St Mark’s Basilica’s First Book Shaping Up

Champion 3-year-old St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) is preparing to stand his first season at Coolmore Stud next year for €65,000, and his book is already set to include a plethora of Group 1 winners and producers. Gold Cup winner Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), Matron S. victress Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules), Prix Marcel Boussac winner Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) and Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) are among the Group 1 winners already booked into the five-time Group 1 winner, as well as Northern Farm's triple Argentine Group 1 winner Carta Embrujada (Arg) (Storm Embrujado {Arg}) and Wertheimer et Frere's champion 2-year-old and Group 1 producer Safari Queen (Arg) (Lode).

Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), dam of the G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up Ambition (Ire), is already booked in, and Prudenzia (Ire), dam of Group 1 winners Chicquita (Ire) and Magic Wand (Ire), is one of eight mares booked by Ecurie des Monceaux. The dams of Grade/Group 1 winners Belvoir Bay (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr]), Time Warp (GB) (Archipenko), Glorious Forever (GB) (Archipenko), Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Rockemperor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), Subjectivist (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) and Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}) are also set to visit St Mark's Basilica, the winner of last year's G1 Dewhurst S. and this year's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, G1 Prix du Jockey Club, G1 Coral-Eclipse S. and G1 Irish Champion S.

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St Mark’s Basilica Named Cartier Horse Of The Year

St Mark's Basilica has been announced as the Cartier Horse Of The Year at the 31st annual Cartier Racing Awards during a glittering ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday evening.

The Siyouni colt, who races for Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, becomes the sixth horse owned by a member of a Coolmore partnership to be crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year following Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Hurricane Run (2005), Dylan Thomas (2007) and Minding (2016).

The Cartier Racing Awards were established in 1991 to reward excellence in horseracing. There are eight equine awards – the Cartier Horse Of The Year, the Cartier Older Horse, the Cartier Sprinter, the Cartier Stayer, the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt, the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly, the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt and the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly.

European horseracing's top awards are delivered through a tried and tested combination of points earned by horses in Pattern races (30%), combined at the end of season with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists/handicappers (35%) and votes from readers of Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph (35%).

In addition to the equine awards, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit goes to the person or persons who, in the opinion of the special 16-strong Cartier Jury, has/have done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.

Highlights of the prestigious evening will be shown on Sky Sports Racing on the evening of Friday, Nov. 12.

Winner of the G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes as a two-year-old, St Mark's Basilica has sparkled this season with four G1 victories across France, Britain and Ireland during an unbeaten campaign.

He annexed the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains, the Qatar Prix du Jockey Club, the Coral-Eclipse and the Irish Champion Stakes. The other nominees for the Cartier Horse of the Year were Baaeed, Mishriff and Torquator Tasso.

Trained by Aidan O'Brien, St Mark's Basilica also takes the honors in the Cartier 3-Year-Old Colt category ahead of Adayar, Baaeed and Hurricane Lane.

Palace Pier, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum and trained by John and Thady Gosden, takes the Cartier Older Horse award following a superb season that included G1 wins in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes, the Queen Anne Stakes and the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois. The other nominees were Lady Bowthorpe, Mishriff and Torquator Tasso. Palace Pier was previously crowned the Cartier 3-Year-Old Colt at the 2020 Cartier Racing Awards.

Snowfall recorded the largest winning margin in the history of the G1 Cazoo Oaks when capturing the Epsom Downs Classic by 16 lengths and the daughter of Deep Impact is named the Cartier 3-Year-Old Filly.

Trained by Aidan O'Brien for a Coolmore syndicate, Snowfall also recorded dominant wins in the G3 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes, G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks and G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Also nominated for Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly were Alcohol Free, Mother Earth and Saffron Beach.

Starman takes the Cartier Sprinter honors for trainer Ed Walker and owner David Ward following an admirable season headlined by success in the G1 Darley July Cup. The Dutch Art colt also placed in the G1 Larc Prix Maurice de Gheest and was narrowly denied in the G1 Betfair Sprint Cup. Fellow G1 winners Creative Force, Emaraaty Ana and Winter Power were also nominated.

One of the most popular horses in training, Trueshan, is named the Cartier Stayer. Trained by Alan King for the Singula Partnership, the five-year-old is unbeaten in his last three starts having won the G1 Qatar Goodwood Cup, the G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran and the G2 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup. Also nominated for Cartier Stayer were Hurricane Lane, Stradivarius and Subjectivist.

Native Trail is the Cartier 2-Year-Old Colt. Owned by the Maktoum family's Godolphin operation and trained by Charlie Appleby, the Oasis Dream colt is unbeaten in four starts and recorded a brace of G1 successes in the Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes and the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. Native Trail saw off competition from Angel Bleu, Luxembourg and Perfect Power to win the award.

Inspiral takes the honours in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly category. Trained by John and Thady Gosden for Cheveley Park Stud, the Frankel filly has won all four of her starts and finished her campaign with victory in the G1 bet365 Fillies' Mile. Also nominated were Discoveries, Tenebrism and Zellie.

The recipient of the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit in 2021 is David Elsworth, one of the most successful dual-purpose trainers Britain has produced. In a racing career spanning 67 years, Elsworth has scaled the pinnacles of both Flat and Jump racing, combining Classic success with victories in the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Equally adept at saddling winners at Royal Ascot and the Cheltenham Festival, the trainer also oversaw the careers of two of the most popular horses in racing history – Desert Orchid and Persian Punch.

Harry Herbert, Cartier's Racing Consultant commented: “The 2021 European Flat season has once again highlighted all that is wonderful in this great sport.

“With capacity crowds back at racecourses and some brilliant equine performances, we were ultimately rewarded with a season to savour.

“Racing cannot continue without the ongoing support of owners and I would like to extend my congratulations to tonight's winners – Coolmore, Godolphin, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Cheveley Park Stud, David Ward and the Singula Partnership.

“David Elsworth has truly reached the summit of his profession and is the perfect recipient for the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit in 2021. A man whose life has been steeped in racing, Elsworth's career spans 67 years and has scaled the heights of both Jump and Flat racing. One of the most successful dual-purpose trainers Britain has produced, the sport is lucky to call him one of our own.

“I would like to end by extending special thanks to Cartier, Sky Sports Racing, The Daily Telegraph and Racing Post.

“Cartier's support of these prestigious awards stretches right back to 1991 and is ongoing as we once again enjoy all coming together at the Dorchester Hotel for such a wonderful event. We are truly blessed to be able to enjoy such tremendous support.”

Laurent Feniou, Managing Director of Cartier UK, commented: “The 2021 European Flat season has lived up to its billing as horseracing once again highlighted the magic and brilliance of the sport following a challenging 2020.

“I am delighted for the Cartier Racing Awards to be taking place once again at the Dorchester Hotel celebrating another wonderful year of sport.

“It is an honour to celebrate the very best of horseracing and it is a privilege for Cartier to be celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Cartier Racing Awards. My heartfelt congratulations go out to this year's exceptional winners.

“I would like to thank our long-standing media partners, the Racing Post and Daily Telegraph, as well as Sky Sports Racing for their involvement in the awards again.”

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St Mark’s Basilica To Stand At €65,000

St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr})-Cabaret {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) arrived at Coolmore Stud on Monday and will stand for a fee of €65,000 in 2022. 

The top-rated horse in the world in 2021, he is a half-brother to his fellow Classic winner and Coolmore sire, Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), the pair having been bred by Bob Scarborough and both trained by Aidan O'Brien for Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor.

Winner of the G1 Dewhurst S. at two, St Mark's Basilica was never beaten after his final juvenile start, which saw him crowned champion two-year-old in Europe. This season he took France by storm when winning the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains on his seasonal resumption in May, followed by his second Classic victory three weeks later in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club.

St Mark's Basilica returned to England to beat his elders Addeybb (Ire) and Mishriff (Ire) in the G1 Eclipse S. at Sandown before signing off in a thrilling tussle for the G1 Irish Champion S. with the top-class mare Tarnawa (Ire). 

The first horse since Frankel to be top-rated by Timeform at two and three, St Mark's Basilica joins another son of Siyouni, last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sottsass (Fr), on the roster in Fethard. 

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Knicks Go Still Highest-Rated U.S. Trainee In LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Following his dramatic victory in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), Torquator Tasso (GER) [125] is the biggest mover in the eighth edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021.

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Leading Horses

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Rank Horse Rating Trained
1 ADAYAR (IRE) 127 GB
1 MISHRIFF (IRE) 127 GB
1 ST MARK'S BASILICA (FR) 127 IRE
4 PALACE PIER (GB) 125 GB
4 TORQUATOR TASSO (GER) 125 GER
6 KNICKS GO (USA) 124 USA
6 NATURE STRIP (AUS) 124 AUS

Germany's Torquator Tasso proved the most game in the Arc, defeating Tarnawa (IRE) [120] by three-quarters of a length at ParisLongchamp to earn his 125 rating. Both are newly ranked off their efforts. Hurricane Lane (IRE) [123] finished a short head behind in third to raise his rating to 123 from 121, while Adayar (IRE) [127] was fourth.

Torquator Tasso came into the Arc having won the 149th Wettstar Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) by a length in September. Earlier in the season, he took the Grosser Hansa-Preis der Baum Unternehmensgruppe (G2) by 4 ½ lengths.

Trueshan (FR) [120] also finds himself ranked after his performance on Arc weekend, as he defeated Stradivarius by 4 ½ lengths in the Qatar Prix du Cadran (G1). In his previous start, Trueshan won the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes (G1) by 3 ¾ lengths.

Meanwhile, in America, the 3-year-old division continues to be a tight-knit group. Medina Spirit (USA) [123] is now ranked after defeating his elders by five lengths in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1). Hot Rod Charlie (USA) [121] is also ranked, having won the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) by 2 ¼ lengths over Midnight Bourbon (USA) [120]. In his previous start, Hot Rod Charlie was disqualified from his victory in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) for interfering with Midnight Bourbon, making Mandaloun (USA) [120] the official winner. Following the Haskell, Midnight Bourbon finished second by a neck to Essential Quality (USA) [122] in the Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1).

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