Cartier Racing Awards
Cartier Racing Awards 2019 31l27
Tuesday 12th November
   

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Enable is Cartier Horse Of The Year for second time as Gosden and Dettori carry nearly all before them at the 29th annual Cartier Racing Awards 474nf
Enable was revealed as the 2019 Cartier Horse Of The Year at the 29th annual Cartier Racing awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars.
 
Bred by owner Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, the five-year-old mare added a further three Group 1 (G1) successes to her remarkable CV in 2019, with victories in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks.
 
This is the second time Ouija Board (2004 & 2006). 
 
The Nathaniel mare, the only European-based filly or mare to gather career earnings of over £10 million in prize money, remains in training for 2020.
 
She is also the Cartier Older Horse for 2019 and equals the record of the legendary Frankel, another Juddmonte homebred, in gaining five Cartier Racing Awards, having also been named Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly in 2017 and Cartier Older Horse in 2018. 
 
Horses trained by John Gosden in Newmarket have now taken the Cartier Horse Of Year Award in five of the last six years, courtesy of Enable (2017 & 2019). 
 
The other nominees for Cartier Horse Of The Year in 2019 were Blue Point, Magical, Star Catcher, Stradivarius and Waldgeist, while the nominees for Cartier Older Horse this year included Blue Point, Crystal Ocean, Magical, Stradivarius and Waldgeist. 

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The 2019 season was undoubtedly the year of Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori. In addition to Enable's two Cartier Racing Awards, the pair also gained honours with horses in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt, Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly and Cartier Stayer categories. 
 
Magners Rose Doncaster Cup, making him the eighth winner of the Stayers' Triple Crown. It is intended that he too will remain in training for 2020. The other nominees for Cartier Stayer were Dee Ex Bee, Kew Gardens and Logician. 
 
Another repeat winner is Qatar Sussex Stakes. The other nominees for Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt were Circus Maximus, Japan and Logician.
 
The fifth award on the night for the Gosden-Dettori combination is Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly, which goes to QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes. The other nominees in the division were Anapurna, Hermosa and Iridessa.

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It was also a very satisfying year for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation, which takes two Cartier Racing Awards.
 
Choisir in 2003 and the first ever to win both races when they have both been run at G1 level. The other Cartier Sprinter nominees were , Battaash and So Perfect.
 
Godolphin also gains the honours in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt division with Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. The other nominees for Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt were Earthlight, Kameko and Siskin.
 
Owner-breeder Prince Khalid Abdullah gains a third Cartier Racing Award this year courtesy of the unbeaten bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket in October. The other nominees for Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly were Albigna, Daahyeh and Raffle Prize.
The Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit for 2019 goes to Pat Smullen. One of the outstanding jockeys of his generation and a nine-time champion in his native Ireland, Pat received devastating news in 2018 when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A man of outstanding resilience, he has thrown all his efforts into helping others who face the same condition. His outstanding fund-raising efforts have resulted in over €2.5 million being raised for Cancer Trials Ireland and culminated at the Curragh in September with the Pat Smullen Champions Race For Cancer Trials Ireland which saw stars from the past including Sir A P McCoy and Ruby Walsh return to the saddle. 

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Harry Herbert, Cartier's Racing Consultant, commented: "Enable becomes just the third horse to be named Cartier Horse Of The Year twice, following in the illustrious hoofprints of Frankel and Ouija Board. Bountiful talent combined with a courageous running style make her a joy to watch and it is no wonder that Enable is so popular with everyone in racing. It is exciting that Prince Khalid Abdullah is keeping her in training for 2020, when she could become the first three-time winner of the Cartier Horse Of The Year.
 
"Trainer John Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori are one of the most enduring partnerships in horseracing and virtually everything they touched in 2019 turned to gold. Stradivarius is firmly among the immortals in the stayers' division, while it was heart-warming to see Too Darn Hot return to his best in high summer. Star Catcher just seemed to get better and better as 2019 went on and emerged as the best of her generation. 
 
"It was also a great year for Godolphin. It takes a rare combination of talent and tenacity to win two races at Royal Ascot but Blue Point did exactly that as he topped and tailed the week by bagging both G1 sprints. 
 
"Pinatubo was impressive throughout the year and his victory at the Curragh was a real wow moment. Officially the best juvenile in 25 years, his return in 2020 is going to be hugely anticipated. 
 
"As well as his established superstar Enable, Prince Khalid Abdullah also has unbeaten two-year-old filly Quadrilateral to look forward to in 2020.
 
"Seven of the eight equine winners at the 29th Cartier Racing Award are the product of owner-breeders who form the backbone of our great sport and I extend my congratulations to Prince Khalid Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed, Bjorn Nielsen, Anthony Oppenheimer and Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber.
 
"Pat Smullen, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit winner this year, is an inspirational figure. As well as his brilliance in the saddle, his dedication to help others who face the same health issues tells us what an outstanding human being he is.
 
"We are all set of for a night of celebration and high emotion at the 29th Cartier Racing Awards."

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2019 - CARTIER RACING AWARDS
 
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Pinatubo
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Quadrilateral 
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Too Darn Hot
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Star Catcher
Cartier Sprinter: Blue Point
Cartier Stayer: Stradivarius
Cartier Older Horse: Enable
Cartier Horse of the Year: Enable owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Pat Smullen
 
Nominations for the 29th Cartier Racing Awards
- in alphabetical order
 
Cartier Horse Of The Year
Blue Point
Enable
Magical
Star Catcher
Stradivarius
Waldgeist

Cartier Older Horse
Blue Point
Crystal Ocean
Enable
Magical
Stradivarius 
Waldgeist
 
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
Circus Maximus
Japan
Logician
Too Darn Hot
 
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
Anapurna
Hermosa
Iridessa
Star Catcher

Cartier Sprinter
 
Battaash 
Blue Point 
So Perfect
 
Cartier Stayer
Dee Ex Bee
Kew Gardens
Logician 
Stradivarius 
 
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
Earthlight
Kameko
Pinatubo
Siskin
 
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Albigna
Daahyeh
Quadrilateral
Raffle Prize

Past winners at the Cartier Racing Awards

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