The Cartier Champion Two-year-old Colt 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.
Records Leading trainer (15 wins): Aidan O'Brien – Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001), Hold That Tiger (2002), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Mastercraftsman (2008), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Gleneagles (2014), Air Force Blue (2015), Churchill (2016), U S Navy Flag (2017), Van Gogh (2020), Blackbeard (2022), City of Troy (2023), Gstaad (2025)
Leading owner (15 wins): Michael Tabor – Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001), Hold That Tiger (2002), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Mastercraftsman (2008), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Gleneagles (2014), Air Force Blue (2015), Churchill (2016), U S Navy Flag (2017), Van Gogh (2020), Blackbeard (2022), City of Troy (2023), Gstaad (2025) Sue Magnier – Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001), Hold That Tiger (2002), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Mastercraftsman (2008), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Gleneagles (2014), Air Force Blue (2015), Churchill (2016), U S Navy Flag (2017), Van Gogh (2020), Blackbeard (2022), City of Troy (2023), Gstaad (2025)
Winners Year Horse Bred Trained Trainer Owner1991 AraziUSAFR François Boutin Allen Paulson1992 ZafonicUSAFR André Fabre Khalid Abdullah1993 First TrumpGBGB Geoff Wragg Moller Racing1994 Celtic SwingGBGB Lady Herries Peter Savill1995 AlhaarthIREGB Dick Hern Hamdan Al Maktoum1996 Bahamian BountyGBGB David Loder Lucayan Stud1996 RevoqueIREGB Peter Chapple-Hyam Robert Sangster1997 XaarGBFR André Fabre Khalid Abdullah1998 AljabrUSAGB Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin1999 FasliyevUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2000 TobouggIREGB Mick Channon Ahmed Al Maktoum2001 JohannesburgUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2002 Hold That TigerUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2003 One Cool CatUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor2004 ShamardalUSAGB Mark Johnston Gainsborough Stud2005 George WashingtonIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor and Smith2006 TeofiloIREIRE Jim Bolger Mrs J S Bolger & John Corcoran2007 New ApproachIREIRE Jim Bolger Princess Haya of Jordan2008 MastercraftsmanIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor and Smith2009 St Nicholas AbbeyIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor and Smith2010 FrankelGBGB Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah2011 DabirsimFRFR Christophe Ferland Simon Springer2012 Dawn ApproachIREIRE Jim Bolger Godolphin2013 Kingston HillGBGB Roger Varian Paul Smith2014 GleneaglesIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Magnier and Smith2015 Air Force BlueUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Smith and Magnier2016 ChurchillIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Smith and Magnier2017 U S Navy FlagUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Smith and Magnier2018 Too Darn HotGBGB John Gosden Andrew Lloyd Webber2019 PinatuboIREGB Charlie Appleby Godolphin2020 Van Gogh USAIRE Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Smith and Magnier2021 Native TrailGBGB Charlie Appleby Godolphin2022 BlackbeardIREIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor, Smith & Westerberg2023 City of TroyUSAIRE Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor & Smith2024 Shadow of LightGBGB Charlie Appleby Godolphin2025 GstaadGBGB Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Tabor & Smith
Two awards were given in 1996. Revoque was named Champion Two-year-old; Bahamian Bounty was named Champion Two-year-old Colt.
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