Impressive displays from Notable Speech and Kyprios at last week’s Qatar Goodwood Festival have seen the duo challenge City Of Troy at the head of the points standings for the Cartier Horse of the Year award.
This season’s QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner Notable Speech looked back to his brilliant best in the Qatar Sussex Stakes as he unleashed his trademark electric turn of foot to comfortably beat older rivals Maljoom (36) and Facteur Cheval (36).
Notable Speech – big bid for glory (Pic – Ascot Racecourse)
The Godolphin colt now shares top spot in the Cartier Horse of the Year and Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt divisions alongside Betfred Derby and Coral-Eclipse victor City Of Troy, with both amassing 96 points in Pattern races this season.
Rosallion (88), successful in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes, lies a close third in the same categories, having missed the Qatar Sussex Stakes with a respiratory infection.
Kyprios (88) continued his domination of the staying ranks as he lowered the course record when scoring by four lengths over Sweet William (38) in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup.
Owned by a Coolmore partnership that includes Moyglare Stud Farm, Kyprios is unbeaten in four outings for Aidan O’Brien this season and is in pole position to pick up the Cartier Stayer award for a second time following 2022.
Coolmore and Aidan O’Brien enjoyed further top-level success at the Qatar Goodwood Festival with Opera Singer (56), who gamely saw off See The Fire (16) and Sparkling Plenty (56) in the Qatar Nassau Stakes. All three could yet challenge Porta Fortuna (88) at the head of the points in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly division.
Goliath (64) is a significant mover in the Cartier Older Horse category, with Baron Philip von Ullmann’s four-year-old having easily accounted for a field that included Bluestocking (72), Rebel’s Romance (66) and Auguste Rodin (64) in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes.
A first French-trained winner of the Ascot highlight since Hurricane Run in 2006, Goliath sits fifth in the Cartier Older Horse standings behind Charyn (80), who will bid to stretch his lead in this weekend’s Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois at Deauville.
The Barriere Deauville Meeting has already produced some fantastic racing this summer, with top mare Mqse de Sevigne (64) taking the Prix Rothschild for a second successive year at the end of July.
My Pension Expert July Cup scorer Mill Stream (60) failed to increase his Cartier Sprinter lead at the Normandy course in Sunday’s ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest, in which he came home fifth behind rising star Lazzat (32).
Only a short-head separated Big Evs (32) and Afsoora (40) in the major sprint at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, the King George Qatar Stakes, and the duo look set to continue their growing rivalry in the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York later this month.
Cartier Racing Awards – points earned in Pattern races up to and including Sunday, August 4, 2024.
- Cartier Horse of the Year
96 City Of Troy
96 Notable Speech
88 Kyprios
88 Porta Fortuna
88 Rosallion
80 Charyn
72 Bluestocking
66 Rebel’s Romance
64 Auguste Rodin
64 Goliath
64 Mqse de Sevigne
- Cartier Older Horse
80 Charyn
72 Bluestocking
66 Rebel’s Romance
64 Auguste Rodin
64 Goliath
64 Mqse de Sevigne
- Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
96 City Of Troy
96 Notable Speech
88 Rosallion
52 Los Angeles
48 Inisherin
48 Lazzat
- Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
88 Porta Fortuna
56 Ezeliya
56 Opera Singer
56 Sparkling Plenty
50 Elmalka
- Cartier Sprinter
60 Mill Stream
48 Inisherin
40 Asfoora
39 Star Of Mystery
32 Khaadem
32 Lazzat
32 Swingalong
- Cartier Stayer
88 Kyprios
38 Sweet William
34 Tower Of London
27 Trawlerman
24 Sevenna’s Knight
24 Term Of Endearment
