The 2005 Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the
Oscars, are announced to the invited guests at the Awards' dinner which is
held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mayfair, London, UK, tomorrow evening
(Wednesday, November 16).

The eight horse categories, Horse Of The Year, Top Older Horse, Top Stayer,
Top Sprinter, Three-Year-Old Colt, Three-Year-Old Filly, Two-Year-Old Colt
and Two-Year-Old Filly, are revealed to an international audience of
leading owners, trainers, breeders and racing personalities.

The equine winners are determined by points earned in Pattern races, the
opinions of a panel of leading independent racing journalists and votes
from readers of Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph - a system which is
carefully structured to reflect the best performances throughout the year.

The nominations for each category this year are as follows:

Horse of the Year - Azamour, Divine Proportions, Hurricane Run, Shamardal,
Westerner

Top Older Horse - Alcazar, Alexander Goldrun, Azamour, Starcraft, Westerner

Top Stayer - Alcazar, Distinction, Millenary, Reefscape, Westerner

Top Sprinter - Avonbridge, Cape Of Good Hope, Goodricke, La Cucaracha,
Pastoral Pursuits

Three-Year-Old Colt - Dubawi, Hurricane Run, Motivator, Scorpion, Shamardal

Three-Year-Old Filly - Divine Proportions, Eswarah, Maids Causeway,
Shawanda, Virginia Waters

Two-Year-Old Colt - Amadeus Wolf, George Washington, Horatio Nelson, Red
Clubs, Sir Percy

Two-Year-Old Filly - Donna Blini, Flashy Wings, Nannina, Rumplestiltskin,
Silca's Sister

The Cartier Racing Awards, now in their 15th year, are recognised as the
most prestigious within the European horseracing industry.

In addition to the horse awards, the Daily Telegraph Award of Merit goes to
the person who, in the opinion of the Cartier Jury, has done most for
European racing and/or breeding either over his or her lifetime or within
the past 12 months.

The list of past winners of the Cartier / Daily Telegraph Award of Merit
shows why this award has so much prestige.

Lat year's Award went to David and Patricia Thompson of Chevely Park Stud,
whose successful breeding operation has produced a steady stream of
top-quality racehorses, including this year's Sun Chariot Stakes winner
Peeress, and Fillies Mile victor Nannina.

The 2003 Award went to Lord Oaksey, the distinguished racing journalist,
amateur rider and founder of the Injured Jockeys' Fund, while Prince Khalid
Abdullah, one of the foremost owner-breeders in the world, took the award
in 2002 when a special Cartier Award was also given to Tony McCoy, the most
successful jump jockey of all time.

John Magnier was the recipient in 2001, with His Highness The Aga Khan,
Peter Walwyn, the Head Family, Sir Peter O'Sullevan, Frankie Dettori, John
Dunlop, the Marquess of Hartington, Francois Boutin, Lester Piggott and
Henri Chalhoub completing the list back to 1991.

Details of the 2005 Cartier Racing Awards' winners will be made available
to the media on an embargoed basis on the morning of Wednesday, November
16.