The Cartier Racing Awards are awards in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier. The award winners are decided by points earned in group races (40%) plus the votes cast by British racing journalists (30%) and readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph newspapers (30%).[1]
Eight horse awards are given out annually plus the Daily Telegraph Award of Merit to the person whom members of the Cartier jury believe has done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the previous 12 months.
The highest Cartier award for horses is "Horse of the Year".
The equivalent in Australia is the Australian Thoroughbred racing awards, in Japan the JRA Awards, in Canada the Sovereign Awards, and in the United States the Eclipse Awards.
Horse names are followed by a suffix indicating the country where foaled.
Winners
Records
Leading horses:
- 5 wins: Frankel, Enable
- 4 wins: Ouija Board, Yeats
- 3 wins: Goldikova, Lochsong, Kayf Tara, Minding, Stradivarius
Leading trainers:
- 33 wins: Aidan O'Brien
- 17 wins: John Gosden
- 15 wins: Saeed bin Suroor
- 10 wins: Henry Cecil
References
- ^ "Horse Racing: Reverence leapfrogs Les Arcs with double; Cartier AWARDS in association with RACING POST". Free Online Library.
- ^ Rennie, Matt (19 November 2020). "Ghaiyyath gets Cartier coronation after being crowned Horse of the Year". Racing Post.
- ^ Scargill, Peter (12 November 2019). "Enable scoops second Cartier Horse of the Year award". Racing Post.
- ^ Armytage, Marcus (13 November 2018). "Roaring Lion seals stunning year with top Cartier award". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Cartier Racing Awards 2017: Enable named Horse of the Year". BBC. 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Cartier Racing Awards 2016: Minding named Horse of the Year". BBC. 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Royal return of pounds 51 on the Tote for 5-1 winner". The Independent. 20 November 1996.
- bbc.co.uk – "Sea the Stars named horse of year" (2009)
- independent.ie – "Sea the Stars team clean up at Cartier awards" (2009)