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Frankel Closes Gap on Camelot in Cartier Standings
09/08/12

Frankel has reduced Camelot's lead in 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 August 1.

Frankel
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The Cartier Racing Awards are now in their 22nd year, having been 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 of racing journalists and votes from readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph.

In addition to eight equine awards, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit goes to the person or persons who, in the opinion of the special Cartier Jury, has/have done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.

European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars will be presented during a glittering ceremony before an invited audience at London's Dorchester Hotel on Tuesday evening, November 13.

Frankel extended his unbeaten run to 12 at the West Sussex course with his second successive St James's Palace Stakes winnerMost Improved(48) and stable companionImperial Monarch(40), who won the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris on July 14.

The Fugue
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The Fugue(66) bagged her first Group One in the Darley July Cup and Prix Maurice de Gheest.

Olympic Glory
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Glorious Goodwood also saw a very good performance from the Richard Hannon-trained Olympic Glory(40), who annexed his second Group Two in the Norfolk Stakes success on July 22, while Group race scorersAlhebayeb,Dawn Approach,GrafelliandHeavy Metalare t-third on 16 points.

Sendmylovetorose(24) has an eight-point advantage in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly standings overCeiling Kitty(16) and recent Group Three Princess Margaret Juddmonte Stakes winnerMaureen(16).

Harry Herbert, Cartier's racing consultant, commented: "Frankel did no harm to his position as the world's best horse in the QIPCO Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood and it will be fascinating to see whether he can show even better form over 10 furlongs.

"Excellent racing is coming up at Deauville and York's Ebor Festival and performances at those two courses will no doubt influence the 2012 Cartier Racing Awards."

Cartier Racing Awards points up to and including August 5, 2012

CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR

CAMELOT - 144
FRANKEL - 96
SO YOU THINK - 78
CIRRUS DES AIGLES - 72

CARTIER OLDER HORSE
FRANKEL - 96
SO YOU THINK - 78
CIRRUS DES AIGLES - 72

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT

CAMELOT - 144
SAONOIS - 58
MOST IMPROVED - 48
IMPERIAL MONARCH - 40

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-FILLY

THE FUGE - 66 WAS - 60
BEAUTY PARLOUR - 56
HOMECOMING QUEEN - 51

CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT

OLYMPIC GLORY - 40
RECKLESS ABANDON - 32
ALHEBAYEB - 16 DAWN APPROACH - 16
GRAFELLI - 16
HEAVY METAL - 16

CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY

SENDMYLOVETOROSE - 24
CEILING KITTY - 16
MAUREEN - 16