Cartier Awards Standing After Royal Ascot
Current votes for the Cartier Racing Awards by its panel of experts stongly reflect the successes of horses who won at Royal Ascot in their June 20 report.
Royal Ascot is close to the end of the three-country (England, France and Ireland) Classic season with only the Irish Derby and Oaks to be included in later votes.
The public will be allowed to vote in October, providing one third of voting share, for the Awards which will be presented November 16 at an invitation-only dinner at the London Dorchester Hotel.
The following horses lead for the Award categories:
Canford Cliffs, Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
Canford Cliffs, Cartier Horse Of The Year
Special Duty, Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
Byword, Cartier Older Horse
Equiano and Starspangledbanner, Cartier Sprinters
Rite Of Passage, Cartier Stayer
Approve and Strong Suite, Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
Maqaasid, Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Interestingly, Europe's highest-rated horses have not made it to the top of the voting and that includes the Derby winner Workforce languishing at the bottom of the Three-Year-Old list.
France should be particularly upset that their highest-rated male and Guineas/Derby winner Lope De Vega and the world's highest-rated female Goldikova are only poor seconds in their categories.
Goldikova is behind Byword and equal in votes to Paco Boy - both of whom she has beaten this year. The double Breeders' Cup Mile winner is not even nominated for Cartier Horse of the Year.
But France does have Byword and Special Duty (both bred in England's Juddmonte Farms) who are trained by Andre Fabre and Criquette Head.
Equiano, bred in France of the English sire Acclamation, is trained by Barry Hills.
Perhaps the English panel just could not award four, five or six categories to French horses even though they are the best.
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
Royal Ascot is close to the end of the three-country (England, France and Ireland) Classic season with only the Irish Derby and Oaks to be included in later votes.
The public will be allowed to vote in October, providing one third of voting share, for the Awards which will be presented November 16 at an invitation-only dinner at the London Dorchester Hotel.
The following horses lead for the Award categories:
Canford Cliffs, Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
Canford Cliffs, Cartier Horse Of The Year
Special Duty, Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
Byword, Cartier Older Horse
Equiano and Starspangledbanner, Cartier Sprinters
Rite Of Passage, Cartier Stayer
Approve and Strong Suite, Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
Maqaasid, Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Interestingly, Europe's highest-rated horses have not made it to the top of the voting and that includes the Derby winner Workforce languishing at the bottom of the Three-Year-Old list.
France should be particularly upset that their highest-rated male and Guineas/Derby winner Lope De Vega and the world's highest-rated female Goldikova are only poor seconds in their categories.
Goldikova is behind Byword and equal in votes to Paco Boy - both of whom she has beaten this year. The double Breeders' Cup Mile winner is not even nominated for Cartier Horse of the Year.
But France does have Byword and Special Duty (both bred in England's Juddmonte Farms) who are trained by Andre Fabre and Criquette Head.
Equiano, bred in France of the English sire Acclamation, is trained by Barry Hills.
Perhaps the English panel just could not award four, five or six categories to French horses even though they are the best.
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
Posted by susan trevelyan-syke at 6/29/2010 11:36 AM 
Categories: Cartier Awards 2010
Tags: Cartier Racing Awards Racing International Approve Royal Ascot Equiano Rite of Passage Strong Suite Goldikova Maqaasid Starspangledbanner Byword Lope De Vega Special Duty Canford Cliffs
Categories: Cartier Awards 2010
Tags: Cartier Racing Awards Racing International Approve Royal Ascot Equiano Rite of Passage Strong Suite Goldikova Maqaasid Starspangledbanner Byword Lope De Vega Special Duty Canford Cliffs
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