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Nominees: 2016 Cartier Awards NEWSLETTER, TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2016 Nominees: 2016 Cartier Awards HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2016 CARTIER RACING AWARDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: Cartier Horse Of The Year Almanzor Found Highland Reel Minding Cartier Older Horse Aidan O’Brien’s Minding had a terrific season, coud Found be Cartier Horse Of The Year. Highland Reel Limato THE 2016 Cartier Racing Awards nominees were Postponed unveiled on Sunday following the end of the British season at Doncaster and the Breeders' Cup in Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt America. Almanzor Galileo Gold The five Cartier Horse Of The Year nominees are Harzand French ace Almanzor, Arc winner Found, Breed- The Gurkha ers' Cup Turf hero Highland Reel, the incredible three-year-old filly Minding, and Juddmonte Inter- Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly national victor Postponed. Alice Springs La Cressonniere The 26th annual Cartier Racing Awards will be pre- Minding sented tonight at a glittering ceremony before an Quiet Reflection invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London. Cartier Sprinter Limato The awards were established in 1991 to reward Mecca's Angel excellence in horseracing. There are eight equine Quiet Reflection awards, ranging from the Cartier Horse Of The The Tin Man Year to the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt and Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly. Cartier Stayer Order Of St George, Quest For More Harry Herbert, Cartier's Racing Consultant, com- Sheikhzayedroad mented: "The nominations for the 26th Cartier Vazirabad Racing Awards reflect the wonderful horses who have raced in Europe and beyond this year.” Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt Caravaggio, Churchill, Mehmas, The Last Lion ADVERTISE WITH TURF TALK: Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly Read by Industry Leaders Brave Anna, Lady Aurelia, Rhododendron Phone Jo on 083 399 6353; or Justine on 084 922 Roly Poly - Thoroughbrednews.com.au 1 brought $3.5 million. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the daughter of Distorted Humor was purchased by a partnership between Florida's Bri- dlewood Farm and Don Alberto Corp. Earlier in the sale, Love The Chase, dam of multiple Eclipse champion California Chrome, brought a final bid of $1.95. Selling in foal to Tapit, agent John McCormack signed the ticket on behalf of an anony- mous American purchaser. McCormack disclosed the mare would remain in the United States, and although a 2017 breeding had not yet been planned for her, it was possible she Love The Chase, the dam of California Chrome, was could return to Tapit. Love the Chase is by Not for sold for $1,7-million. Love out of Polish Numbers mare Chase It Down. Bubbler, the dam of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup win- Huge prices paid at ner Arrogate, did not reach her reserve price of $4,7 Fasig-Tipton Sale -million and passed unsold. - Paulick Report. FASIG-Tipton concluded its annual November Frosted is retired to stud Sale in Keeneland, Kentucky, on Monday night with significant increases across the board. DARLEY has announced that three-time Gr1 winner Frosted will retire to Jonabell Farm Its gross sales of $53,652,000 jumped 22.9 per- near Lexington for the 2017 breeding season and cent over the 2015 auction, while the average price will stand for $50,000. of $616,690 was up 29.9 percent. The median price of $375,000 rose a staggering 59.6 percent. Frosted retires as Tapit's highest-earning U.S.- based runner with $3,972,800 and a 6-6-2 record A total of 15 horses sold for seven figures, with out of 19 starts. seven bringing $2 million or more. That's up from 14 seven-figure horses last year, with five bringing His dam is the grade II-winning Deputy Minister $2 million or more. mare Fast Cookie, a half sister to Eclipse cham- pion 2-year-old colt and Bessemer Trust Breeders' The top price of the auction went to Baffled, dam of Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner Midshipman, who also multiple Grade 1 winner Constitution, who stands as a Darley stallion. - Bloodhorse. 2 Table Bay, Janoobi head the entries for Gr2 Selangor Cup Table Bay, so impressive when giving weight all round in the Grade 3 Cape Classic, heads the 20 entries for the R400,000 Grade 2 Selangor Cup over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday 19 November. The original plan after win was that he would go straight for the Grade 1 Cape Guineas on 17 December with Markus Jooste’s racing manager, Derek Brugman, saying: “It’s the Guineas next and then we will play around with a few ideas – whether we go for the Derby or the Met. At this point in time we will probably lean towards the side of caution but it’s not inconceivable that we will lean towards the Met.” The Selangor is the traditional prep for the Cape Guineas although two of the last five winners of that classic had not run in the Selangor. Vari- ety Club and Act Of War won both races and Joey Ramsden who trained them and has charge of Table Bay, has won four of the last five runnings of this race. Mike de Kock has three of the next four highest merit-rated entries headed by Janoobi who won the Grade 3 Protea Stakes at Turffontein in April and showed good form when winning a handicap at Turffontein on Saturday. However, he is drawn quite wide at No 15. Highly regarded Al Fahad and Bold Rex have both drawn well at Nos 8 and 7 respectively. He also has entered Heavenly Blue who was touched off in the Grade 3 Graham Beck Stakes by Doosra at Turffon- tein on Saturday. Entries and draws for the Selangor Cup (Grade 2) over 1 600m at Kenil- worth: 2 Table Bay (AUS) (3C) 58 108 A Joey Ramsden 15 Janoobi (3C) 58 96 A Mike de Kock 7 Bold Rex (3G) 58 95 A Mike de Kock 8 Al Fahad (AUS) (3C) 58 94 A Mike de Kock 16 Edict Of Nantes (3C) 58 94 A Brett Crawford 1 Our Mate Art (AUS) (3C) 58 93 A C B-Robinson 4 Boldly Respectable (3C) 58 91 A Brett Crawford 10 Heavenly Blue (AUS) (3C) 58 91 A Mike de Kock 13 African Night Sky (3G) 58 88 A Justin Snaith 20 Dancer (3C) 58 86 A Joey Ramsden 14 Gold Standard (3C) 58 86 A Glen Kotzen 5 A New Dawn (AUS) (3C) 58 85 A Joey Ramsden 18 Craven (3C) 58 85 A B Crawford 12 Horizon (3C) 58 85 A C B-Robinson 11 William Longsword (3C) 58 85 A V Marshall 6 Cock-A-Hoop (3C) 58 84 A Justin Snaith 9 The Great One (NZ) (3C) 58 83 A Brett Crawford 3 The Slade (3C) 58 82 A D Kannemeyer 17 Kenny Trix (3G) 58 80 A V Marshall 19 Summer Sky (3C) 58 79 A D Kannemeyer SEND YOUR LETTERS, QUERIES AND EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS to [email protected] 3 Charities come away with more than R2-million SATURDAY’s Gr2 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile winner New Predator, represented by boxer Kevin Lerena (photo above, middle), bagged R150,000 for the Peermont Education Trust. R1-million was given away based on the result of the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile with runner up, Saratoga Dancer, earning R100 000 for Charity Chest while the Lesedi Programme received R80 000 after Deo Juvente ran third. The Seaside Fund walked away with a R70 000 injection while the remaining 12 charities each received R50 000. “We couldn’t have written a better script. It’s great to be able to give back and even better that no charity walks away as a loser,” said winning celebrity Lerena. The Highveld Horse Care Unit was another of the big winners on the day, benefiting to the tune of a little over R1.2-million courtesy of Phumelela Gaming & Leisure. This reaffirms the idea that the welfare of the thoroughbred athlete is of utmost importance both during and after their racing careers. - Racing. It’s A Rush. Race a What A Winter colt with Candice Bass-Robinson BASS Racing is offering this two-year-old by What A Winter from Sharada (by Parade Leader), for racing in partnership. Named “What A Joker, he is described as, “a strong colt that will take a little time but moves well. We think he will be a very nice horse!” Contact Mark Bass on 082 650-1442 to get involved! 4 .
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