ring at Tattersalls.
Starting at 11am, the seminar will feature first of all a presentation from Adrian Crichton and Paul Greeves of Weatherbys on the issue of the economy and bloodstock.
The next speaker is David Redvers, bloodstock agent, owner of Tweenhills Stud and one of the instigators of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme. David will offer his perspective on the current state of the sales market.
He is followed by bloodstock economist John Lynam, who will give a personal view on the opportunities and threats faced by the bloodstock industry.
A discussion session led by a the panel of experts concludes the morning.
Following a buffet lunch, British Bloodstock Marketing outlines its international marketing plans to support the breeding industry.
The day concludes with a presentation from Dr Emmeline Hill of Equinome, who will talk about the opportunities for maximising the genetic potential of the racehorse.
A media release will be issued on Tuesday, June 29, with details of what went on during the AGM and the seminar.
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