Siden 1991 har foerende journalister og laeserne af Racing Post og Teh Daily Telegraph hvert aar staaet for “Cartier Awards”, der er den officielle kaaring af Europas champions.
I 2010 gik titlen som baade Cartier Champion Older Horse og Cartier Horse of the Year til franske Goldikova, der den 6. november som den foerste hest i historien opnaaede at blive Tripple Breeders’ Cup Winner med sin tredje triumf paa stribe i Breeders’ Cup Mile (Gr.1).
Den samlede liste over aarets Cartier Awards vindere er som foelger:
Cartier Champion Older Horse / Cartier Champion Horse of the Year
GOLDIKOVA (IRE) v. Anabaa – Born Gold (Blushing Groom)
Freddy Head / Wertheimer et Frere
Cartier Champion 2-y-o Colt
FRANKEL (GB) v. Galileo – Kind (Danehill)
Henry Cecil / Khalid Abdulla
Cartier Champion 2-y-o Filly
MISTY FOR ME (IRE) v. Galileo – Butterfly Cove (Storm Cat)
Aidan O’Brien / Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Cartier Champion 3-y-o Colt
WORKFORCE (GB) v. King’s Best – Soviet Moon (Sadler’s Wells)
Sir Michael Stoute / Khalid Abdulla
Cartier Champion 3-y-o Filly
SNOW FAIRY (IRE) v. Intikhab – Woodland Dream (Charnwood Forest)
Ed Dunlop / Anamoine Limited
Cartier Champion Stayer
RITE OF PASSAGE (GB) v. Giant’s Causeway – Dahlia’s Krissy (Kris S)
Dermot Weld / Dr Ronan Lambe
Cartier Champion Sprinter
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) v. Choisir – Gold Anthem (Made Of Gold)
Aidan O’Brien / Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michelle Massey
Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit
Richard Hannon
