Frankel named Cartier Horse of the Year
FRANKEL added two more honours to his impeccable cv on Tuesday night when he was named Cartier Horse of the Year and three-year-old Colt of the Year.
Both awards were a formality following a magnificent campaign in which he stretched his unbeaten run to nine with wins in the 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Neither owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah nor trainer Sir Henry Cecil had previously been associated with the winner of the principal award, although both figure among the distinguished winners of the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit, which went to Barry Hills this year.
The David Simcock-trained Dream Ahead was named top sprinter following wins in the July Cup,Sprint Cup and Prix de la Foret.
Cirrus Des Aigles, trained in France by Corine Barande-Barbe and successful for the fifth time in a busy campaign when beating So You Think in the Qipco Champion Stakes, was named Champion Older Horse, while the Christophe Ferland-trained Dabirsim, who crowned an unbeaten five-race season with a spectacular win in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, picked up the top two-year-old colt award.
Danedream, the devastating winner of the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for trainer Peter Schiergen and owners Gestut Burg Eberstein and Teruya Yoshida, fended off opposition from Classic winners Dancing Rain and Blue Bunting, as well as high-class miler Immortal Verse, to register a first success at the Cartiers for a German-trained horse in the three-year-old filly category.
The remaining awards went to connections who are regular recipients at the Cartiers, with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Maybe taking the top two-year-old filly award and stablemate Fame And Glory, who won the Gold Cup, receiving the leading stayer award.
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