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Everything to Play for in Cartier Racing Awards Following Autumn Highlights 23/10/13 Al Kazeem and Sky Lantern remain at the top of the points' standings for the Cartier Horse Of The Year Award with 148 apiece, but notable performances over recent weeks have thrown the race for top honours wide open in European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars.
Points earned in Pattern races throughout the year count towards 40 per cent of the process to arrive at the eight equine Cartier Racing Awards winners each year. Another 40 per cent is allocated to the findings of Cartier's of journalists, chaired by Brough Scott, at the end of the season, with votes (starting today at noon and ending on Tuesday, November 5) from the readers of The Daily Telegraph and Racing Post, plus viewers of Channel 4 Racing, ing for the remaining 20 per cent. The stunning victory of Treve (112) in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) at Ascot on QIPCO British Champions Day, October 19.
Richard Hannon's charge has produced a strong challenge for the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt category after readily dispatching of a top-class field that included Dawn Approach (116), who was retired to stud after finishing fourth at Ascot. Godolphin's son of New Approach posted a pair of Group One victories this season, in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, with the pair narrowly ahead of Ruler Of The World.
The Godolphin horse is now set to take up stallion duties, while retirement from racing also beckons for leading sprinter Lethal Force (120), successful in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.
War Command (92) leapt to the top of the Cartier Two-Year-Old colt standings with victory in the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington, Australia, on November 5.
Closer to home, there are still six European Group One contests remaining this year, including the Frankel, who beat both the winner and the runner-up last year."Olympic Glory's win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO highlighted the brilliant combination of Richard Hannon and Richard Hughes, while Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani has firmly established himself as a leading owner in Europe with two major successes in as many weeks. "Attention now turns towards Doncaster on Saturday and the international scene and there is still time for horses to mount a late charge for the Cartier Racing Awards." Points up to and including Sunday, October 20, 2013
CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR
AL KAZEEM - 148
SKY LANTERN - 148
TRADING LEATHER - 128
LETHAL FORCE - 120
DAWN APPROACH - 116
TREVE - 112
DECLARATION OF WAR - 108
RIZEENA - 108
MOONLIGHT CLOUD - 104
NOVELLIST - 98
CARTIER OLDER HORSE
AL KAZEEM - 148
LETHAL FORCE - 120
DECLARATION OF WAR - 108
MOONLIGHT CLOUD - 104
NOVELLIST - 98
MAXIOS - 96
THE FUGUE - 92
FARRH - 80
SAJJHAA - 79
ELUSIVE KATE - 72
CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT
TRADING LEATHER - 128
DAWN APPROACH - 116
INTELLO - 92
RULER OF THE WORLD - 76
OLYMPIC GLORY - 72
TORONADO - 70
LEADING LIGHT - 60
MAGICIAN - 56
GALILEO ROCK - 50
LIBERTARIAN - 47
CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY
SKY LANTERN - 148
TREVE - 112
JUST THE JUDGE - 84
TALENT - 80
CHICQUITA - 64
TASADAY - 60
SILASOL - 46
VENUS DE MILO - 44
SECRET GESTURE - 38
KENHOPE - 35
CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT
WAR COMMAND - 92
SUDIRMAN - 88
ASTAIRE - 64
NO NAY NEVER - 64
TOORMORE - 64
KARAKONTIE - 56
CABLE BAY - 42
HOT STREAK - 36
OUTSTRIP - 36
BIG TIME - 32
CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY
RIZEENA - 108
VORDA - 88
CHRISELLIAM - 48
INDONESIENNE - 48
TAPESTRY - 40
IHTIMAL - 36
KIYOSHI - 32
LUCKY KRISTALE - 32
LESSTALKINPARIS - 32
PRINCESS NOOR - 32
CARTIER STAYER
ESTIMATE - 56
AHZEEMAH - 42
ALTANO - 39
VEREMA - 37
SIMENON - 32
VOLEUSE DES COUERS - 27
DOMESIDE - 26
LA POMME D'AMOUR - 24
TIMES UP - 24
TRES BLEU - 24
CARTIER SPRINTER
LETHAL FORCE - 120
SOCIETY ROCK - 64
SLADE POWER - 53
SOLE POWER - 53
GORDON LORD BYRON - 50
MAAREK - 40
SHEA SHEA - 38
JWALA - 36
CATCALL - 34
MOONLIGHT CLOUD - 32 Past winners at the Cartier Racing Awards
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