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Almanzor in Cartier frame
- Updated: September 14, 2016
An outstanding weekend of racing has brought more horses into the reckoning for the 2016 Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Almanzor (106) entered calculations for two awards – the Cartier Horse Of The Year and the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt – after storming to victory over a stellar line-up in theQIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.
The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained colt, owned by Antonio Caro and Gerard Augustin-Normand, has been successful on his four most recent starts, including an impressive display in the Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby, at Chantilly in May.
The son of Wootton Bassett could now return to Chantilly for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 2 or tackle the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot 13 days later, with connections currently favouring a trip to the Berkshire course.
Top miler Galileo Gold (136), who currently heads the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt Pattern race points, is also due to run on Champions Day at Ascot alongside Ribchester (80) in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO, on what could prove a pivotal day.
Found (104) was runner-up in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes for a second successive year, having chased home 2015 Cartier Horse Of The Year Golden Horn 12 months earlier. The four-year-old-filly has moved up to second in the Cartier Older Horse Standings behind Postponed (116), with the pair set to feature in another star-studded line-up for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next month.
Vadamos (80), successful in the Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp at Chantilly, and Silverwave (80), who won the Qatar Prix Foy on the same card, are also challengers for the Cartier Older Horse category.
Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore were also responsible for the third home in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes, Minding (188), who increased her commanding lead on Pattern race points in the race for Cartier Horse Of The Year and Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly honours.
Quiet Reflection (96) has emerged as her nearest challenger in the latter category following a superb victory in the 32Red Sprint Cup at …
