The Equus Awards will be held at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on Tuesday 14 August.
Soqrat – 2yo colt nominee (Pic – Candiese Marnewick/Gold Circle)
The categories and finalists are:
Champion Two-year-old Colt – distance immaterial:
Soqrat, Van Halen
Champion Two-year-old Filly – distance immaterial:
Mighty High, Return Flight
Champion Three-year-old Colt – distance immaterial:
Bold Respect, Do It Again, Eyes Wide Open, Hero’s Honour, Lobo’s Legend, Surcharge, Tap O’Noth, Undercover Agent.
Champion Three-year-old Filly – distance immaterial:
Oh Susanna (Aus), Snowdance.
Champion Older Male – distance immaterial:
Captain America, Coral Fever, Legal Eagle, Will Pays.
Champion Older Filly/Mare – distance immaterial:
Nother Russia, Redberry Lane, Sommerlied.
Attenborough – champion sprinter nominee
Champion Sprinter – (1000 – 1200m; age/gender immaterial):
Attenborough, Bold Respect, Sergeant Hardy, Will Pays.
Champion Miler – (1400 – 1600; age/gender immaterial):
Legal Eagle, Snowdance, Undercover Agent.
Champion Middle Distance – (1800 – 2200; age/gender immaterial):
Captain America, Coral Fever, Do It Again, Oh Susanna (Aus).
Champion Stayer – (2400 and up; age/gender immaterial):
Hero’s Honour, It’s my Turn.
The awards are based on graded races, and in particular Grade 1 races.
The winning horse in the stayer category will be at the discretion of the voting panel. This decision was taken as the only Grade 1 staying race in SA is the SA Derby, which would mean that this should be the obvious winner based on a single run. This would also have excluded fillies and mares.
