Baaeed and Alpinista Vie for Cartier HOTY Honours

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Kirsten Rausing's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Shadwell's outstanding colt Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) head the nominations for the 32nd Cartier Racing Awards, which will be held at London's Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday, November 9.

Both trained in Newmarket throughout their careers, Alpinista and Baaeed have won 11 Group 1 races between them. They are joined on the short list for Cartier Horse of the Year by John Fairley's treble Group 1-winning sprinter Highfield Princess (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and Moyglare Stud and Coolmore's leading stayer Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Along with Kyprios, four other horses nominated are trained by Aidan O'Brien, including three of the four in the juvenile colts' category: Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and the No Nay Never 2-year-olds Blackbeard (Ire) and Little Big Bear (Ire).

Eight equine awards will be presented during the evening, along with one special non-equine presentation. The Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit is given 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 full list of nominees for the 2022 Cartier Racing Awards is as follows:

Cartier Horse of the Year
Alpinista
Baaeed
Highfield Princess
Kyprios

Cartier Older Horse
Alpinista
Baaeed
Bay Bridge
Kinross

Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
Coroebus
Desert Crown
Modern Games
Vadeni

Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly
Emily Upjohn
Inspiral
Nashwa
Tuesday

Cartier Sprinter
Highfield Princess
Kinross
Minzaal
Nature Strip

Cartier Stayer
Eldar Eldarov
Kyprios
Stradivarius
Trueshan

Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt
Auguste Rodin
Blackbeard
Chaldean
Little Big Bear

Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Commissioning
Lezoo
Tahiyra
The Platinum Queen

 

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