The Cartier Champion Older Horse is an award in

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an horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by

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as part of the

Cartier Racing Awards The Cartier Racing Awards are awards in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier. The award winners are decided by points earned in group races (40%) plus the votes cast by British racing journalists (30%) and readers of th ...

. 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 ''

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Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): *

Goldikova Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year. She was based in France, although she also raced in the United St ...

– ''2009, 2010'' * Enable - ''2018, 2019'' Leading trainer (5 wins): *

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– '' Halling (1996), Swain (1998),

Daylami Daylami (20 April 1994– 6 June 2016) was a Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and sire who was bred in Ireland, but trained in France, Dubai and the United Kingdom. In a career which lasted from 1996 and 1999, he raced in five different countri ...

(1999),

Fantastic Light Fantastic Light (foaled February 13, 1996) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and pensioned sire (horse), sire. He was foaled in the United States but was trained in England and Dubai during his racing career, which ran from August 1998 to his ...

(2001),

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(2002)'' Leading owner (5 wins): * Godolphin – '' Halling (1996), Swain (1998),

(1999),

(2001),

(2002)''

Winners

References

{{reflist Horse racing awards