Sea The Stars, whose six group I wins this year include the Stanjames.com Two Thousand Guineas, the Investec Epsom Derby, and the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, is favored to win two prizes when the 2009 Cartier Racing Awards are announced Nov. 17. The son of Cape Cross is nominated for Horse of the Year and best 3-year-old male.
Conduit, winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) for the second straight year, is a contestant for Horse of the Year and older horse. Same goes for Goldikova , who won her second consecutive Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT, sponsored this year by TVG).
Other Cartier Award finalists with 2009 Breeders’ Cup wins are Pounced, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT), in the 2-year-old colt division, and Midday, who won the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT). She is a nominee in the 3-year-old filly division.
The Cartier Racing Awards are determined by points earned in pattern races, combined with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists, as well as votes from readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph.
One person will receive the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit, which in the past has been won by the Queen, Sheikh Mohammed, Henry Cecil, Khalid Abdullah, John Magnier, the Aga Khan, Frankie Dettori, Henry Cecil, and Lester Piggott.
Nominations
Horse of the Year:
Conduit
Ghanaati
Goldikova
Mastercraftsman
Sea The Stars
Two-Year-Old Colt:
Arcano
Awzaan
Pounced
Siyouni
St Nicholas Abbey
Two-Year-Old Filly:
Hibaayeb
Lady Of The Desert
Rosanara
Special Duty
Termagant
Three-Year-Old Colt:
Fame And Glory
Le Havre
Mastercraftsman
Rip Van Winkle
Sea The Stars
Three-Year-Old Filly:
Elusive Wave
Ghanaati
Midday
Sariska
Stacelita
Stayer:
Alandi
Ask
Askar Tau
Schiaparelli
Yeats
Sprinter:
Art Connoisseur
Borderlescott
Fleeting Spirit
King's Apostle
Total Gallery
Older Horse:
Conduit
Dar Re Mi
Fleeting Spirit
Goldikova
Vision D'Etat