Group 1 winners Way To Paris and Ghaiyyath lead the way in Cartier standings

Way To Paris, recent winner of the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, and Coral-Eclipse hero Ghaiyyath set the pace in the Cartier Horse of the Year standings after top-level wins in the last two weeks.

The Andrea Marcialis-trained Way To Paris heads the leaderboard on 72 points after a fruitful start to the campaign. The seven-year-old finished second in the Prix Ganay and Prix d’Harcourt and also landed the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly in May.

Ghaiyyath sits second on 70 points after defeating Enable – Cartier Horse of the Year in 2017 and 2019 – and Japan in the Eclipse at Sandown on Sunday, following up his win in the Hurworth Bloodstock Coronation Cup at Newmarket.

Qipco 1,000 Guineas and Investec Oaks heroine Love is joint third on 64 points with dual Australian Group 1 winner Addeybb.

Santiago: leads the way in the Cartier three-year-old colt standings

Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby scorer Santiago heads the three-year-old colt standings with 48 points and is joint fourth in the Horse of the Year table with Fancy Blue, a first Classic winner for Donnacha O’Brien as a trainer in the Prix de Diane on Sunday, and short-neck second Alpine Star.

A trio of Royal Ascot winners – Battaash, Golden Horde and Hello Youmzain – top the Sprinter table on 32 points, while Stradivarius leads the way in the Stayer standings after a third success in the Ascot Gold Cup last month.

The awards are decided by three established strands. Points are earned by horses in Pattern races (30 per cent of the total) and these are combined at the end of the season with the opinions of a panel of racing journalists/handicappers (35 per cent) and votes from readers of Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph (35 per cent).

Cartier awards standings

Horse Of The Year
Way To Paris 72
Ghaiyyath 70
Addeybb, Love 64
Alpine Star, Fancy Blue, Santiago 48
Barney Roy 44
Victor Ludorum 42
Lord North, Magic Lily, Peaceful, Stradivarius, The Summit 40

Older Horse
Way To Paris 72
Ghaiyyath 70
Addeybb 64
Barney Roy 44
Lord North, Magic Lily, Stradivarius 40

Three-Year-Old Colt
Santiago 48
Victor Ludorum 42
The Summit 40
Golden Horde, Kameko, Mishriff, Palace Pier, Serpentine, Siskin 32

Three-Year-Old Filly
Love 64
Alpine Star, Fancy Blue 48
Peaceful 40
Dream And Do 36

Sprinter
Battaash, Golden Horde, Hello Youmzain 32
Equilateral 22
Dream Of Dreams, Kimari, Speak In Colours, Tour To Paris 16

Stayer
Stradivarius 32
Nayef Road 24
Call The Wind, San Huberto, Santiago 16

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