Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly

The Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly 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.^[1]

Records

Leading trainer (5 wins):

• John Gosden – Ryafan (1997), The Fugue (2012), Taghrooda (2014), Enable (2017), Star Catcher (2019)

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Leading owner (5 wins):

• Sue Magnier – Peeping Fawn (2007), Legatissimo (2015), Minding (2016), Love (2020), Snowfall
• Michael Tabor – Peeping Fawn (2007), Legatissimo (2015), Minding (2016), Love (2020), Snowfall

Winners

Year	Horse	Bred	Trained	Trainer	Owner
1991	Kooyonga	IRE	IRE	Michael Kauntze	Mitsuo Haga
1992	User Friendly	GB	GB	Clive Brittain	Bill Gredley
1993	Intrepidity	GB	FR	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed
1994	Balanchine	USA	GB	Hilal Ibrahim	Godolphin
1995	Ridgewood Pearl	GB	IRE	John Oxx	Anne Coughlan
1996	Bosra Sham	USA	GB	Henry Cecil	Wafic Saïd
1997	Ryafan	USA	GB	John Gosden	Khalid Abdullah
1998	Cape Verdi	IRE	GB	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin
1999	Ramruma	USA	GB	Henry Cecil	Fahd Salman
2000	Petrushka	IRE	GB	Michael Stoute	Highclere Racing
2001	Banks Hill	GB	FR	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah
2002	Kazzia	GER	GB	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin
2003	Russian Rhythm	USA	GB	Michael Stoute	Cheveley Park Stud
2004	Ouija Board	GB	GB	Ed Dunlop	Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
2005	Divine Proportions	USA	FR	Pascal Bary	Niarchos family
2006	Mandesha	FR	FR	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Zahra Aga Khan
2007	Peeping Fawn	USA	IRE	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor
2008	Zarkava	IRE	FR	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Aga Khan IV
2009	Sariska	GB	GB	Michael Bell	Carole, Lady Bamford
2010	Snow Fairy	IRE	GB	Ed Dunlop	Anamoine Ltd
2011	Danedream	GER	GER	Peter Schiergen	Gestut Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida
2012	The Fugue	GB	GB	John Gosden	Andrew Lloyd Webber
2013	Treve	FR	FR	Criquette Head-Maarek	Sheikh Joaan al Thani
2014	Taghrooda	GB	GB	John Gosden	Hamdan Al Maktoum
2015	Legatissimo	GB	IRE	David Wachman	Tabor, Smith and Magnier
2016	Minding	IRE	IRE	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor, Smith and Magnier
2017	Enable	GB	GB	John Gosden	Khalid Abdullah
2018	Alpha Centauri	IRE	IRE	Jessica Harrington	Niarchos family
2019	Star Catcher[2]	GB	GB	John Gosden	Anthony Oppenheimer
2020	Love[3]	IRE	IRE	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor, Smith and Magnier
2021	Snowfall[4]	JPN	IRE	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor, Smith and Magnier

References

1. Marcus Armytage (13 November 2012). "Cartier Awards 2012: Frankel sweeps board and takes top honour for second year". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
2. Scargill, Peter (12 November 2019). "Enable scoops second Cartier Horse of the Year award". Racing Post.
3. Rennie, Matt (19 November 2020). "Ghaiyyath gets Cartier coronation after being crowned Horse of the Year". Racing Post.
4. Milnes, David (10 November 2021). "St Mark's Basilica voted horse of the year at annual ceremony in London". Racing Post.