Cartier Champion Sprinter

The Cartier Champion Sprinter is an award in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier SA as part of the Cartier Racing Awards. The award winner is decided by points earned in group races plus the votes cast by British racing journalists and readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph newspapers.[1]

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):


Leading sires (3 winners each):


Leading trainer (3 wins):


Leading owner (3 wins):

Winners

Year
Horse
Age Gender Bred Trained Trainer
Owner
1991 Sheikh Albadou 3 C GB GB Alex Scott Hilal Salem
1992 Mr Brooks 5 H GB GB Richard Hannon, Sr. Paul Green
1993 Lochsong 5 M GB GB Ian Balding Jeff Smith
1994 Lochsong 6 M GB GB Ian Balding Jeff Smith
1995 Hever Golf Rose 4 F GB GB Joe Naughton M P Hanson
1996 Anabaa 4 C USA FR Criquette Head Ghislaine Head
1997 Royal Applause 4 C GB GB Barry Hills Maktoum Al Maktoum
1998 Tamarisk 3 C IRE GB Roger Charlton Highclere Racing
1999 Stravinsky 3 C USA IRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor
2000 Nuclear Debate 5 G USA FR John Hammond Bob Chester
2001 Mozart 3 C IRE IRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor
2002 Continent 5 G GB GB David Nicholls Lucayan Stud
2003 Oasis Dream 3 C GB GB John Gosden Khalid Abdullah
2004 Somnus 4 G GB GB Tim Easterby Lady Legard
2005 Avonbridge 5 H GB GB Roger Charlton D J Deer
2006 Reverence 5 G GB GB Roger Alston Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook
2007 Red Clubs 4 C IRE GB Barry Hills Ronald J Arculli
2008 Marchand d'Or 5 G FR FR Mikel Delzangles Carla Giral
2009 Fleeting Spirit 4 F IRE GB Jeremy Noseda The Searchers
2010 Starspangledbanner 4 C AUS IRE Aidan O'Brien Smith, Magnier, Tabor and Massey
2011 Dream Ahead 3 C USA GB David Simcock Khalifa Dasmal
2012 Black Caviar 6 M AUS AUS Peter Moody G Wilkie, K Wilkie et al
2013 Lethal Force 4 C IRE GB Clive Cox Alan Craddock
2014 Sole Power 7 G GB IRE Edward Lynam Sabena Power
2015 Muhaarar 3 C GB GB Charlie Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum
2016 Quiet Reflection 3 F GB GB Karl Burke Ontoawinner Syndicate
2017 Harry Angel 3 C IRE GB Clive Cox Godolphin
2018 Mabs Cross 4 F GB GB Michael Dods David W Armstrong
2019 Blue Point[2] 5 C IRE GB Charlie Appleby Godolphin
2020 Battaash[3] 6 G IRE GB Charles Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum
2021 Starman[4] 4 C GB GB Ed Walker David Ward
2022 Highfield Princess 5 M FR GB John Quinn Trainers House Enterprises Ltd

References

  1. ^ Marcus Armytage (13 November 2012). "Cartier Awards 2012: Frankel sweeps board and takes top honour for second year". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  2. ^ Scargill, Peter (12 November 2019). "Enable scoops second Cartier Horse of the Year award". Racing Post.
  3. ^ Rennie, Matt (19 November 2020). "Ghaiyyath gets Cartier coronation after being crowned Horse of the Year". Racing Post.
  4. ^ Milnes, David (10 November 2021). "St Mark's Basilica voted horse of the year at annual ceremony in London". Racing Post.