Cartier Champion Stayer
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The Cartier Champion Stayer 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
Most successful horse (4 wins):
- Yeats – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016, 2017), Kyprios (2022)
Leading owner (9 wins):
- Sue Magnier – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016, 2017), Kyprios (2022)
Winners
| Year | Horse | Age | Gender | Bred | Trained | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Turgeon | 5 | H | USA | FR | Jonathan Pease | George W. Strawbridge Jr. |
| 1992 | Drum Taps | 6 | H | USA | GB | Lord Huntingdon | Yoshio Asakawa |
| 1993 | Vintage Crop | 6 | G | GB | IRE | Dermot Weld | Michael Smurfit |
| 1994 | Moonax | 3 | C | IRE | GB | Barry Hills | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1995 | Double Trigger | 4 | C | IRE | GB | Mark Johnston | R W Huggins |
| 1996 | Nononito | 5 | H | USA | FR | Patrick Sebagh | Jean Lesbordes |
| 1997 | Celeric | 5 | G | GB | GB | John Dunlop | Christopher Spence |
| 1998 | Kayf Tara | 4 | C | GB | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 1999 | Kayf Tara | 5 | H | GB | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2000 | Kayf Tara | 5 | H | GB | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2001 | Persian Punch | 8 | G | IRE | GB | David Elsworth | Jeff Smith |
| 2002 | Vinnie Roe | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Dermot Weld | Jim Sheridan |
| 2003 | Persian Punch | 10 | G | IRE | GB | David Elsworth | Jeff Smith |
| 2004 | Westerner | 5 | H | GB | FR | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein |
| 2005 | Westerner | 6 | H | GB | FR | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein |
| 2006 | Yeats | 5 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle |
| 2007 | Yeats | 6 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle |
| 2008 | Yeats | 7 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle |
| 2009 | Yeats | 8 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle |
| 2010 | Rite Of Passage | 6 | G | GB | IRE | Dermot Weld | Ronan Lamb |
| 2011 | Fame and Glory | 5 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Smith, Magnier & Tabor |
| 2012 | Colour Vision | 4 | G | FR | GB | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2013 | Estimate | 4 | F | IRE | GB | Sir Michael Stoute | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2014 | Leading Light | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Smith, Magnier & Tabor |
| 2015 | Simple Verse | 3 | F | IRE | GB | Ralph Beckett | QBL, Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani, M Al Kubaisi |
| 2016 | Order of St George | 4 | C | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
| 2017 | Order of St George | 5 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
| 2018 | Stradivarius | 4 | C | IRE | GB | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen |
| 2019 | Stradivarius | 5 | H | IRE | GB | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen |
| 2020 | Stradivarius | 6 | H | IRE | GB | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen |
| 2021 | Trueshan | 5 | G | FR | GB | Alan King | Singula Partnership |
| 2022 | Kyprios | 4 | C | FR | GB | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
| 2023 | Trueshan | 7 | G | FR | GB | Alan King | Singula Partnership |
| 2024 | Kyprios | 6 | H | IRE | IRE | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier, Smith and Tabor |
| 2025 | Trawlerman | 7 | G | IRE | IRE | John & Thady Gosden | Godolphin |