The Cartier Champion Stayer 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 (4 wins): Yeats – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Leading trainer (9 wins): Aidan O'Brien – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016, 2017), Kyprios (2022)
Leading owner (9 wins): Sue Magnier – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016, 2017), Kyprios (2022)
Winners Year Horse Age Gender Bred Trained Trainer Owner1991 Turgeon5HUSAFR Jonathan Pease George W. Strawbridge Jr.1992 Drum Taps6HUSAGB Lord Huntingdon Yoshio Asakawa1993 Vintage Crop6GGBIRE Dermot Weld Michael Smurfit1994 Moonax3CIREGB Barry Hills Sheikh Mohammed1995 Double Trigger4CIREGB Mark Johnston R W Huggins1996 Nononito5HUSAFR Patrick Sebagh Jean Lesbordes1997 Celeric5GGBGB John Dunlop Christopher Spence1998 Kayf Tara4CGBGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin1999 Kayf Tara5HGBGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2000 Kayf Tara5HGBGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2001 Persian Punch8GIREGB David Elsworth Jeff Smith2002 Vinnie Roe4CIREIRE Dermot Weld Jim Sheridan2003 Persian Punch10GIREGB David Elsworth Jeff Smith2004 Westerner5HGBFR Élie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein2005 Westerner6HGBFR Élie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein2006 Yeats5HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle2007 Yeats6HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle2008 Yeats7HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle2009 Yeats8HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle2010 Rite Of Passage6GGBIRE Dermot Weld Ronan Lamb2011 Fame and Glory5HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Smith, Magnier & Tabor2012 Colour Vision4GFRGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin2013 Estimate4FIREGB Sir Michael Stoute Queen Elizabeth II2014 Leading Light4CIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Smith, Magnier & Tabor2015 Simple Verse3FIREGB Ralph Beckett QBL, Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani, M Al Kubaisi2016 Order of St George4CIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith and Tabor2017 Order of St George5HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith and Tabor2018 Stradivarius4CIREGB John Gosden Bjorn Nielsen2019 Stradivarius5HIREGB John Gosden Bjorn Nielsen2020 Stradivarius 6HIREGB John Gosden Bjorn Nielsen2021 Trueshan5GFRGB Alan King Singula Partnership2022 Kyprios4CFRGB Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith and Tabor2023 Trueshan7GFRGB Alan King Singula Partnership2024 Kyprios6HIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith and Tabor2025 Trawlerman7GIREIRE John & Thady Gosden Godolphin
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