Nominations were announced earlier this week for the 33rd Cartier Racing Awards, which will be presented at the Dorchester Hotel in London on the evening of Thursday, 9 November.
Four contenders for the Cartier Horse Of The Year include unbeaten Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Ace Impact and Auguste Rodin, who completed a Classic double in the Betfred Derby and Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby in addition to taking the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes.
Paddington – in the running for top award (Pic – Supplied)
Mostahdaf, successful in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and Juddmonte International, and Paddington, whose haul of four Gr1 wins in 2023 included the Coral-Eclipse and Qatar Sussex Stakes, are also in contention for the evening’s main equine award.
In addition to the Cartier Horse Of The Year award, there are seven other equine categories – the Cartier Older Horse, the Cartier Sprinter, the Cartier Stayer, the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt, the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly, the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt and the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly.
The non-equine award presented during the ceremony is the Cartier/The Daily Telegraph Award of Merit, which goes to the person or persons who, in the opinion of the 16-strong Cartier jury, has done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.
The nominations for the 2023 Cartier Racing Awards are:
Cartier Horse of the Year
- Ace Impact
- Auguste Rodin
- Mostahdaf
- Paddington
Cartier Older Horse
- Hukum
- Inspiral
- Mostahdaf
- Westover
Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
- Ace Impact
- Auguste Rodin
- Big Rock
- Paddington
Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
- Blue Rose Cen
- Mawj
- Tahiyra
- Warm Heart
Cartier Sprinter
- Art Power
- Highfield Princess
- Live In The Dream
- Shaquille
Cartier Stayer
- Continuous
- Courage Mon Ami
- Quickthorn
- Trueshan
Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
- City Of Troy
- Henry Longfellow
- Rosallion
- Vandeek
Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
- Fallen Angel
- Opera Singer
- Porta Fortuna
- Ylang Ylang
