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.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Goldikova – 2009, 2010 Enable - 2018, 2019
Leading trainer (5 wins): Saeed bin Suroor – Halling (1996), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
Leading owner (5 wins): Godolphin – Halling (1996), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
Winners Year Horse Age Gender Bred Trained Trainer Owner1991 Terimon5HGBGB Lady Beaverbrook Clive Brittain1992 Mr Brooks5HGBGB Richard Hannon, Sr. Paul Green1993 Opera House5HGBGB Michael Stoute Sheikh Mohammed1994 Barathea4CIREGB Luca Cumani Sheikh Mohammed1995 Further Flight9GIREGB Barry Hills Simon Wingfield Digby1996 Halling5HUSAGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin1997 Pilsudski5HIREGB Michael Stoute Arnold Weinstock1998 Swain6HIREGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin1999 Daylami5HIREGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2000 Kalanisi4CIREGB Michael Stoute Aga Khan IV2001 Fantastic Light5HUSAGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2002 Grandera4CIREGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2003 Falbrav5HIREGB Luca Cumani Scuderia Rencati & Teruya Yoshida2004 Soviet Song4FIREGB James Fanshawe Elite Racing Club2005 Azamour4CIREIRE John Oxx Aga Khan2006 Ouija Board5MGBGB Ed Dunlop Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby2007 Dylan Thomas4CIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2008 Duke of Marmalade4CIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2009 Goldikova4FIREFR Freddy Head Wertheimer et Frère2010 Goldikova5MIREFR Freddy Head Wertheimer et Frère2011 Cirrus des Aigles5GFRFR Corine Barande-Barbe Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy2012 Frankel4CGBGB Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah2013 Moonlight Cloud5MGBFR Freddy Head George Strawbridge2014 Noble Mission5HGBGB Jane Cecil Khalid Abdullah2015 Solow5GGBFR Freddy Head Wertheimer et Frère2016 Found4FIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith and Tabor2017 Ulysses4CIREGB Michael Stoute Flaxman Stables2018 Enable4FGBGB John Gosden Khalid Abdullah2019 Enable5MGBGB John Gosden Khalid Abdullah2020 Ghaiyyath5HIREGB Charlie Appleby Godolphin2021 Palace Pier4CGBGB John & Thady Gosden Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum2022 Baaeed4CGBGB William Haggas Shadwell Estate2023 Mostahdaf5HIREGB John & Thady Gosden Shadwell Estate2024 Charyn4CIREGB Roger Varian Nurlan Bizakov2025 Calandagan4GIREFR Francis-Henri Graffard Aga Khan Studs SCEA
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