A ROYAL SALUTE

Picture courtesy of Racing Post. Special thanks to Lynn Atkinson.

Post Cartier Racing Awards

If ever a sign was needed that there are those still willing to remember the virtues of our sport in a world that pays little attention to anything these days, it was The Queen’s gesture in dressing the Household Cavalry last week in Frankel’s colours, to mark his second Cartier Horse of the Year award. It’s never happened before, and it’s unlikely to happen again, not only because of the strict dress code of Her Majesty’s personal bodyguard, but especially because mankind has never witnessed the like of Frankel before, and we’re unlikely to do so again.

Frame this picture: it’s history already.

FRANKEL HONOURED AT 2012 CARTIER RACING AWARDS

Frankel - Cartier Horse of the Year
(Photo : Irish Examiner)

CARTIER RACING AWARDS
Dorchester Hotel, London
13 November 2012

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s recently retired, unbeaten Frankel (GB) (Galileo) has been named Cartier Horse of the Year for a second straight year at London’s Dorchester Hotel. The homebred 4-year-old also emerged victorious in the Cartier Older Horse category, and the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit was awarded to ‘Team Frankel,’ which includes all those who contributed to the horse’s development at Juddmonte Farms in Britain and Ireland, plus those assembled by Sir Henry Cecil to train him.

“All of us at Warren Place are thrilled that Frankel’s achievements this year have been recognised with him winning this most prestigious award for the second time running,” commented trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who was unable to attend the ceremony. “Frankel, with his brilliance, has been a great ambassador for British racing and has captured the hearts of so many people, some of whom have never been racing in their lives. Thank you Frankel, and to everyone that has voted for him.”

In the Horse of the Year category, Frankel triumphed over three-time Classic winner Camelot (GB) (Montjeu), Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top), Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel) and Nathaniel (Ire) (Galileo).

Australian superstar Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit), whose unbeaten streak of 22 wins includes Royal Ascot’s G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, won the Cartier Sprinter award. Camelot, winner of the G1 2000 Guineas, G1 Epsom Derby and G1 Irish Derby, held sway in the Cartier 3-Year-Old Colt award, while G1 Nassau Stakes victress The Fugue (GB) (Dansili) gained the Cartier 3-Year-Old Filly award. Godolphin runners dominated the juvenile categories with the unbeaten G1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes and G1 Dewhurst Stakes-winning Dawn Approach (Ire) (New Approach) bagging the colts’ division, and unbeaten G1 Fillies’ Mile victress Certify (Elusive Quality) winning the fillies’ title. Godolphin earned a third prize on the night with G1 Gold Cup hero Colour Vision (Fr) (Rainbow Quest) taking the honours in the Cartier Stayers category.

“Frankel lit up all our lives with his magnificent performances in 2012 and during the previous two years,” commented Cartier’s racing consultant Harry Herbert. “He is the most successful horse in the 22-year history of the Cartier Racing Awards and that is no surprise given his domination of so many races. Sir Henry Cecil thinks there has never been a better racehorse and tonight we celebrate Frankel’s achievements and those of the team behind him.”

The Cartier Awards were established in 1991 to reward excellence in horseracing. They are determined by points earned by horses in pattern races throughout 2012, combined at the end of season with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists and votes from readers of Britain’s Racing Post and Daily Telegraph.

Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News

FRANKEL SPARKLES AT CARTIER RACING AWARDS

Frankel - Cartier Horse Of The Year
(Image : Sky Sports/Cartier)

CARTIER RACING AWARDS
15 November 2011

Juddmonte’s Frankel (GB) (Galileo) continued to see off all challengers when the unbeaten colt took home Horse Of The Year honors at the Cartier Racing Awards at London’s Dorchester Hotel Tuesday night. His competition in that category were Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top), Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas), Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) and So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral).

Cirrus des Aigles and Danedream were named Champion Older Horse and Champion 3-Year-Old Filly respectively. Frankel was also honored as Champion 3-Year-Old Colt after a season that saw him collect the G1 2000 Guineas, G1 St. James’s Palace Stakes, G1 Sussex Stakes and G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Frankel is slated to stay in training next year. “Frankel has had a great year and is hugely exciting,” trainer Sir Henry Cecil said on his website Monday. “He really has caught the public eye, and it was great that he has given an interest to so many people. Hopefully, he will go on and I hope, by the time of the Eclipse Stakes, he will be ready to tackle a mile and a quarter. Personally, I think it is a distance he will get well now that he has learnt to settle better, and he could be an even better horse at that trip. Let’s hope he winters well and remains sound. Racing needs champions, and let us pray that he can continue where he left off.”

Trainer Barry Hills, who recently handed over his license to his son Charles, was voted this year’s Cartier / Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit winner. The award is for the person or persons who, in the opinion of the special 17-strong Cartier Jury, has / have done the most for European racing and / or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months. The list of past winners of the Cartier / Daily Telegraph Award of Merit includes Richard Hannon, John Oxx, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Niarchos Family, Peter Willett, Henry Cecil, David and Patricia Thompson, Lord Oaksey, Prince Khalid Abdulla, John Magnier, His Highness the Aga Khan, Peter Walwyn, the Head Family, Sir Peter O’Sullevan, Frankie Dettori, John Dunlop, the Marquess of Hartington, Francois Boutin, Lester Piggott and Henri Chalhoub.

The prestigious awards, which were established in 1991, were determined by points earned in pattern races during 2010, combined with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists and votes from readers of Racing Post and Daily Telegraph.

Cartier Racing Awards 2011

Horse of the Year
Frankel (GB) (Galileo)
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt
Frankel (GB) (Galileo)
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly
Danedream (GER) (Lomitas)
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
Dabirsim (FR) (Hat Trick)
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly
Maybe (IRE) (Galileo)
Champion Older Horse
Cirrus des Aigles (FR) (Even Top)
Champion Sprinter
Dream Ahead (USA) (Diktat)
Champion Stayer
Fame And Glory (GB) (Montjeu)
Cartier / Daily Telegraph Award of Merit
Barry Hills

Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News

GOLDIKOVA SCOOPS TOP CARTIER AWARD

Goldikova cruises to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Mile 2008
(Photo : Winner21)

Goldikova Going For Gold

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer’s three-time G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile heroine Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) was honored as Cartier’s Horse of the Year at a ceremony held Tuesday night at London’s Dorchester Hotel. The homebred five-year-old, who garnered a 12th toplevel success at Churchill Downs Nov. 6, also set another standard by becoming the first dual winner of the older horse award. In the Horse of the Year race, she fended off a stellar line-up of contenders that included G1 Epsom Derby and G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Workforce (GB) (King’s Best), who gained the consolation of the winning the three-year-old colt prize at the expense of an equally impressive cast; triple Group 1 hero Canford Cliffs (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}); Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who posted a spectacular, record-breaking performance in the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. before being forced into retirement through injury; and G1 Eclipse S. and G1 Champion S. victor Twice Over (GB) (Observatory). 

Taylor Made Stallions 2011 Stud Fees

Stallion	1 Mare	Payable	2-Mare Discount	Payable	3-Mare Discount	Payable
ESKENDEREYA	$27,000 $30,000	11/1 S&N	$27,000 $30,000	11/1 S&N	$27,000 $30,000	11/1 S&N
FORESTRY	$11,250 $12,500	11/1 S&N	$10,350 $11,500	11/1 S&N	$9,450 $10,500	11/1 S&N
NORTHERN AFLEET	$11,250 $12,500	11/1 S&N	$10,350 $11,500	11/1 S&N	$9,450 $10,500	11/1 S&N
OLD FASHIONED	$11,250 $12,500	11/1 S&N	$10,350 $11,500	11/1 S&N	$9,450 $10,500	11/1 S&N
UNBRIDLED’S SONG	$85,000 $100,000	11/1 S&N	$85,000 $100,000	11/1 S&N	$85,000 $100,000	11/1 S&N

Anamoine Limited’s Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab), who claimed both the G1 Epsom and G1 Irish Oaks, as well as last weekend’s G1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup in Japan for trainer Ed Dunlop, was announced the champion three-year-old filly. Unbeaten “TDN Rising Star” and leading Classic contender Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), winner of the G1 Dewhurst S. and G2 Royal Lodge S., took the two-year-old colt award. Trained by Henry Cecil, the bay colt is a Juddmonte homebred, as is Workforce. Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier and Derrick Smith’s Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) took the top honor for juvenile distaffers. She is trained by Aidan O’Brien, who also fielded champion sprinter Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}). The recently retired chestnut embellished his Southern Hemisphere portfolio with victories in the G1 Golden Jubilee S. and the G1 July Cup, and carried off the Champion Sprinter award. Dr. R. Lambe’s Rite of Passage (GB) (Giant’s Causeway), whose one appearance on the flat this year yielded victory in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, was named the champion stayer.

Cartier Awards - HORSE OF THE YEAR

Year	Winner	Sire	Trainer
2010	GOLDIKOVA (IRE)	Anabaa	Head
2009	SEA THE STARS (IRE)	Cape Cross (Ire)	Oxx
2008	ZARKAVA (IRE)	Zamindar	de Royer-Dupre
2007	DYLAN THOMAS (IRE)	Danehill	O’Brien
2006	OUIJA BOARD (GB)	Cape Cross (Ire)	Dunlop
2005	HURRICANE RUN (IRE)	Montjeu (Ire)	Fabre
2004	OUIJA BOARD (GB)	Cape Cross (Ire)	Dunlop
2003	DALAKHANI (IRE)	Darshaan (GB)	de Royer-Dupre
2002	ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE)	Danehill	O’Brien

SEA THE STARS CROWNED AT CARTIER AWARDS

Sea The Stars - Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
(Photo : ABC)

CARTIER RACING AWARDS 2009

The debate as to who will be named the top performer at the Eclipse Awards will continue into the new year, but there’s no controversy on the other side of the Atlantic. Christopher Tsui’s Sea the Stars was yesterday handed the accolade he had long since made a formality when named the Horse of the Year at the 2009 Cartier Awards.

At the latest ceremony, staged at Claridge’s Hotel in Mayfair, London, the historical feats achieved by the John Oxx-trained homebred were celebrated as he scooped the title of champion three-year-old colt alongside the main honor.

As he had on the racecourse, the bay son of the legendary Urban Sea left his title rivals in his wake in the points-and-vote system, sweeping the G1 2000 Guineas, G1 Epsom Derby, G1 Eclipse, G1 Juddmonte International, G1 Irish Champion and G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Among those shortlisted for the top prize were Ballymacoll’s G1 King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf hero Conduit and Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor’s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James’s Palace Stakes hero Mastercraftsman, the latter received the two-year-old colt award in 2008.

The Wertheimer brothers’ dual G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile heroine Goldikova was also in line for the Horse of the Year award and, although unlucky to come up against Sea the Stars in that category, was justly handed the champion older horse award. The Freddy Head-trained four-year-old also won the G1 Falmouth Stakes, G1 Prix Rothschild and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois prior to her dazzling display at Santa Anita.

Lady Bamford’s homebred Sariska gained the reward for completing the G1 English-Irish Oaks double by being named champion three-year-old filly ahead of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes heroine Ghanaati - also in the shortlist for the Horse of the Year title - and Prince Khalid Abdullah’s G1 Nassau Stakes and G1 Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf victress Midday.

St Nicholas Abbey, who burst to prominence late on with a highly impressive success in the G1 Racing Post Trophy, headed the two-year-old colt division, providing Aidan O’Brien with a seventh such title since 1999. Prior to his Doncaster triumph, the bay captured the G2 Beresford Stakes, a race collected by Sea the Stars the previous year.

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Special Duty was crowned champion two-year-old filly. Solskjaer’s brother Yeats, who retired this year after a sensational fourth G1 Gold Cup success, was named champion stayer and, in so doing, became the first to win a Cartier Award four times. The Searchers Syndicate’s G1 July Cup heroine Fleeting Spirit picked up the champion sprinter award. John Oxx, trainer of Sea the Stars, received the 2009 Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit. He joins previous honorees Queen Elizabeth II, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prince Khalid Abdullah, John Magnier, His Highness The Aga Khan and Lester Piggott.

Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News