The Cartier Champion Older Horse is an award in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier SA as part of the Cartier Racing Awards. The award winner is decided by points earned in group races plus the votes cast by British racing journalists and readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph newspapers. [1]
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Leading owner (5 wins):
Year | Horse | Age | Gender | Bred | Trained | Trainer | Owner |
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1991 | Terimon | 5 | H | GB | GB | Lady Beaverbrook | Clive Brittain |
1992 | Mr Brooks | 5 | H | GB | GB | Richard Hannon, Sr. | Paul Green |
1993 | Opera House | 5 | H | GB | GB | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed |
1994 | Barathea | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed |
1995 | Further Flight | 9 | G | IRE | GB | Barry Hills | Simon Wingfield Digby |
1996 | Halling | 5 | H | USA | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
1997 | Pilsudski | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Arnold Weinstock |
1998 | Swain | 6 | H | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
1999 | Daylami | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2000 | Kalanisi | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Aga Khan IV |
2001 | Fantastic Light | 5 | H | USA | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2002 | Grandera | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
2003 | Falbrav | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Luca Cumani | Scuderia Rencati & Teruya Yoshida |
2004 | Soviet Song | 4 | F | IRE | GB | James Fanshawe | Elite Racing Club |
2005 | Azamour | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | John Oxx | Aga Khan |
2006 | Ouija Board | 5 | M | GB | GB | Ed Dunlop | Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby |
2007 | Dylan Thomas | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
2008 | Duke of Marmalade | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
2009 | Goldikova | 4 | F | IRE | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2010 | Goldikova | 5 | M | IRE | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2011 | Cirrus des Aigles | 5 | G | FR | FR | Corine Barande-Barbe | Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy |
2012 | Frankel | 4 | C | GB | GB | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
2013 | Moonlight Cloud | 5 | M | GB | FR | Freddy Head | George Strawbridge |
2014 | Noble Mission | 5 | H | GB | GB | Jane Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
2015 | Solow | 5 | G | GB | FR | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
2016 | Found | 4 | F | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
2017 | Ulysses | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Michael Stoute | Flaxman Stables |
2018 | Enable | 4 | F | GB | GB | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
2019 | Enable [2] | 5 | M | GB | GB | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
2020 | Ghaiyyath [3] | 5 | H | IRE | GB | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin |
2021 | Palace Pier [4] | 4 | C | GB | GB | John & Thady Gosden | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum |
2022 | Baaeed | 4 | C | GB | GB | William Haggas | Shadwell Estate [5] |
2023 | Mostahdaf | 5 | H | IRE | GB | John & Thady Gosden | Shadwell Estate [6] |
2024 | Charyn | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Roger Varian | Nurlan Bizakov [7] |