Trainer Brett Crawford flew to England on Thursday to check on his star performer Whisky Baron without the Horse of the Year trophy in his suitcase. The Cape trainer, who was third in last season’s national log, will have had high hopes that Whisky Baron or his other top horse, Captain America, would win the award. The Equus panel voted for Sean Tarry’s champion Legal Eagle, who secured the Horse of the Year award for the second consecutive year. Several pundits believed that Whisky Baron’s defeat of Legal Eagle in the Sun Met might tip the scales in favour of the Aussie import. However, the panel did not agree, believing that Legal Eagle’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut victories were all important. The Equus banquet was a triumph for champion trainer Sean Tarry, who saw another of his stars, Carry On Alice, walk off with two awards, including Champion Sprinter. Mayfair Speculators continue to dominate the leading owner award in the same way that Roger F...
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