{"id":19850,"date":"2024-11-21T09:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T09:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=19850"},"modified":"2024-11-21T09:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T09:42:22","slug":"city-of-troy-named-2024-horse-of-the-year-at-cartier-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/city-of-troy-named-2024-horse-of-the-year-at-cartier-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Troy Named 2024 Horse Of The Year At Cartier Awards – A Sixth Title For Trainer Aidan O’Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year’s Epsom Derby winner City Of Troy was crowned 2024 Horse Of The Year at the recent Cartier Awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London – winning the prize for a sixth time for his trainer Aidan O’Brien. <\/strong><\/p>\n

City Of Troy Gives Aidan O’Brien His Sixth Horse Of The Year Cartier Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The fairytale end to his time on the track didn’t come off in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, but City Of Troy<\/strong> still bowed out of his eight-race career with his head held high and scooped one final award before being sent off to stud in 2025.<\/p>\n

City Of Troy fluffed the start at Del Mar earlier in November in the Breeders’ Cup and as a result faced the uncomfortable kick-back – which led the 3 year-old to trail in 8th (of 14).<\/p>\n

However, his trio of Group One wins earlier in the season – in the Epsom Derby (watch below), Coral Eclipse and Juddmonte International Stakes – were good enough for City Of Troy to be crowned the 2024 Horse Of The Year at the Cartier Awards.<\/p>\n

City Of Troy was following in the footsteps of Giant’s Causeway, Rock Of Gibraltar, Dylan Thomas, Minding and St Mark’s Basilica – who also won the Horse Of The Year award for trainer horse racing<\/a> Aidan O’Brien.<\/p>\n

Aidan O’Brien Has Now Won 55 Cartier Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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As well as City Of Troy’s award, O’Brien also had his Lake Victoria<\/strong> crowned the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly, Kyprios<\/strong> the Cartier Stayers, and City Of Troy won the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt award too.<\/p>\n

In total, Aidan O’Brien has now racked up an incredible 55 Cartier Awards over the years – see them all below.<\/p>\n

However, Aidan O’Brien wasn’t in attendance at the ceremony – he’s in Tokyo overseeing Auguste Rodin’s Japan Cup<\/a> bid this weekend.<\/p>\n

Away from Ballydoyle, there were also awards for this season’s QEII Stakes winner Charyn<\/strong> and Coronation Stakes heroine Porta Fortuna<\/strong> – see the full list of winners at the end of this article.<\/p>\n

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4 Awards for Ballydoyle at the Annual Cartier Awards 2024 <\/p>\n

Cartier Horse of the Year
City Of Troy<\/p>\n

Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt
City Of Troy<\/p>\n

Cartier Stayer
Kyprios<\/p>\n

Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly
Lake Victoria<\/p>\n

Aidan has now won 55 Cartier Awards \ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/ttWJazQeru<\/a><\/p>\n

— AIDANOBRIENFANSITE (@aobrienfansite) November 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n